Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 33 A Madman Is Not Good Enough for My Son
"What do you mean, Liu Yongming's lover? How can you speak so rudely! Let me tell you, I'm legally married to Liu Yongming, we're husband and wife!" Fang Ying walked out arrogantly, her pregnant belly protruding, her eyes full of criticism and disdain as she looked at the street director.

The neighborhood director was furious. "So Liu Yongming really cheated on Lin Qin behind her back?"

He had always thought Lin Qin was an uncultured and immature woman who wouldn't consider a man's future, and he had many prejudices against her. Only today did he realize that he was completely wrong!
Ma Cuihua was displeased. "What nonsense? Lin Qin is a lunatic. What normal man would dare to marry her? My Yongming must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to be deceived by the Lin family and marry such a lunatic!"
"If it weren't for the child, my Yongming would have left her long ago! We've taken her in for so many years, we've done more than enough. Only a high achiever like Fang Ying is worthy of my Yongming!"

When Fang Ying was mentioned, Ma Cuihua was obviously very proud, and she couldn't wait for everyone to know that she had such an excellent daughter-in-law.

The neighborhood director's face turned pale and then red, so angry he couldn't speak. He pointed at the Liu family and their group, then turned and strode away.

Ma Cuihua stomped her foot angrily, "That old hag dared to talk such nonsense about our family, I will definitely not let her get away with it, just you wait and see!"

Xu Manzhi was very concerned about her reputation. Thinking about how people had been pointing and whispering about her whenever she went out, she got angry. "Mom, how did they find out about our family? What is our relationship with them? Why are they keeping an eye on us?"

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?" Ma Cuihua snapped irritably, then turned around and saw Liu Li was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Ali? Where did she go again? The high school entrance exam is coming up, and she still can't focus!"

Ever since Lin Qin caused such a scene at Liu Li's school, Liu Li has become a pariah in the school. At first, she kept trying to convince herself to overcome those strange looks and continue going to school, but after only two days, she found that someone had spat on her desk, poured dirty things on it, and scribbled on her textbooks with lots of nasty things written on them.

That would have been bad enough, but her submitted assignments would also mysteriously disappear. When the teacher called her in, she tried to explain, but the teacher didn't believe her and suspected that she had played a trick.

After a while, she couldn't stand it anymore. She would skip class every two or three days, or she would go to school but actually hide somewhere. It wasn't until the teacher found her at home that Ma Cuihua realized Liu Li hadn't been to school for several days.

Because of this, Ma Cuihua scolded Liu Li a lot. That girl, on the contrary, gave up and simply refused to go to school, which made Ma Cuihua very angry. In the past few days, she also heard that Liu Li was hanging out with some bad guys in society, so she simply locked Liu Li at home and wouldn't let her go out.

It just so happens that there is a college student named Fang Ying in the family, so it would be perfect for her to tutor Liu Li.

In the blink of an eye, that brat was nowhere to be seen.

Fang Ying acted as if it were none of her business, saying, "Mom, Ali is going through puberty. The more you scold her, the more rebellious she becomes. No one can persuade her. I just asked her to go back to her room to write her essay, but I don't know if she's inside."

Ma Cuihua immediately rushed into Liu Li's room, but there wasn't a soul in sight, not even a ghost. Enraged, she started yelling and screaming again.

After Li San's wife made such a fuss, the affair between "Fang Ying" and Liu Yongming was finally out in the open. Everyone knew that "Fang Ying" was Liu Yongming's new wife and that they had even gotten a marriage certificate.

People these days are still quite honest. Putting everything else aside, once they get a marriage certificate, they are legally married. No matter how bad things were before, everyone still accepts the fact that "Fang Ying" is Liu Yongming's wife.

Fang Ying also started going out on the street properly. She had a surprisingly good mentality in the face of people pointing and whispering. She smiled at everyone she met, so people couldn't say anything to her. Instead, they compared her to Lin Qin.

Compared to this, Lin Qin was instantly outshone. Everyone said Liu Yongming had incredible luck. First, he married the hardworking and devoted Lin Qin, draining her dry, and then he got a beautiful and highly educated wife. It's rumored that she's pregnant with a son, at least that's what Ma Cuihua said. He really had incredible luck.

Lin Qin, who returned to the fishing boat with her child, had no idea that her trip back to the street would cause such a huge mess.

Chen Wenjun looked at the three men with their drastically changed hairstyles and grinned sheepishly, "Why did you decide to cut your hair?"

In her past life, Lin Qin never thought about taking care of her hair until she died. When it grew long, she would cut it short and throw it into the water quietly. Sometimes he didn't even notice what she did.

This was the first time he'd seen Lin Qin with short hair. Lin Qin turned around excitedly, showing off, "Does it look good?"

"It looks great! It looks especially good, it makes people look more energetic!" Chen Wenjun was still grinning foolishly.

Lin Yi shook his head repeatedly, "How much money will this cost!"

“Dad! It’s not expensive! A haircut for a child only costs 60 cents, while a haircut for an adult costs more than a dollar. But my hair and Yaya’s hair are long, so we can sell them. The haircuts for the three of us only cost 1.3 dollars. I also took them to get new clothes made. We each got two sets of summer clothes for 24 dollars. I also bought a jar of maltose and some rice cakes for 2 dollars. Everything is here.”

Lin Qin took out the food and told the children to wash their hands first.

Lin Yi felt bad about the money and couldn't help but grumble, "I really can't let you manage the money. This trip cost half a month's salary. You're really something! Don't you even care about Wenjun's well-being!"

Chen Wenjun quickly retorted, "Dad! I earn money so they can live comfortably. Besides, what Aqin bought were things they needed, so it's not considered wasting money!"

Lin Yi shook his head, "Just keep spoiling her!"

Chen Wenjun grinned and said, "Dad, I'll go to the Land and Resources Bureau tomorrow to ask about the price of the deserted island, so we'll have a better idea of ​​what it will cost."

He knew that the main reason Lin Yi was reluctant to spend money was this matter of buying land and building houses.

Lin Yi nodded repeatedly, "We should ask. I think that deserted island must cost a lot of money!"

In his opinion, Chen Wenjun had no need to buy the deserted island, but if he didn't buy the deserted island, other villages wouldn't allow outsiders to buy land, and if he did buy it, it would be difficult to settle down. There was also the prejudice against the Tanka people.

If they were to settle in another village, they wouldn't be able to integrate and might even be bullied.

After looking around, there seemed to be no better option than a deserted island.

The family gathered together and shared the salty rice cake.

Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin went to the rear cabin to settle accounts.

"How much money did we save in total this month?"

Lin Qin closed the window, took out the key, opened the box, and took out the stacks of money. "It's all here. Let's calculate it together."

The two of them got together and poured out the ten-yuan, five-yuan, two-yuan, one-yuan, fifty-cent, one-cent coins, and various other coins, sorting them by type.

Lin Qin immediately started working together.

Seeing her greedy look, Chen Wenjun simply helped her pick out the large ten-yuan notes first, and then sorted out the coins.

(End of this chapter)