How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s
Chapter 258 - 260: Revenge_1

Chapter 258: Chapter 260: Revenge_1

Li Qiao’s mind flashed, that’s right, now there are no family planning policies, and hospital conditions are limited, they wouldn’t easily allow a pregnant woman to have an abortion.

The doctors at the health clinic don’t recognize Li Jinhua, so they couldn’t possibly give her medicine, could they?

Li Jinhua could only seek a solution from the barefoot doctor, perhaps the aphrodisiac given to her earlier had also come from there.

She said to Xun Dong, "It’s not my place to meddle; I’m going home first, you’re busy."

"Come over when you’re free," Xun Dong cordially said.

Li Qiao replied, and she ran back home looking for Qin Jin, who wasn’t there. Li Qiao asked, "Grandma, did Jin say when she would be back when she left this morning?"

"No."

Li Qiao then asked, "Do you know of any barefoot doctors nearby whose medical skills are good?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "Why do you ask?"

Li Qiao: "Director Xun asked me to inquire. He said his daughter-in-law wants a child, and Western medicine hasn’t worked, so he’s looking for traditional remedies in the village."

Old Mrs. Qin thought for a moment and said, "There’s a Doctor Chai in Nantang Village with a good reputation. Feng Hu from next door had his broken arm set by him when he was a child, and there were no lingering effects. Villagers who can’t find a cure at the health clinic go to him, but I haven’t heard if he can treat infertility."

Nantang Village, isn’t that Dong Lamei’s former marital home?

Doctor Chai.

She remembered Li Jinhua’s father’s surname was also Chai; was he a relative of this Doctor Chai?

Was it possible that Li Jinhua got her medicine from him?

She responded with an "Oh."

When Qin Jin came back, she told him about her discovery. "It would be best to catch Li Jinhua in the act of drugging. Based on my reasoning, Li Jinhua has strictly controlled Feng Hu’s drug dosage, with the aim of escaping domestic violence."

Qin Jin’s eyes flickered slightly, "Allow me to look into this."

....

Another day passed, and Li Qiao and Old Mrs. Qin took a ride to Beijing.

While queuing on the train station platform, Li Qiao caught a glimpse of Cai Hechuan by chance.

Mrs. Cai was beside him, scrutinizing her with a critical gaze.

"Why are you traveling with my son?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "Does the train belong to your family? Does the station belong to your family?"

Mrs. Cai was left speechless.

Li Qiao didn’t say a word.

Cai Hechuan glanced at her, and after she stepped into the carriage, he and Mrs. Cai followed one after the other.

There weren’t many people in the carriage, and their compartments were next to each other.

There were only upper and lower bunks in the sleeper, Li Qiao on the upper bunk and Old Mrs. Qin below. With no one on the opposite two bunks, she flung her luggage onto the bunk and climbed up to her own to rest.

Cai Hechuan sat in the corridor where he could see her.

Old Mrs. Qin secretly watched Cai Hechuan’s every move, shameless! His eyes were practically glued to his son’s wife; if Jin saw this, she would gouge out this bastard’s eyes!

Mrs. Cai: "Hechuan, what are you doing? Come inside and rest."

"I’m not sleepy," Cai Hechuan pretended to read a book.

Li Qiao sat and watched the scenery outside.

Some time passed, and the train’s dining car started selling boxed meals for three mao each. Li Qiao bought two portions, took out some soy sauce, and shared a meal with Old Mrs. Qin.

As Mrs. Cai walked by, she deliberately remarked, "Stingy to her own parents, yet so generous to herself."

Cai Hechuan: "Mother, what are you doing?"

Mrs. Cai: "I wasn’t talking about Li Qiao."

Li Qiao was speechless.

She should have known better and left yesterday; she had no idea how long these two would follow her path.

Such bad luck!

Cai Hechuan said, "Qiaoqiao, don’t take my mother’s words to heart."

Li Qiao remained silent.

Cai Hechuan felt a bit embarrassed and returned to his own compartment.

Mrs. Cai added, "Lucky for my son he didn’t marry you."

