80s: The cold-faced tough guy was controlled by the beautiful woman

Chapter 367 Not one to suffer losses
The three lingered in the new house for a while before Li Tang left, citing other business, and Qin Xian also returned to her workplace.

Li Yingtang locked the door and contacted the foreman who had previously renovated her home.

Since the other party wasn't home, she wrote down her new address and asked his wife to tell him that she wanted to discuss renovation matters with him.

The foreman's wife readily agreed.

With one thing on his mind, Li Yingtang continued his routine of shuttling between the factory and the store.

I'm busy until evening, then I go home and sit in the yard to relax and drink tea.

Less than five minutes of silence followed by the sound of smashing and crying.

No need to guess.

Li Yingtang also knew the reason: ever since Cao Meijiao was fired from her job, her status at home had plummeted.

The husband was originally kind, and the parents-in-law always tolerated her.

They've completely changed their tune.

Cao Meijiao makes a mistake in everything she does, and even her children complain that she is not as capable as other children's mothers.

The old lady no longer helps with household chores.

Nowadays, Cao Meijiao has endless housework and chores to do every day.

Cao Meijiao was not a weak person; she went around badmouthing the old lady.

The old woman simply gave up and became mean-spirited. With Cao Meijiao's propaganda, she has now become known as the wicked mother-in-law of the area.

The argument was going on and on, but Li Yingtang was listening with great interest when the door was pushed open.

"Young lady," Aunt Jiang, who lives next door to the old lady's house, said with a smile, "Do you have any dried chili peppers or garlic? Can I borrow some?"

Li Yingtang: "The chili peppers are in glass jars on the kitchen wall shelf, and the garlic is on the stove. Take as much as you want."

"Hey." Aunt Jiang entered the room, and Li Yingtang turned her gaze to Xi Yue's smiling face.

Is Qin Xian here?

Li Yingtang: "He's still on duty, why are you asking him to handle a case?"

"I'm off today, fishing nearby. I'm just passing by to bring you some fish," Xi Yue said, walking towards the well. "Take your pick."

Li Yingtang stepped forward and selected two strips, one large and one small.

Small ones are used for soup, large ones are used for braised dishes.

Xi Yue said, "Why don't you take more?"

"I'm not taking it. Why isn't Sister Wei with you?" Li Yingtang tried to keep the conversation going by starting a small talk.

Xi Yue: "She's obsessed with money. She says she loses several hundred yuan a day if she doesn't go to work. I'm too embarrassed to ask how much she's made. You're in business, you must know. Tell me the truth, is she just bragging?"

Li Yingtang smiled, her eyes crinkling: "What's there to brag about?"

You can't brag to your husband, though.

Besides, Ding Wei is not one to boast.

"Several hundred a day, wouldn't that be tens of thousands a month? Wouldn't you be making even more?" Xi Yue was utterly shocked.

Ding Wei said that Li Yingtang owns a factory and two shops, and both businesses are doing very well.

Conservatively estimated, the monthly income is at least tens of thousands.

“Sister Weiwei’s business is doing well. The products she sells have a high profit margin. I can’t say for sure if it’s over ten thousand, but it’s definitely three or four thousand,” Li Yingtang said.

Xi Yue: "So, does that mean I've struck it rich?"

Li Yingtang laughed and said, "Yes, you're lucky to have married a wife who's career-minded."

Xi Yue was both happy and worried. He was happy about his wife's independence, but worried that she was too independent.

She earns so much money that it makes him, as her husband, seem somewhat useless.

No wonder Qin Xian does all sorts of things at home; she earns too little.

The two stood together, chatting and laughing.

The gate was suddenly kicked open, and Cao Meijiao ran into the yard, shouting like a madwoman: "You say you're innocent, but you've been cheating on everyone with another man. I caught you red-handed this time, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Li Yingtang immediately slapped the other person eight times: "You son of a bitch, which eye of yours saw me steal? Go get your illness treated!"

Enraged, Cao Meijiao gritted her teeth and charged at Li Yingtang. Li Yingtang kicked her towards the well, causing Cao Meijiao to knock over her fish bucket and get soaked in cold water.

