How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 449 - 451: Definitely Can’t Bear to Scold Him_1

Qin Baby felt embarrassed and twisted her body, leaning on Li Qiao’s shoulder to dodge Old Mrs. Qin’s teasing.

Old Mrs. Qin stepped forward to entice him, "If you can call me ’Great-Grandma,’ I will get you a piece of meat to taste from the kitchen."

The child tried hard to learn, but he couldn’t utter the tongue-twister and simply shut his mouth tight.

Old Mrs. Qin: "You’ve got quite a spine, even stronger than your dad." She remembered how greedy Qin Jin was as a child, who would cry and make a fuss at mealtime if he was slightly neglected unlike Yunye.

So well-behaved.

Even when extremely hungry, he could hold back.

Qin Baby: "Mhm."

Old Mrs. Qin laughed, "Be careful, or your dad might hear and come scold you."

Qin Baby: Dad calls him ’my treasure’ all the time and would definitely not bear to scold him.

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Before long, the banquet ended.

The villagers each ran back to their homes to fetch bowls to pack food, fearing that if they were a second slow, others would take everything.

When Peng Chunhua came over with her child, Old Mrs. Qin gave her half a basin of meat and bones, "These bones are perfect for stewing soup and cooking noodles."

Peng Chunhua didn’t stand on ceremony.

Though she earned fifteen or sixteen yuan a month now, after deducting necessary expenses, honoring her parents, there wasn’t much left, so the children had less. The siblings could only indulge in a good meal once every ten days or half a month. Yesterday, Feng Hu stole her meat, and when she confronted him today, he shamelessly argued that it’s enough for the children to be well-fed.

He needed to work and required frequent meat consumption to replenish his strength.

Today, he also threw a tantrum because of the Qin family’s feast, which featured numerous dishes, accusing her of not getting along well with Li Qiao as the reason the Qin family didn’t invite them.

She admitted that she used to be ignorant and disgusted Li Qiao.

But compared to Yu Feng, her conduct was hardly worth mentioning, otherwise Old Mrs. Qin and Li Qiao wouldn’t have dealt with her.

"Thank you, I’ll accept it."

Old Mrs. Qin: "No need to be polite; we can’t finish it all at our house anyway."

At that moment, Li Jiaoyang and Li Jiaojiao came in, and Old Mrs. Qin took out the meat from the kitchen and divided it among them.

Li Jiaojiao’s face lit up with a smile upon receiving the meat, "Old Mrs. Qin, you are too kind. I was so focused on eating at the table that I forgot to ask when you are leaving."

Old Mrs. Qin: "It should be on the eighth of the month."

Li Jiaojiao mentioned that a relative wanted to follow them to Beijing, and Old Mrs. Qin nodded, "That’s fine, anyone you recommend must be hardworking. But there are some things Qiaoqiao can’t say to you, and I need to tell you in detail. Going to Beijing is basically about working in clothing or leather shoe factories.

The leather shoe factory belongs to an officer, and our Qin Jin is only responsible for management. They have monthly assessments, and those who fall short will be fired." As Old Mrs. Qin said this, Li Jiaojiao interjected, "Isn’t my brother-in-law working at the leather shoe factory? He says the work is quite easy."

"Those who know how to work will certainly find it easy. Several people from our village went there, and the items they made did not meet the standard, so they were transferred to the clothing factory. The clothing factory is a bit more lenient in management, but the apprentice workers also have monthly quality checks. Those who don’t make the cut won’t stay, make sure you tell these things to your relatives," Old Mrs. Qin advised.

Before, the villagers thought that as long as you get into a factory, you can just mess around and still make money.

In reality, any job that can earn money isn’t easy.

Just like farming, from seeding to harvest, it requires countless hours and effort.

Li Jiaojiao replied, "I understand that. Is the accommodation and days off the same as with big sister and brother-in-law? My brother-in-law mentioned that they live separately outside and only rest on holidays, and they have never worked overtime."

Upon hearing this, Li Jiaoyang’s heart began to race.

How could she have such a foolish sister.

Can’t she distinguish between close and distant relatives?

Fang Chaonan, her second brother-in-law, also found it hard to watch, "Jiaojiao, your big sister is Qiaoqiao’s biological sister; how can others compare? Besides, those are just ordinary relatives of my family. If every one of them is treated like big sister and brother-in-law, how could Qin Jin manage?"

