How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 369 - 371: Meddle in Others’ Business_1

The child came in from outside and mumbled to Old Mrs. Qin, "Granny, I’ve finished the buns, and now I’m thirsty."

Old Mrs. Qin listened twice but did not understand. "Speak up, girl."

"Thirsty, want some water."

"What?"

Li Qiao, "She said she wants water."

Old Mrs. Qin poured half a cup of hot water, mixed it with some cool boiled water. The child drank down most of the cup in one go, then coughed twice after stopping. "I’ve had enough."

"Put the cup on that table."

The child was quite obedient, went over to place the cup properly, leaned towards Li Qiao’s side, Li Qiao thought the child was interested in the hair tie with a small flower on her wrist, wanting to touch it, but she came up to her and stretched out her little hand to warm herself by the stove.

Li Qiao noticed she had chilblains on her hand, grimaced unconsciously, such tender skin on a child. How painful must that be? She couldn’t stand to see it and said, "Your hands are frostbitten like this, are you cold?"

"Warm now."

Old Mrs. Qin, "Getting chilblains is because you’re not wearing warm clothes."

Li Qiao, "But she isn’t wearing thin clothes." It was hard for the child to even squat down.

Old Mrs. Qin, "How could clothes remade from old ones be warm?"

Li Qiao remembered she had two cotton-padded jackets that had only been worn twice in the trunk, two large unused rolls of wool, and thick trousers. She took them out, put them in a bag, "Grandma, you can give these to her mom later, let her alter them for the child to wear." Peng Chunhua’s house had a sewing machine; she should be able to alter them.

Old Mrs. Qin, "Okay."

Li Qiao and Old Mrs. Qin finished steaming the buns together, Peng Chunhua came rushing in, "I looked at several houses, and she actually ran over here. Thank you for taking care of her, girl, let’s go."

The little child stretched her legs to run.

Old Mrs. Qin, holding the prepared clothes, "These are Qiaoqiao’s cotton-padded clothes from last year, nearly new, if you don’t mind, you can cut them up and alter them for the child to wear."

"I definitely don’t mind." Peng Chunhua took them immediately.

The child’s clothes were also made from her old ones, even wearing many layers, the little hands were still cold.

Definitely cold.

But she had no extra money to buy new ones.

Thinking the child was active every day, even if a bit cold, she wouldn’t actually freeze, it would be fine after getting through winter until it warmed up.

"Old Mrs. Qin, Qiaoqiao, I’m leaving now."

"Eh," Old Mrs. Qin responded.

Peng Chunhua looked at Li Qiao, then glanced at the clothes in her hand, her heart filled with mixed feelings, and she took her child home.

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In the afternoon, her second sister Li Jiaojiao and brother-in-law Fang Chaonan came to visit, both holding gifts for the festival.

"When did Qiaoqiao come back?" Li Jiaojiao said in surprise. "I thought only your grandma had come back." She had heard about Old Mrs. Qin’s return the day before yesterday while visiting her mother’s house, from her stepmother.

The stepmother also mentioned that Qin Jin had made it big outside, opening two factories.

Everyone who left with him built houses and bought bicycles, and those without wives married beautiful ones.

Yet as relatives, they got nothing; their father’s health wasn’t good either, and with advancing age, how would they live in the future? In her words, there was a suggestion to send Jinniu to Beijing to earn money to improve their living situation.

Jinniu was always honest, so she took it upon herself to handle the matter.

She came today specifically to discuss with Old Mrs. Qin.

To see if it was possible to arrange for Jinniu to work in Qin Jin’s factory.

Li Qiao greeted them warmly and answered, "Yesterday, why do you have the time to come by?" Her second sister rarely visited, and with everyone busy preparing for the New Year, it was even less likely to find time. If there’s no call, there’s no meeting; is this a request for help? It couldn’t possibly be a voluntary wish to go work in Beijing.

Li Jiaojiao hesitated and then expressed her wish to have Li Jinniu work in Qin Jin’s factory.