Li Qiao replied softly, "It’s not me who wants to marry your son, in my heart there has only ever been Jin."

Old Mrs. Qin spoke up loudly for Li Qiao, "Indeed, it’s lucky, otherwise our family wouldn’t be blessed with such a good daughter-in-law."

That was as good as a slap in Mrs. Cai’s face.

It was upsetting to her.

She had heard that just by going to school, Li Qiao could earn thousands in a year.

Which family could earn that much money in a year?

If Li Qiao had married her son, all that money would have been hers.

....

Cai Hechuan and Mrs. Cai got off the train in the middle of the night.

Li Qiao got up early and didn’t see them, which lifted her spirits quite a bit.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "That mother and son finally got off, otherwise with so many people around today, that woman would spout nonsense and we would be the talk of the town again."

Li Qiao didn’t care much; they were just passersby.

Even if they had said something unpleasant, it wasn’t worth taking to heart.

She wondered if Qin Jin was at home and how the investigation into Li Jinhua was going.

Far in his hometown, Qin Jin sneezed.

He thought to himself, my beautiful wife must be thinking of me.

He had already found out about the relationship between Li Jinhua and Doctor Chai.

Doctor Chai was Li Jinhua’s uncle.

The day before Feng Erguanggun was poisoned, Li Jinhua had visited Doctor Chai’s family to deliver a New Year’s gift.

However, there was no evidence to prove that Doctor Chai had provided Li Jinhua with poison.

But from talking to the elders in the village, he learned that many years ago, the relationship between Dong Lamei and Doctor Chai’s elder brother was ambiguous, and to this day, there were still subtle rumors that Li Jinhua was Doctor Chai’s elder brother’s child.

Regardless of whether it was true or false, he immediately mobilized his close friends to spread the word.

Doctor Chai’s wife had never known about this; once Qin Jin and others propagated it, she heard and, thinking about Li Jinhua’s appearance, indeed found a resemblance to her own husband. Moreover, it had been since last year that Li Jinhua started to visit often, sometimes even bringing gifts.

How many years has Dong Lamei been remarried?

She never had contact before, so why start now?

She must be trying to take advantage of something.

Unable to tolerate the thought, she immediately called her family to confront Dong Lamei.

The two women started with verbal insults and ended with a physical fight, and the incident spread like wildfire.

Li Shengcai, embarrassed by the scandal, chased Dong Lamei away. Since she had already become estranged from her family due to Dong Qiang’s incident, she had nowhere to go and had to turn to Li Jinhua for shelter.

Li Jinhua’s days at the Feng family were no better.

Because of the incident in which Dong Lamei and Li Shengcai caused a ruckus over living expenses, Qin Jin retaliated by leading a group of thugs to Mr. Feng’s and Mrs. Feng’s home to demand the repayment of the five yuan they had lent out.

The elderly couple managed to scrape together the money and pay Qin Jin back.

With finances already tight to the brink of not being able to make ends meet, they blamed all their troubles on Li Jinhua, berating her daily and even threatening to disown her as their daughter-in-law.

Li Jinhua was at her wits’ end, venting her frustration at Dong Lamei, "Why did you have to ask for money at that time? Once I and Feng Erguanggun go to Beijing and figure out their situation, there will be plenty of time to demand money slowly. Now look what’s happened; Qin Jin has gone mad. Since Li Qiao and his grandmother left, there’s no one to control him, and he roams the village with a gang, kicking anyone who displeases him, even slapping people if their dogs bark at him. I don’t even dare to step outside the door."

Dong Lamei regretted it a bit as well.

It was all messed up by that old devil Li Shengcai who was so anxious for the money.

But Old Mrs. Qin had agreed at the time, and the Loser didn’t object, so she didn’t understand why later Li Shengcai managed to infuriate everyone.

In the end, they didn’t get a single cent but ended up covered in bruises.

Alas!

Li Jinhua said again, "Mom, you should just go home. It’s really not good for you to stay here."

Dong Lamei had no choice but to leave; on the way, she encountered a group of hooligans calling her mother-in-law and, frightened, she ran away as fast as she could.