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Chapter 311: Chapter 311: Marrying a Virtuous Wife Prospers Three Generations
Li Guangyuan didn’t speak, and walked past her into the yard.
Tian Cuihua closed the door again and chased after him to ask, "I noticed you closed your vegetable stand quite early today. What were you up to? Thinking about some other business?"
"No," he turned around and embraced her.
Tian Cuihua was taken aback and then laughed, "Aren’t you out of confinement? What’s wrong, they still won’t let you touch?"
"Cuihua, stop mocking me, I feel terrible inside." 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Hearing his muffled voice, Tian Cuihua didn’t say much more.
How to describe this man? She didn’t care whether he felt bitter or not, as long as he was useful.
He must have had things pent up inside, because the man exerted an unusual amount of energy.
It continued from the afternoon until the evening turned dark.
If Erdan hadn’t run back home crying hungry, it might have gone on longer.
With her buttons fastened, Tian Cuihua rarely asked, "What’s gotten into you today? Didn’t we move past the previous issue? Did those debt collectors come again?"
These days, aside from money matters related to food and drink, there wasn’t much else of significant concern.
Moreover, Li Guangyuan’s mouth was bruised, clearly indicating he’d been hit.
Li Guangyuan lay sprawled on the bed looking at the ceiling, his eyes vacant as he spoke, "Have you heard about Lin Chuxia from Qin Family Village?"
"Who hasn’t heard of Lin Chuxia? Aren’t Qin’s Steamed Bun Shop and Xiyang Food Factory both owned by her family? I heard she’s even younger than us, but she manages all Qin Family’s affairs, and their elder brother and sister-in-law only handle one of the bun shops. The capable take on more duties. You could say the Qin Family has accumulated a lot of good karma for marrying such a daughter-in-law. They say a good wife brings prosperity for three generations, but marrying someone like her means more than just prospering three generations."
At this, Tian Cuihua couldn’t help but think of the gossip that was the focus of the market these past few days.
"I heard that the Old Food Factory is vying with Xiyang Food Factory. The Old Food Factory has been here for twenty or thirty years. I remember when it was in its heyday, and the employees had such good benefits. When I was a girl, I thought about marrying someone from the Old Food Factory just so I wouldn’t have to worry about food and drink. How long has it been since Xiyang Food Factory was established? How could it surpass the Old Food Factory? But, if Xiyang Food Factory really overtakes the Old Food Factory, then I must say I really admire Lin Chuxia. She’s truly a heroic woman among women, making us proud."
Suddenly, Li Guangyuan sat up, "Heroic woman among women, making you women proud? I think she’s been left with no choice. Her man is not by her side, and the Qin Family doesn’t take care of things, always pushing her to the forefront. If you ask me, her marrying into the Qin Family turned out to be really unlucky."
Tian Cuihua didn’t understand where Li Guangyuan was coming from, "Her marrying into the Qin Family was unlucky? Marrying into which family isn’t unlucky, into your Li family?"
Li Guangyuan clenched his fist tightly. If she married into the Li family, he would never have let her face these issues alone.
Tian Cuihua scoffed, "Can you not look down on us women? Do you really think all women are like the one in your family, just waiting for a man to stand out? In this new era, we women can hold up half the sky too. I truly admire Lin Chuxia and one day, I’d like to run a big business like her, and be a respectable female boss."
Li Guangyuan didn’t want to listen to Tian Cuihua anymore and turned over to get out of bed.
"Hey~ just leaving like that?"
Li Guangyuan didn’t respond to her, pushing his bicycle outside, with Tian Cuihua’s voice echoing in his head.
"I really admire Lin Chuxia, truly a heroic woman among women."
"The more capable, the more responsibilities. How much good karma has the Qin Family accumulated? Marrying Lin Chuxia as a daughter-in-law."
"Marrying a wise wife ensures prosperity across three generations. Marrying Lin Chuxia is not just about prospering three generations..."
Then again, Lin Chuxia’s cold eyes and her unmistakable look of disgust appeared in his mind.
"A gofer, you think you’re worthy?"
"Stay away from me in the future, otherwise I’ll beat you every time I see you."
Until she entered the house and Lin Jiayi suddenly exclaimed, bringing him back to his senses.
"What happened to your face? Weren’t you just out selling vegetables? Who hit you?"
After saying that, she suddenly smelled the faint scent on Li Guangyuan’s body – a scent she knew all too well – and she grabbed him.
"Where have you been that you come back so late? Were you messing around with that widow again? Li Guangyuan, I’ve already borne you a son, yet you’re still entangled with these unscrupulous women. Do you have any conscience? If you don’t explain things to me today, I’m not letting this go."
Lin Jiayi grabbed his collar and started scratching and clawing at him.
She thought that having his son would let them live a good life, but to think he was still fooling around with other women – how could she accept this?
A stinging pain spread across his face, and Li Guangyuan felt blood; the woman in front of him showed no signs of stopping.
"I didn’t, stop it!" Li Guangyuan shouted coldly.
But why would Lin Jiayi listen to him? In their struggle, she saw marks on his body. How furious must he have been?
Ever since they had the baby. There had scarcely been any intimacy between them.
Each time, he was distracted and hardly looked at her face.
Now, just thinking that another woman had gotten the upper hand infuriated Lin Jiayi even more; she was determined to give this man a lesson.
With a slap, her hand struck Li Guangyuan’s face, hitting right at the swollen corner of his mouth.
The sharp pain overwhelmed Li Guangyuan, and he couldn’t hold back anymore; he swung his hand back and hit her hard...
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Guo Zhenyi agreed to assist Village Chief Qin with the issues between the Old Food Factory and Xiyang Food Factory, telling Village Chief Qin to wait for an update.
But the waiting stretched on for two days without any news.
The village chief grew restless and decided to inquire about the situation in town again.
This time, he planned to bring Lin Chuxia along; whether it was doable or not, they needed to have a clear conversation.
Yet before they could seek the mayor, someone approached Lin Chuxia first.
The manager of the Old Food Factory, Liu Guoyi, arranged to meet Lin Chuxia at the State-Owned Restaurant.
After days of turmoil, this meeting wasn’t unexpected to Lin Chuxia.
Su Wensong and Qin Wu almost simultaneously said, "Mr. Lin, I’ll go with you."
"No need for you all to come; Xiao Wu, you are still in charge of the factory production, Old Su, you come with me."
The meeting was scheduled for noon. The employees of the Old Food Factory had been circling Xiyang Food Factory for a couple of days now. Although there hadn’t been any clashes, there were no signs of withdrawing.
Production in the factory hadn’t stopped, but with a third of the workforce, everyone had to work overtime extensively, which was exhausting in the long run.
Thus, this matter needed to be resolved soon.
When Lin Chuxia and Su Wensong arrived at the State-Owned Restaurant, Liu Guoyi was already leisurely drinking tea inside. Lin Chuxia recognized the person sitting next to him, Li Kai.
He was the one who initially instigated Chen Chunhua to steal the seasoning packets from Xiyang Food Factory, though there was no evidence back then.
Today, Liu Guoyi deliberately brought Li Kai along, clearly intending to provoke.