"Help! Someone's hitting me!" Cao Meijiao couldn't win the fight, so she started throwing a tantrum.

Li Yingtang grabbed the other person by the back of their collar and threw them out of the house.

A thud.

Cao Meijiao fell to the ground.

Just as he was about to get up and start yelling, Aunt Jiang ran out of the Qin family's house.

Cao Meijiao stared in disbelief and exclaimed, "Aunt Jiang, what are you doing at her house?"

"I'm borrowing something, Meijiao. Before, when your wife said you were spreading rumors, I didn't quite believe it. But today I saw it for myself. The young man had just walked in and hadn't even sat down on a chair yet, and you came up here accusing him of cheating." Aunt Jiang waved the garlic and chili peppers in her hand and gave Cao Meijiao a disdainful look.

Li Yingtang felt much better and said to the dumbfounded Xi Yue, "I'm sorry, this woman and I had a conflict. I thought it was over, but who would have thought that she would keep an eye on me. She doesn't even know that Aunt Jiang is at my house."

Aunt Jiang said, "Luckily I'm at your house, I can be your witness."

Li Yingtang: "Thank you."

"Don't mention it, it's my pleasure."

Li Yingtang ignored Cao Meijiao's situation and walked into the courtyard.

Xi Yue whispered, "Has Qin Xian ever been hit by you?"

Li Yingtang: "No, why would I hit him?" She would only dote on him.

Xi Yue glanced at the ground beside the pool: "Clean it up yourself."

"Okay, you can go now."

Xi Yue took the bucket and left.

Li Yingtang picked the fish back into the bucket and refilled it with water.

Then she went to the tea table to collect the tea set. The old lady next door came over and said, "Young lady, I'm so sorry. I never thought that woman would do this again. Alas, what a misfortune for the family. Instead of living a good life, she's always causing trouble. If I had agreed to let her keep the child, I would have been fine. In any case, she would have lost her job anyway."

Li Yingtang interpreted it as the old woman ostensibly blaming herself, but actually blaming Qin Xian for not helping.

Looking back now, it's fortunate that Qin Xian didn't agree to pull strings for them.

If they really have a child, and their lives are ever unstable because of the child's arrival, they will all be blamed on Qin Xian.

She chuckled and said, "No need to apologize. I'm not one to take a loss lying down. I'll beat her up every time she comes at me."

The old woman said, "I've been injured, what should I do?"

“I won’t help you. If you want medical expenses, go ahead and sue me,” Li Yingtang said.

The old woman was completely stunned. After a long while, she said, "I... I'll go back first. You go ahead and do your work."

Li Yingtang didn't deliver the rice. Instead, she went into the kitchen to wash and steam the rice. Then, she took out the braised pork trotters that Qin Xian had prepared in advance from the refrigerator and put them directly into the pot to heat them up.

After eating and drinking to my heart's content, I closed the door and stayed in my study to do the accounting.

When the ledger is closed.

Qin Xian returned: "Just now at the door, the old lady next door told me that you hit her daughter-in-law and she's in the hospital now."

“I was the one who hit it,” Li Yingtang described the incident: “Luckily, Aunt Jiang was there at the time, otherwise I would have had to catch a bucket of dirty water, and we would have moved next month.”

Qin Xian: "From now on, I'll go clean up after work."

Li Yingtang: "You don't need to sweep. Besides, the restrooms over there are too basic. Let's renovate them."

"Is it too late?"

"It should be possible. Let's inform Uncle Jia when we move, and prepare a room for him too." Li Yingtang said, observing his expression as she spoke.

Qin Xian was silent for a moment, then said, "Hmm."

Li Yingtang added, "He probably won't stay there until the baby is born. I'll talk to him about the time he'll be taking care of the baby, and he'll definitely agree."

“He should,” Qin Xian said.

Li Yingtang smiled and said, "Well, if you don't ask for anything, Jia Qingfeng will benefit in the future." Adopted children have equal inheritance rights with biological children.

Qin Xian remained noncommittal.

And that's how it was settled.