My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 313: Cannot let go at 313

Chapter 313: Cannot let go at 313

It wasn’t that she thought too highly of herself, it was just that as long as it concerned her, the probability of the brigade members refusing was not large.

Nowadays, Zhou Mei knew how to read a room.

Seeing Lin Tang’s expression of polite refusal, the excitement factor active in every cell of her body quieted down.

She glanced at her sister-in-law with regret.

She sighed inwardly.

Alas!

It was such a rare opportunity to make a name for herself.

While the Lin Family was talking, Qi Xianghong, the daughter who married out of the Qi Family, returned to her parents’ home.

Qi Xianghong heard her family talk about Lin Tang’s glorious affair.

As soon as the Qi Family went out to work, she eagerly ran to the neighboring Lin Family.

She came with her two children in tow.

"... Uncle Lin, Auntie Li, I came back to my parents’ home and stopped by to see you," said Qi Xianghong with a forced smile on her face.

Lin Lu was taken aback when he saw her, and said in a blunt tone, "... It’s Xianghong, eh."

Because of some unspeakable reasons, he truly didn’t know what kind of expression to use to face this girl.

Lin Lu had a good relationship with Qi Dafa, but he didn’t like Qi Xianghong that much.

He remembered clearly how this girl had spread rumors about his Tangtang before.

Li Xiuli was also perplexed because this girl from Qi Family had never set foot in her house before.

This sudden visit felt like she was scheming something big!

With that thought, Li Xiuli instantly became extremely alert.

"Xianghong, you’re back. Are your mom and dad at home?" she asked, making small talk.

The implication was, your home is right next door.

Why visit us instead of seeing your parents and siblings when returning to your parents’ home?

Ning Xinrou saw Qi Xianghong arrive and quietly stood up, locking the kitchen door.

Seeing this, Li Xiuli let down her guard.

She secretly gestured Xinrou to go back to her room.

Xinrou, seeing that she had supportive sisters-in-law with strong fighting spirits, felt that her family wouldn’t be at a disadvantage and so she went back to her room.

Qi Xianghong’s gaze swept over the Lin Family’s brick and tile house, her expression a mix of envy and jealousy.

It was extremely complex.

Then she looked at Lin Tang.

Wearing new clothes, fair-skinned with rosy lips, she looked more stylish and pretty than the girls in propaganda posters.

For a moment, her heart felt as if it had been doused with vinegar.

Overflowing with jealousy.

Qi Xianghong ignored Li Xiuli’s words and looked straight at Lin Tang.

"I heard that our brigade has produced an exceptional person, and I just had to come back and see for myself," she said.

While speaking, she saw snacks on the table, grabbed two handfuls for her children, and stuffed them into her pockets.

She took a big handful of peanuts for herself and started eating them one after another with loud crunches.

"Country folks like us haven’t seen much of the world, not living as well as the Lin Family.

We’re all from the same village, so you won’t mind if I eat something, right?" she said with shameless audacity.

To the Lin Family as they were now, those snacks really didn’t amount to much.

If villagers came over, they were willing to share.

But, this thick-skinned woman was definitely not within the welcome range.

Lin Tang snorted, "You’ve already taken them, what can we say?"

It wasn’t that she minded the cost of the snacks, but the person in front of her was just too... indelicate.

Things like not bathing for half a year, not brushing teeth for ten days or a fortnight...

Qi Xianghong was a few years older than her and their relationship... was worse than with strangers.

This person disliked her cleanliness, while she couldn’t stand the other’s disregard for hygiene and decorum.

All in all, they didn’t have much contact.

Zhou Mei silently gave her sister-in-law a thumbs-up.

She crossed her arms and sneered disdainfully at Qi Xianghong.

Then she turned to Li Xiuli.

There was a trace of slight dissatisfaction in her expression.

"Mom, you always say I have the thickest skin in the world; you must have had issues with me!!" she said.

Accompanying her words, she even offered an explanation.

