Qin Wen was speaking dryly, Li Guangyuan had smoked two cigarettes already and still hadnât mentioned the eggplants.
He had to ask again.
Li Guangyuan knew enough was enough, "Weâre so familiar, no need to be so polite? But I have to take the basket away, Iâll bring it back to you tomorrow."
"Sure, no problem," Qin Wen agreed readily.
The two of them lifted the basket to weigh it, and Li Guangyuan directly handed him the change.
With the money in hand, Qin Wen didnât want to stay under the scorching sun anymore and headed home with the money.
After walking a while, he looked back at that man, unable to hold back and spat.
"Dreaming, thinking about swan meat as a toad."
He had long seen through Li Guangyuanâs intentions, otherwise, he wouldnât have directed the conversation towards Lin Chuxia.
But thinking if Qin Yang hadnât married Lin Chuxia but rather her sister, their Qin Family second branch wouldnât be in this state today, and he wouldnât have lost his job.
Perhaps Qin Yangâs days wouldnât be as good as his.
How much of the good life the Qin Familyâs second branch enjoys today is not thanks to Lin Chuxia?
The more he thought about it, the more unfair Qin Wen felt, and he turned back again.
Li Guangyuan was looking disdainfully at the basket of eggplants when someone patted him on the shoulder, and he saw Qin Wen had come back.
"Anything else?"
Qin Wen simply said, "Itâs nothing, I just see youâre a sincere and honest person living a straightforward life. As the saying goes, good people should be rewarded with good things. You, an honest man with a good heart and hardworking nature, shouldnât live like this, your fate shouldnât be this way. You should find a way to turn the gears of destiny around. Life is only a few decades long, donât leave yourself any regrets."
After speaking, he patted Li Guangyuanâs shoulder again with a look of heartfelt sympathy, seemingly feeling sorry for him.
Inwardly thinking, go stir up trouble with the Lin Family, go find Lin Chuxia.
Even if he canât ruin Lin Chuxia and Qin Yangâs relationship, he wants to see the couple embarrassed.
...............
Li Guangyuan collected a cartload of vegetables at Qin Family Village Vegetable Market and biked to the night market under the scorching afternoon sun.
After a busy day without eating, his clothes were soaked with sweat.
But when he got to the night market, he saw everyone had set up their stalls while his was still not ready.
Lin Jiayi was sitting on a vegetable basket, being pointed at by two elders.
Seeing Li Guangyuan arrive, one of the old ladies limped over, grabbing his bike handle.
"Good timing, your wife says she has no money, surely you have some, right? Hurry and take out the money, I donât want to delay your business..."
Li Guangyuan frowned at Mrs. Zhang in front of him, "Didnât we just give you money a few days ago? Why are you asking for it again?"
"The 20 yuan you gave isnât enough. Itâs not even enough to eat, let alone your niece who needs good food."
Li Guangyuan was furious hearing this, "Thatâs your Zhang Familyâs business, what do I have to do with it? If you keep coming to disrupt and harass at our stall, Iâll report to the police."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang lay down directly on the ground, throwing a tantrum.
"Go ahead, report to the police and let them take me away, I can even go see my son. Oh heavens, truly leaving me no way out. If your sister hadnât abandoned her child, would I be lowering myself to ask you for money? The child is your sisterâs, you must take responsibility."
Lin Jiayi was already fed up with the shameless antics of this old lady.
Mrs. Zhang and Old Master Zhang come to their stall to cause trouble at the slightest refusal to give money, refusing to let them do business.
Absolutely hooligan-like.
If she had known the Zhang Family were such people, and Li Dongmei marrying into it wouldnât resolve the issue with the sister-in-law, affecting their whole family, she wouldnât have let Li Dongmei marry Zhang Wenbin.
"The child is a Zhang, thatâs your Zhang Familyâs child, whatâs it got to do with the Li family? Go find Li Dongmei, why come here and make a scene?"
"Donât think I donât know, you hid Li Dongmei. At first, seeing my son was promising, you clung to him. Now my son has troubles, youâre trying to shake us off. How can it be so easy, either hand over Li Dongmei or give the money, or else my old bones will be unable to survive. You have the nerve, put me in jail, at least there Iâll be taken care of..."
Seeing the crowd growing, Lin Jiayi was anxious and helpless.
Li Guangyuan directly took out 10 yuan and tossed it onto Mrs. Zhang.
"If you want the 10 yuan, take it and leave. If not, weâll stay here, anyway, not doing business wonât starve me."
Mrs. Zhang saw Li Guangyuanâs gloomy face and knew to quit while ahead.
Taking the money, she scrambled up and left pulling Old Master Zhang.
Lin Jiayi looked anxiously, "Why did you give her money again? How much have we given her in total? The more you give, the more sheâll keep asking, Li Dongmei isnât even responsible for them, why are you being so charitable?"
Li Guangyuan was stewing with anger, coldly looking at Lin Jiayi, "Isnât it all because of you?"
"Whatâs it got to do with me? Itâs not like I told Li Dongmei to run."
Lin Jiayiâs voice lost its strength speaking so.
Li Guangyuan lowered his voice, "If it werenât for you letting Lin Chuxia marry Qin Yang, would Zhang Wenbin have divorced Qin Yangâs older sister? Zhang Wenbin divorced his sister, and then the younger one married him?"
He had heard about it from Qin Wen.
It was Lin Chuxia who facilitated Qin Juanâs divorce from Zhang Wenbin.
Zhang Wenbin is simply scum, and Qin Yangâs sister is like soft clay.
For years she had been bullied by Zhang Wenbin but never spoke up to her family.
As a result, shortly after Lin Chuxia went to Yan City, Qin Juan divorced Zhang Wenbin.
Not only that, but also lost Zhang Wenbinâs job in Yan City, forcing the Zhang Family back to An City.
Qin Wen spoke through clenched teeth.
His job was ruined by Lin Chuxia too.
But Li Guangyuan heard that Zhang Wenbin was scum to begin with, he was at peace with his wife before Lin Chuxia made them divorce, giving the younger sister the chance to marry.
Otherwise, how would the Li family have gotten involved with the Zhang Family?
So all this, in essence, was Lin Jiayiâs fault.
Lin Jiayi never imagined it would come back to her.
Since Li Guangyuan learned about past life events, his personality almost completely changed.
Originally she still considered remarrying, but now she wouldnât dare think about it, as long as Li Guangyuan doesnât kick her out, sheâll thank the heavens.
Seeing Li Guangyuanâs gloomy eyes, she doesnât dare say more, swallowing her anger and going to set up the vegetable stall.
The more Lin Jiayi was like this, the more Li Guangyuanâs anger had nowhere to go.
In his mind was Qin Wenâs phrase: Your fate shouldnât be like this, you shouldnât live like this. Life is short, donât leave yourself any regrets...