How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s
Chapter 244 - 246: Inquiries_1

Chapter 244: Chapter 246: Inquiries_1

At dusk, Li Qiao walked to the crossroads at Feng Family Village and was called out to:

"Li Qiao."

Li Qiao turned around, it was Yu Xiu whom she had just met at noon today, accompanied by a middle-aged woman. "Hello, Yu."

Yu Xiu smiled and hurried over with the middle-aged woman: "I’ve been waiting here especially for you, this is my mother."

Li Qiao was puzzled, waiting for her along with her mom? Could it be that they were angry about her having had a relationship with Cai Hechuan? But it didn’t seem like they were here to interrogate her. She politely said, "Hello, Auntie."

Mrs. Yu smiled gently: "Xiu Xiu told me that you and Cai Hechuan are from the same village and that you’re also the Top Scholar, so you definitely wouldn’t lie to us. The thing is, a matchmaker proposed our Xiu Xiu to your village’s Cai Hechuan, and I wanted to ask you about him. What are the Cai family like? Is Cai Hechuan good?"

The child and Cai Hechuan had already been corresponding for some time.

They had met once at the matchmaker’s place during the holidays.

Both sides were very satisfied.

Today, Mrs. Cai invited the child over for dinner, but after returning, the child suddenly said she didn’t want to marry into the Cai family.

She also said that since the Top Scholar, who is pretty and talented, did not marry him, even though she had been in a relationship with Cai Hechuan, there must be something about the Cai family.

This made her feel uneasy; she couldn’t sit still for a moment and immediately asked people she knew for more information about Cai Hechuan in the village, and everyone said good things.

But if he was so good, why didn’t the Top Scholar marry him?

And none of the people she asked admitted that Cai Hechuan had been in a relationship with the Top Scholar.

She went around asking everyone, even going to the Top Scholar’s in-laws, planning to get a clear answer in person.

The Top Scholar’s grandmother said the child was visiting relatives.

On the way back to the crossroads, the mother and daughter decided to try their luck and see if they could wait for her.

Fortunately, their wait wasn’t in vain.

Li Qiao suddenly understood and explained honestly, "I don’t know Cai Hechuan’s father very well; his mother is too fierce and curses with exceptional venom. Cai Hechuan himself is quite good, very filial and obedient."

Mrs. Yu understood. The father was not in charge, the mother was a shrew, and Cai Hechuan had no say in things. He also had two sisters; with such a fierce mother, there were bound to be troubles with the sisters-in-law. This family was very complicated. Even with good conditions, it’s not a family to marry into. "Thank you."

"Don’t mention it." Li Qiao was about to leave.

Mrs. Yu added: "Xiu Xiu’s university is not far from Beijing; you two can exchange contact information and become pen pals." It’s good to have more friends, and even more so from Beijing University. It’s an opportunity to make connections.

Li Qiao thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

The two exchanged contact information.

Yu Xiu asked, puzzled: "Shouldn’t you be from the ’78 class? How come you’re from ’76?"

Li Qiao blinked: "I jumped grades. After the New Year, I’ll be in my third year."

Yu Xiu gave a thumbs up: "Impressive! So you’re the top student in your major and got a 300-yuan scholarship?"

Mrs. Yu was even more astonished: "Got 300 yuan? Xiu Xiu’s annual allowance isn’t even three hundred. How smart must one be, and good-looking too."

"You’re too flattering. Auntie, Yu, it’s getting late. Goodbye."

"Ah, goodbye, we should head back too."

After the mother and daughter left, Li Qiao continued on her way home, only to be stopped again shortly after by Li Jinhua.

"Big sis."

Li Jinhua was wrapped up tight, with only her eyes showing—and there was a bruise near her left eye.

Feng Erguanggun followed, grinning foolishly: "Out for fun? Why isn’t Qin Jin with you? Aren’t you afraid he’ll beat you?"

Li Qiao: "..." Beat her? She casually evaded the question: "I’m going back to my sister’s house. He’s drunk and asleep at home, he can’t beat anyone right now."

Feng Erguanggun wanted to say more, but Li Jinhua interjected: "Big sis, how do you know Yu Xiu?"

Li Qiao raised an eyebrow, according to Li Jinhua’s tone, she shouldn’t know her? "I met her today in the village, she asked me for a shoe pattern."

