My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 590, tool man, identified!

Chapter 590: 590, tool man, identified!

Seeing the greed flicker in the eyes of this deadbeat man, Hua Xing smiled.

"You used to be the steward of the Chen Family. Shouldn’t one of those two pigs belong to you?"

"I heard those two pigs are as fat as the ones from the Lin Family. One should sell for at least a hundred yuan, right? That’s... a hefty sum."

Her tone was not without temptation, making Chen Jiefang’s heart itch.

A hundred or more yuan, who wouldn’t crave that?

Chen Jiefang’s eyes twinkled with cunning calculations, yet his tone was casual, as if indifferent, he asked, "What do you want to do about it?"

Hua Xing was taken aback, not quite getting his meaning.

A false smile bloomed on her gaunt face.

"What could I possibly mean? It’s up to you, isn’t it? I, an outsider, don’t really have a say in this."

Chen Jiefang glanced at her but remained silent and walked towards the threshing floor.

Hua Xing knew she had dropped a bomb in Chen Jiefang’s heart. Based on her understanding of the man, he wouldn’t just do nothing.

That was good enough for her.

She didn’t want to be the villain.

As Shuangshan Brigade’s members walked to the threshing ground, Lin Tang arrived at the library.

In broad daylight, the lights in the library were off and it wasn’t very bright inside.

The temporary Administrator, Meng Mingyuan, moved a table and chairs out, and everyone sat under the tree outside to read.

Lin Tang found the brigade’s creative approach to appoint a temporary administrator quite thoughtful.

It showed no favoritism to any educated youth, allowing everyone to take turns as the administrator.

The workpoints were evenly divided among the educated youths.

Nary a conflict arose, and it was a boon to those youths for whom earning workpoints in the fields wasn’t exactly their forte.

The children could also learn some knowledge and hear stories from outside.

It was a solution with multiple benefits.

Lin Tang arrived at the library, borrowed a book, and took a seat.

Under the tree, the reading corner was occupied by Wang Fang and the village’s children.

A group of little ones sat on the ground covered with leaves, engrossed in picture books.

Wang Fang initially sat by Meng Mingyuan, earnestly reading. Whenever she encountered something she didn’t understand, she would ask him on the spot.

As soon as Lin Tang arrived, she immediately abandoned the male educated youth and, blushing, sat down beside Lin Tang.

"...Tang, Tangtang, can I ask you some questions?" she whispered.

Meng Mingyuan returned to his original spot and upon witnessing this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He was treated like a tool, there was no doubting it!

Shaking his head, he adjusted his glasses and returned his focus to reading, not taking the incident to heart.

Lin Tang met Wang Fang’s sparkling eyes and nodded, "You can, of course. Ask me anything you like, as long as I know the answer."

She always encouraged girls to read more.

Lovers of books won’t lead superficial lives.

Wang Fang’s anxious heart calmed, and her face revealed a radiant smile.

"...Thank you."

Lin Tang shook her head, "I haven’t helped you yet, no need to be so formal."

Seeing that Wang Fang was the only adult from the brigade around, she curiously asked, "Why are you the only one here? Did everyone else go to the village entrance?"

Wang Fang scratched her head, looking puzzled, "I didn’t notice."

She worked at the Sauce Factory and had a rare day off, seizing every second for studying. She hadn’t paid attention to where everyone had gone.

Lin Tang made an "Oh" sound, "Let’s get back to reading then."

Wang Fang nodded and resumed her reading.

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Lin Qingmu parked his bicycle and realized that the village entrance was deserted.

Clutching the envelope with the pig sale money, worry lines appeared on his face.

The cold wind blew, chilling him to the bone.

After a while, Lin Qingmu let out a long sigh and headed home with the envelope.

Once home, he secured the money in the envelope and stepped outside again.

Wang Daniu caught a glimpse of Lin Qingmu’s retreating silhouette and felt a complex mix of emotions, somewhat perplexed.

"Qingmu, what’s happened with you?"

What does it feel like to bump into someone you know while on a role-playing spree? Lin Qingmu could very responsibly declare it made his ’toes involuntarily curl’.

His expression changed in an instant, and he said with a smile, "It’s nothing, just a tweak in my back."

"A tweaked back?" Wang Daniu’s face furrowed with concern, "You should be careful; back problems are no small matter."

Lin Qingmu’s mouth twitched slightly, "I know, thank you, Uncle Wang."

A wisp of a smile emerged on Wang Daniu’s gaunt face, lightening the worry lines slightly.

"Why speak of such things, we’re all off to the threshing floor..."

After saying this, he remembered the newly established library Lin Qingmu might not yet know about, and suggested, "If you find the threshing floor dull, you could visit our brigade’s library. There are books there. You’re an educated person; you can never go wrong with more reading."

Reading enlightens a person, and what those educated youths said was not wrong at all.

Just look at the children of the Lin Family, each more filial and successful than the last. That’s the power of reading.

Lin Qingmu heard about the brigade’s library for the first time and his eyes brightened.

"The library? Where is it?"

Wang Daniu: "The empty house next to the Sauce Factory."

Lin Qingmu, curious about the library, thanked him and sped towards it with quick strides.

Wang Daniu watched his back, his cloudy eyes dimming.

Look at the Lin Family’s son, then compare him to his own, led astray and taken away by Wu Chunhua. It filled his heart with bitterness.

"Sigh..."

A perfectly good family, how did it fall apart?

He also wondered how Zhaodi, who ’married’ below, was faring and whether the young man was treating her well...

Again, his thoughts wandered.

How could the living manage the affairs of the dead?

Wang Daniu shook his head, hunched over, and entered his home.

Lin Qingmu jogged up to the library and immediately spotted Lin Tang.

"Tangtang, you’re here as well."

His gaze swept over the readers in the room, noting that everyone had a book in hand.

"I heard the brigade opened a library; are there many books?"

Lin Tang nodded, "Quite a few. It would take some time to get through all of them."

Meng Mingyuan stood up, dutifully introducing himself, "Hello, Comrade Lin. I’m Meng Mingyuan, the library’s administrator."

"All the books are inside. You can come with me to take a look, see if there anything that interests you."

With someone to guide Lin Qingmu, naturally there was no need to trouble his sister.

He gently tousled Lin Tang’s hair and said with a smile, "Read your book. I’m going to take a look with Comrade Meng."

As his voice fell, he followed Meng Mingyuan into the library.

Lin Tang touched the top of her head, smoothing down the hair that her elder brother’s rough hands had ruffled.

Wang Fang covered her mouth and giggled at the scene, her laughter reminiscent of a mouse that had snatched some rice.

Lin Tang: "!!?"

Lin Qingmu entered the library and, upon seeing rows upon rows of books, his eyes couldn’t take it all in.

He was completely overwhelmed.

Flipping through one book after another, the brightness in his eyes was almost blinding.

"Engineering Mechanics," "Machine Parts," "Mechanical Principles"...

All were subjects he was extremely interested in.

"Where did all these books come from?" Lin Qingmu was hardly able to tear his gaze away, overcome with excitement.

"Hm?" Meng Mingyuan looked surprised, "Comrade Lin didn’t tell you? This library, all these books—they are all here thanks to Comrade Lin Tang and her partner."

He had seen clearly how the brigade’s library came into being.

Lin Qingmu had a vague suspicion.

There were not many in the entire village who could secure so many books.

Complicated emotions flickered in his eyes, including a bitter smile and a sigh.

On the road with the sports car, he had seen many books but never thought to buy any, and even less so about setting up a library in the brigade for everyone to read.