Li Qiao remained silent.

Li Jinniu had never caused trouble, but he was Dong Lamei’s son. Mother and son share a bond, who could guarantee his behavior in the future?

Moreover, once Li Jinniu arrived in the capital, sooner or later he would find out where they lived. Wouldn’t he tell Li Shengcai and Dong Lamei? If that couple came knocking, how embarrassing would that be for her?

"Qiaoqiao, Jinniu understands the rules, you don’t need to worry about him causing trouble," Li Jiaojiao said as if she had seen through Li Qiao’s hesitation.

"The hiring at the factory is up to Jin. Qiaoqiao can’t make that decision," Old Mrs. Qin deflected the tricky question to Qin Jin.

Li Jiaojiao: "Then we’ll wait for Jin to come back and ask."

Old Mrs. Qin: "Are the steamed buns and baozi at your home ready?"

"They’re ready," said Li Jiaojiao. "Qiaoqiao will be graduating after the new year, right? Have you arranged her job in advance?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "She got into graduate school, so after graduation, she still has two more years to go."

"Graduate school? Is it even more impressive than a university degree?"

"Yes," Old Mrs. Qin said proudly. "Qiaoqiao said that there are only a dozen people in a class, all carefully selected talents."

Li Jiaojiao was speechless for a long time, then regained her composure and said, "Thank goodness my sister and I insisted on letting our younger sister study, otherwise she wouldn’t be where she is today."

Old Mrs. Qin thought to herself, your younger sister, she already gave up on herself and hanged herself.

This is my son and daughter-in-law, who were confirmed through dreams, nothing to do with your sister.

It’s only because today’s children are kindhearted, they remember to pull you sisters up if they get any advantage. frёewebηovel.cѳm

As for your own younger sister, she might not even bother about you at all.

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During their conversation, Qin Jin stepped into the courtyard from outside.

"Oh, what wind has blown my second elder sister and brother-in-law here?"

Old Mrs. Qin explained the reason.

Qin Jin’s expression changed from beaming with smiles to serious.

Li Jiaojiao said, "Jinniu is different from Jinhua, he’s much more honest, and he’ll definitely be well-behaved."

Qin Jin rather tactfully refused, "We have enough workers at the factory."

Li Jiaojiao appeared a bit disappointed and inwardly blamed her stepmother. Jin was usually easy to talk to. "I see. I heard that Qiaoqiao got into graduate school, quite impressive. It also happened thanks to the generous dowry I and my older sister received when getting married, which gave us the leverage to fight for her chance to study at our stepmother’s. Otherwise, let alone university, she might not even have finished elementary school."

Li Qiao was lost for words. To help Li Jinniu, her sister was actually starting to play the emotional card.

Qin Jin caught the implication.

He really wanted to say, your dead younger sister, even if she had studied for ten years, she might not have been able to get into university, let alone graduate school. Dream on! This one is a fairy sent by heaven, empathetic, and extraordinarily talented. How could she compare to your sister?

Old Mrs. Qin: "How about it, Jin, could you arrange some other kind of work? Jinniu is not a bad person." Li Jiaojiao was Qiaoqiao’s nominally elder sister, who rarely asked them for favors. A complete refusal wouldn’t be nice.

Once Old Mrs. Qin spoke up, Qin Jin gave the matter some serious thought, "He could join my other brothers in selling tobacco. That earns more than being a laborer and, as it stands, the income is stable."

"Selling tobacco? How does that work?"

"I’ll arrange for someone to come find him, he just needs to follow them," Qin Jin explained.

Li Jiaojiao smiled happily, "Alright, I’ll go tell them the good news. By the way, have you been back home to give gifts before the New Year?"

Qin Jin’s voice grew colder, "Where would we go to give gifts?"

Fang Chaonan nudged Li Jiaojiao with his elbow, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

They had already agreed to find something for Li Jinniu to do, and yet she continued making demands.

Wasn’t she just forcing them to lose their temper?