Originally, he thought that his eldest daughter was wronged in marriage matters, and that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were good to his wife as a form of compensation.
Now knowing the truth, Lin Chuxia was not the Lin Family’s biological daughter, which explained his in-laws’ attitude towards their two daughters.
This also made the marriage exchange issue even more inexplicable.
They would favor their biological daughter even in minor matters, so how could they possibly have Lin Chuxia marry Qin Yang, who had good prospects, and let Lin Jiayi marry him?
Even if Lin Chuxia threatened them with death, the Lin parents would never agree to exchange marriages.
Having failed to find any reasonable explanation, Li Guangyuan felt even more that something was amiss.
Old Mrs. Li was also increasingly annoyed, repeatedly warning Li Guangyuan not to remarry Lin Jiayi.
"That woman is truly vicious. Our family has faced so many misfortunes because of her. If it weren’t for her, how would your eldest sister marry that Ma fellow, and your second sister marry the Zhang fellow? She’s the jinx that caused harm to our Li Family, even losing our Genbao. If it weren’t for the marriage exchange, you would have married Lin Chuxia, and our family would have been doing well by now."
The proximity of Daqing Mountain Village and Xiaoqingshan Village meant that even if she hadn’t been to the city, unaware of the Xiyang Group, she would know about Lin Chuxia from Daqing Mountain Village, who led the villagers to prosperity.
To be able to help a village prosper, how wealthy must she be?
Not to mention she has a wealthy adoptive mother.
If Li Guangyuan had married Lin Chuxia at that time, all that money would have belonged to the Li Family.
Old Mrs. Li’s words struck a painful chord, prompting Li Guangyuan to pick up his clothes and head out.
Home alone, Old Mrs. Li finally saw someone and hadn’t finished venting before asking where he was going.
He simply replied, "Going to town to sell vegetables."
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Li Guangyuan rode his bicycle out of Xiaoqingshan Village but did not return to his home in the county nor head to his vegetable stall.
The stall is at the night market; it only opens in the afternoon, and in the mornings, he goes to the Qin Family Village Vegetable Market to wholesale some vegetables.
Usually, he stocks the stall based on what’s missing.
But today, he couldn’t wait to go home and ask Lin Jiayi what vegetables were needed and went straight to Qin Family Village.
Even though he knew that woman was no longer in Qin Family Village, arriving there gave him a sense of peace.
Li Guangyuan sat on the side of the wholesale market, watching the people come and go.
It was also later that he learned that Lin Chuxia advocated for the establishment of this wholesale market to facilitate the sale of Qin Family Village’s greenhouse vegetables.
Moreover, the greenhouses in Qin Family Village were established under Lin Chuxia’s invitation to the Agricultural Research Institute’s technicians from the capital to instruct the villagers.
In Qin Family Village, Lin Chuxia is not merely considered the Qin Family’s daughter-in-law but is recognized as their leader.
Every villager in Qin Family Village speaks of Lin Chuxia with nothing but praise.
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