Li Jiaojiao: "I was just asking; I didn’t tell Qin Jin to arrange anything."

Old Mrs. Qin chuckled, "Your big sister and brother-in-law started living rent-free since New Year’s Day. The rent they paid before was also given to Qiaoqiao by your big sister. If your relatives want to find a place to live, Qin Jin can help find accommodation." Qiaoqiao’s big sister is quite nice after all.

Although she doesn’t come home often, she remembers to share any good thing with Qiaoqiao.

And she never likes to take advantage of them.

Second Sister just doesn’t cut it.

Although she hasn’t taken any advantage of them, her words aren’t very pleasant.

Especially when she took Li Jinhua, who was in her confinement month, over to their place.

But because those houses had been lived in by others, she didn’t feel a sense of belonging, and thus had fewer reservations.

If it were the two rooms here, she would definitely not allow Li Jinhua to step foot inside the house.

"Hey, they probably won’t pitch in with money," Li Jiaojiao said. The eldest sister is like that, too—Jin is so wealthy, do they need your pittance? And yet she returned the money without telling me, making me ask in person, how embarrassing.

Li Qiao held her forehead, knowing they wouldn’t pay yet still asking?

But with relatives like these, who are scheming even before they start, it’s unlikely they’d last long anyway.

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After the relatives and friends had left.

Old Mrs. Qin took care of the children while Li Qiao and Qin Jin helped the cook clean up, then swept the house again. By this time, it was almost dark.

After a simple wash, Li Qiao cuddled the child to sleep.

Qin Jin went out to play cards.

In the middle of the night, he came back, lit the kerosene lamp, and quietly woke Li Qiao.

Li Qiao, who had been sleeping soundly and was woken up, was extremely uncomfortable and wanted to lash out but was mindful of the Baby: "What is it?"

Qin Jin said, as if offering a treasure, "I won some money, and then I roasted you some sparrows. Didn’t you say you missed the taste of roasted sparrows before New Year?"

After being reminded by Qin Jin, Li Qiao smelled the faint scent of roasted meat, and her impatience vanished. She sat up from the bedding, put on her cotton jacket, and took the wooden skewer from Qin Jin’s hand, nibbling at it. "The taste is not bad."

The pig trotters today were too greasy.

She didn’t eat a single bite of dinner, and now, smelling the aroma of the roasted sparrows, she felt quite hungry.

After finishing one, she said, "How much money did you win?"

"Thirty, and twenty of it was Cai Hechuan’s," Qin Jin said in an exceptionally good mood.

Li Qiao: "He gambles too?"

Qin Jin: "I also saw him at the gambling table for the first time." He probably had a rough time in his marriage and wanted to use gambling as an outlet. "Gambling can be addictive; if he can’t control himself this time, he’ll become a regular at the gambling table.

"One of my brothers was like that. He earned two to three thousand a month selling cigarettes, randomly got into gambling, couldn’t stop after winning big, his wife ran off, and each time he lost, he wanted to chop off his hands, but every time he had money, he thought of gambling, even using his business capital for it, his face became shameless, and he even tried to dupe me. He’s no longer my brother now."

Li Qiao sighed.

She was enjoying the allowances from school and drawing her salary from the criminal investigation team, making a little over a hundred a month, which already put her in the high-income bracket.

An income of two to three thousand a month was astronomical to the average person.

With such good conditions, ending up like this.

She said with some concern, "Aren’t you addicted?"

Qin Jin: "I play small games, and if it’s over a dollar, I stop playing. I’m not addicted, don’t worry."

Li Qiao smiled at him. After she finished eating the remaining three sparrows, she prepared to go out to brush her teeth.

Qin Jin: "Don’t get up, it’s cold outside. You want to brush your teeth, right? I have your toothbrush and toothpaste ready."

Li Qiao couldn’t help feeling happy, he still treated her the same after the baby was born.

He lay on the edge of the bed to brush his teeth, washed his face with a towel, applied some skin cream, and lay down again, turning on his side to look at the Baby.

The Baby’s sleeping face was particularly sweet.

The eyelashes were long and curled, just not very dense.

She watched, entranced, and Qin Jin came in from outside and got into the blanket next to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao: "Aren’t you sleeping on the other side? It’s so cold at night; what if you pull away the Baby’s blanket and he gets cold?"