Chapter 51 Ready to Start Construction
Lin Qin was so excited that she jumped up and down several times. "This is really good news! Does my dad know? Tell him and make him happy! By the way, I threw a pile of rocks down the mountain this morning. See if you can use them. If you can, push them over. We can start construction in the next two days when the cement, sand and gravel arrive."
The next day, Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun went to sell fish as usual. They also went to Guoxing Hotel to meet Huang Wenlong, discussed cooking, and ordered another ten tons of cement.
After leaving Guoxing Hotel, the couple made a special trip to Shanglin Village.
The vegetable field at the entrance of the village has been cleaned up by Lin Qingxiang and replanted with vegetables. The weather is hot now, and the seedlings are growing fast, changing every day.
Lin Qin looked at it twice and was in a very good mood.
But this good mood disappeared after returning home.
The door outside the house where Lin Yi lived was in a mess, especially the kitchen. Even the big pot had a hole in it, and there was not a single decent thing left.
She gnashed her teeth in anger.
The old lady next door heard the noise and came over to take a look. She found it was Lin Qin, and hurried over. She told the story of that day with a frightened face, "Lin Qin! Your ex-husband is such a jerk. Luckily you and your daughter were not here. If you were bumped into by that lunatic, you would have died or at least been skinned alive!
He smashed your father's things in the yard that day, and we helped clean it up when we had time, but the kitchen was too messy, and we didn't know if you had anything else you wanted to keep, so we didn't dare to make a decision."
Lin Qin took a deep breath, turned around and smiled politely at the old lady, "Thank you, grandma. Brother Shaojun told us about what happened that day. I'm really sorry for scaring you!"
The old lady waved her hands, "It's okay, it's okay, you're all right as long as you're back. Hey! I think you still have to sort out your ex-husband's issues, otherwise when your dad gets better and comes back, that lunatic will come and make trouble all the time, which is going to kill you!"
Lin Qin nodded continuously, and only after the old lady left did she pack up her things with a sullen face.
Chen Wenjun said, "I'll take care of it, you go find Uncle Qingxiang."
Lin Qin straightened up, kept brainwashing himself, suppressed the anger in his heart, and went to the field to look for someone.
Passing by Lin Zhi's land, Li Lian called her over and started to scold her without giving any explanation, "Lin Qin, what's wrong with you? You've divorced and remarried, so why are you still unclear about the Liu family!"
Lin Qin stopped and stopped Li Lian with a sullen face, "Which eye of yours can't see that there is something unclear between me and the Liu family?"
"Oh! How could Liu Yongming run to our village and go crazy if you hadn't had an unclear relationship with the Liu family? And he even destroyed the vegetable fields! You must have provoked him again! You said that a woman doesn't stay at home honestly and peacefully, but always makes trouble. You have brought shame to our Shanglin Village!" Li Lian sneered unhappily.
Lin Qin was furious and grabbed Li Lian's hand. "Who do you think you are to make up stories about me? If you are so good at talking, then go and talk to the captain! Let's see how cheap your mouth can be!"
Li Lian didn't expect Lin Qin to suddenly attack her, and she immediately started to act like a spoiled brat, "Let me go! You shameless bastard, it's you who did something shameful and you won't let me talk about it! You even hit an elder, someone come! This is outrageous! Someone come quickly!"
"Lin Qin! Let go! Otherwise don't blame me for being rude!" Lin Zhi threatened while carrying a hoe.
Lin Qingxiang from another vegetable plot came over in a gentle voice, "What are you doing? You two shameless old guys teamed up to bully others, right?"
Lin Qin nodded vigorously, "Uncle Qingxiang, Li Lian is framing me. I'm going to complain to the captain!"
Lin Zhi was furious, "Lin Qin! Do you think you can call your second aunt by her name? You are such an uneducated person!"
Lin Qin rolled her eyes at Lin Zhi. "No matter how uneducated I am, I would never do such a disrespectful thing as spreading rumors. I think Li Lian needs to be educated better and see if that stinky mouth can be cleaned up a bit."
"You bastard!" Lin Zhi angrily went over to teach Lin Qin a lesson.
Lin Qingxiang was faster than him and stood in front of Lin Qin. "I'll protect this girl! If you want to fight me, I'll fight you!"
"Lin Qingxiang! Don't think I don't dare to beat you!" Lin Zhi was so angry that he spat on the ground, but he really didn't dare to take action.
The two were in a stalemate. Lin Qin shook off Li Lian's arm and broke the deadlock. "Uncle Qingxiang, Wenjun is waiting for you at my house. I have something to discuss with you."
Lin Qingxiang still looked at Lin Zhi with a warning, "Forget it this time, but if you keep looking for trouble, I won't be polite!"
Li Lian watched the two of them leave, cursing angrily, "What's so great about that! Shame on you! Bah!"
In Li Lian's eyes, a woman who has remarried is inferior, not to mention a woman like Lin Qin who has broken up with her ex-husband's family. She is definitely not a good person.
Since the eldest wife's land did not fall into her hands, she took out all her resentment on Lin Qin, whom she looked down upon.
Lin Zhize glared at Li Lian, "You can't even beat a money-loser, you're useless!"
"You're still blaming me! Didn't you also give in in front of Lin Qingxiang? If you had fought with Lin Qingxiang just now, I would have dared to fight with Lin Qin!" Li Lian retorted angrily.
The couple blamed each other for this humiliating meal.
At this time, Lin Qin had already taken Lin Qingxiang home.
The three of them sat on the threshold that had just been cleaned.
The door was not open, so we just talked with our backs against it.
"Uncle Qingxiang, I have already made an agreement with the cement factory. We will go there to get cement tomorrow afternoon, and we can start working on the foundation the day after tomorrow morning. We will pay a day salary of 1.2 yuan for laborers. Do you think you can accept that?"
This price was discussed between him and Lin Qin, and it was also the market price.
Lin Qingxiang couldn't help nodding, "Sure! How many people do you need?"
"For now, it's just you and Shaojun, with my father-in-law helping. Aqin and I can also lend a hand in the afternoon. That should be enough." Chen Wenjun said.
Lin Qingxiang was happy. He slapped a fly to death with his slippers and said, "That's almost it. Once the foundation is ready, we'll hire a skilled worker to help for two days. It's almost done. I happen to know someone who is very particular about his work. I can just go over and tell him in advance."
The cost of a skilled worker is a bit higher, with a daily wage of one person being one dollar and eighty cents. However, the work of a skilled worker is very particular, and if you do it well in the early stages, you don’t have to worry about it later.
After everything was settled, the couple hurried back to Nanxi.
Li Lian had always wanted to find out why Lin Qin and her husband were looking for Lin Qingxiang, fearing that he would miss out on a good thing. When he arrived, the door of Lin Yi's house was locked, with only flies buzzing in the yard.
She hurried to the old lady's house next door to inquire.
"Aunt, have Lin Qin and his wife returned?"
The old lady glanced at Li Lian and nodded, "You came too late and left early!"
Li Lian was not embarrassed at all and continued to ask, "Do you know what they said to Lin Qingxiang?"
"How could I know?" The old lady suddenly became unhappy, stood up from the bamboo stool with the dustpan and was about to leave.
Li Lian immediately stopped her, "Aunt, just tell me! Lin Qin is a married woman, her parents' affairs have nothing to do with her, she can't make the decision, I'm afraid she won't understand and will cause trouble for us later!
Just like those lands, they originally belonged to our family. My eldest uncle didn't have any idea. It must be that bad idea of Lin Qin, the money-loser, that caused the relationship between our family and Lin Qingxiang to become strained!"
(End of this chapter)
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