"I might be a bit greedy, but I never pine for others’ things or take advantage of others in their homes.

Looking at it this way, I’m actually not that bad, right?"

Not a single word of direct insult was said, yet the veiled disparagement was almost spilling over.

Qi Xianghong’s peanut-eating gesture paused.

As if nothing had happened, she continued shelling and eating.

She exemplified shamelessness to the fullest.

Lin Tang: "..."

Of all the people in the world, only those with thick skins are beyond help.

Getting married and having children hadn’t just added years but apparently thickened skins as well.

Li Xiuli felt embarrassed.

She gently tugged at her daughter’s sleeve.

"Tangtang, didn’t you have things to be busy with? Go back to your place and attend to them. Xianghong has Mei Zi and me to entertain her."

Worried that there might be a scene.

Qi Xianghong was probably unstoppable, so better to send her own daughter away first.

There were Mei Zi and herself here after all.

Lin Tang didn’t wish to argue with Qi Xianghong either, so she nodded, stood up, and planned to go back to her room.

But then.

Just as she stood up, Qi Xianghong also stood up.

"When your family was building your house, I didn’t come over. Now that I’ve finally returned, I want to have a look. You’re so generous, you wouldn’t mind, right?" she said.

Lin Tang was once again shocked by Qi Xianghong’s thick skin.

"No, I don’t want to." She rolled her eyes and rejected her bluntly.

Having said that, she turned and headed toward her own room.

Just at that moment.

Qi Xianghong’s snotty child grabbed his mother’s hand.

Pointing at the cat in Lin Tang’s arms, the child whined to Qi Xianghong, "Mom, I want that kitty."

He said this while sniffling.

When he couldn’t sniff it back in, he stuck out his tongue to lick it.

It looked especially disgusting!

Upon seeing this, Lin Tang’s skin crawled.

She felt utterly uncomfortable.

She wished she could gouge out her own eyes.

Why did she even look back??!!

Qi Xianghong looked at the kitten and said, "Lin Tang, let your cat play with my child for a while. We’ll give it back to you later."

The way she spoke was incredibly presumptuous.

Lin Tang almost blurted out a scornful retort.

"...You wish with that ugly mug of yours!"

She was already too dispirited to mock internally.

Everyone at the Qi Family was hardworking and knew their limits, true quality bamboo, but how did they end up with such a shamelessly bad shoot?!

Qi Xianghong’s face darkened after being repeatedly refused by Lin Tang.

"You’re really too stingy!" she complained discontentedly.

"After all, we’re from the same village, and we grew up together. What’s wrong with me taking a look around your house?

What’s wrong with my son playing with your cat for a while?"

Qi Xianghong sounded exceedingly self-righteous.

She just couldn’t stand Lin Tang’s pretentiousness.

Lin Tang stopped paying attention to the mother and son, and gently scratched the kitten’s soft chin with her fingertips.

The irritation inside her eased slightly.

"I can do whatever I want with my own things; even if your house was by the sea, it doesn’t mean you can be this nosy.

If you don’t want to be thrown out, then behave and don’t annoy me!"

After the rebuke, she treated Qi Xianghong as if she were thin air.

In reality, even if she wanted to take action, she would refuse to do so—Qi Xianghong was so greasy all over, glistening with oil, that Lin Tang simply couldn’t bring herself to touch her!

Lin Tang looked with sympathy at her mother and sister-in-law.

"Mom, Mei Zi, you’ll have your hands full with her."

Tangtang had no interest in dealing with someone who clung like a plaster and couldn’t understand human speech for even a second longer.

She feared that if she stayed any longer, she wouldn’t be able to control herself from grabbing Qi Xianghong by the scruff of her neck and throwing her out.

That would put her parents in an awkward position!

Li Xiuli hurriedly waved her hand, signaling her daughter not to bother with Qi Xianghong anymore and to quickly go back to her room.

Without interference, Lin Tang carried the kitten back to her own room.