Li Jinhua felt doubtful. In her previous life, it was after Li Qiao’s divorce and Yu Xiu’s marriage to Cai Hechuan that the two had any dealings.

How had they met ahead of time in this life?

"What did she want with you just now?" She had watched from a distance as Yu Xiu and Mrs. Yu seemed to initiate conversation with Li Qiao.

Li Qiao didn’t want to continue discussing it: "Nothing much, where are you off to?" She subtly changed the subject.

"I didn’t go anywhere." Li Jinhua touched her face subconsciously.

Li Qiao understood; the beating was so severe she had to go to the infirmary, damn it!

After walking a short distance with the two of them, she took the lead and went into her own house.

Feng Erguanggun complained, "Your sister didn’t even invite us to her place to sit for a while." Smoke was coming out of the kitchen; they must have been eating.

It was said that Loser Qin’s family had rice and flour.

And yet, as a brother-in-law, he had not gotten to enjoy any of it.

No one would probably believe it if he said it out loud.

"I don’t get along well with her, and you know that," Li Jinhua muttered softly, and immediately received a slap on the back of her head, followed by Feng Erguanggun’s furious roar, "What did you say? Are you cursing at me?"

Li Jinhua touched the packet of poison in her pocket, a cold light flashing in her eyes, but she pleaded on the surface, "No, don’t hit me."

"You better not!" Feng Erguanggun asserted dominantly.

.....

The next day, Li Qiao was called to the brigade office to check the accounts of the villagers before the distribution of communal lands.

She brought Qin Jin along to officially introduce his study of accounting to everyone.

"I didn’t realize Jin had such talent."

"Jin has really become something."

"If I had a daughter-in-law like Qiaoqiao, my child would be successful too."

Li Qiao couldn’t help but speak up for Qin Jin, "Jin has always been very smart, grasps things with just a hint. If he studied, he would definitely be a university student by now."

Qin Jin’s smile was proud; regardless of how others looked down on him, in his wife’s eyes, he was the best.

"He won’t mess up our accounts, will he?" Some villagers felt uneasy.

Li Qiao said, "I’ll check everything on the side."

"Alright then."

The two spent the morning sorting out the village accounts, and by afternoon they settled them, not finishing until evening.

Old Mrs. Qin had made braised pork knuckle and waited for the two of them.

Li Qiao leaned in and took a deep breath, "It smells so good."

"It’s delicious; eat more," Old Mrs. Qin said kindly.

Li Qiao picked up her rice bowl, and Old Mrs. Qin gossiped, "Did you two hear at the brigade? Feng Erguanggun was poisoned. He was foaming at the mouth, they took him to the health clinic and pumped his stomach with soapy water; he has just been dragged home. People are saying it was Niu Qin who did it, because she had a falling out with her brother-in-law two days earlier."

Li Qiao suspected that it was Li Jinhua who had poisoned him, and just as it happened, Mrs. Niu had a conflict with Feng Hu, becoming the scapegoat.

Could he die?

If a death occurred, the county criminal police team would certainly get involved.

Then she would volunteer to join the investigation, and if she found evidence of Li Jinhua’s involvement, she would not hesitate to show no mercy to her kin.

....

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Li Qiao and Old Mrs. Qin sat in the courtyard sunbathing and cutting out window decorations.

Mrs. Cai came over, shouting curses at Li Qiao, "You little temptress, it’s not enough that you’re leading my son on, you even ruined a good match for our family!"

Li Qiao instantly understood; Yu Xiu and her mother must have picked up on her insinuation and broken off the engagement.

But how did Mrs. Cai know that she was the one who ruined this good thing?

Was it Li Jinhua who told her?

Qin Jin walked out from indoors, glancing sideways at the neighbors who had gathered for the spectacle, and said with dark eyebrows and eyes, "You old thing! Who is leading on your son? Make it clear."

"Li Qiao! Ever since she returned to her mother’s home the other day, my son refuses to be with another girl! If she didn’t lead him on, then who did?" Mrs. Cai angrily complained, as she had finally found an excellent girl from all aspects, and just when the match was about to be set, Li Qiao came to stir up trouble.

Qin Jin responded, "According to you, your son can’t court girls if Qiaoqiao visits her mother’s house?"

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