Qin Wen was speaking dryly, Li Guangyuan had smoked two cigarettes already and still hadn’t mentioned the eggplants.
He had to ask again.
Li Guangyuan knew enough was enough, "We’re so familiar, no need to be so polite? But I have to take the basket away, I’ll bring it back to you tomorrow."
"Sure, no problem," Qin Wen agreed readily.
The two of them lifted the basket to weigh it, and Li Guangyuan directly handed him the change.
With the money in hand, Qin Wen didn’t want to stay under the scorching sun anymore and headed home with the money.
After walking a while, he looked back at that man, unable to hold back and spat.
"Dreaming, thinking about swan meat as a toad."
He had long seen through Li Guangyuan’s intentions, otherwise, he wouldn’t have directed the conversation towards Lin Chuxia.
But thinking if Qin Yang hadn’t married Lin Chuxia but rather her sister, their Qin Family second branch wouldn’t be in this state today, and he wouldn’t have lost his job.
Perhaps Qin Yang’s days wouldn’t be as good as his.
How much of the good life the Qin Family’s second branch enjoys today is not thanks to Lin Chuxia?
The more he thought about it, the more unfair Qin Wen felt, and he turned back again.
Li Guangyuan was looking disdainfully at the basket of eggplants when someone patted him on the shoulder, and he saw Qin Wen had come back.
"Anything else?"
Qin Wen simply said, "It’s nothing, I just see you’re a sincere and honest person living a straightforward life. As the saying goes, good people should be rewarded with good things. You, an honest man with a good heart and hardworking nature, shouldn’t live like this, your fate shouldn’t be this way. You should find a way to turn the gears of destiny around. Life is only a few decades long, don’t leave yourself any regrets."
After speaking, he patted Li Guangyuan’s shoulder again with a look of heartfelt sympathy, seemingly feeling sorry for him.
Inwardly thinking, go stir up trouble with the Lin Family, go find Lin Chuxia.
Even if he can’t ruin Lin Chuxia and Qin Yang’s relationship, he wants to see the couple embarrassed.
...............
Li Guangyuan collected a cartload of vegetables at Qin Family Village Vegetable Market and biked to the night market under the scorching afternoon sun.
After a busy day without eating, his clothes were soaked with sweat.
But when he got to the night market, he saw everyone had set up their stalls while his was still not ready.
Lin Jiayi was sitting on a vegetable basket, being pointed at by two elders.
Seeing Li Guangyuan arrive, one of the old ladies limped over, grabbing his bike handle.
"Good timing, your wife says she has no money, surely you have some, right? Hurry and take out the money, I don’t want to delay your business..."
Li Guangyuan frowned at Mrs. Zhang in front of him, "Didn’t we just give you money a few days ago? Why are you asking for it again?"
"The 20 yuan you gave isn’t enough. It’s not even enough to eat, let alone your niece who needs good food."
Li Guangyuan was furious hearing this, "That’s your Zhang Family’s business, what do I have to do with it? If you keep coming to disrupt and harass at our stall, I’ll report to the police."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang lay down directly on the ground, throwing a tantrum.
"Go ahead, report to the police and let them take me away, I can even go see my son. Oh heavens, truly leaving me no way out. If your sister hadn’t abandoned her child, would I be lowering myself to ask you for money? The child is your sister’s, you must take responsibility."
Lin Jiayi was already fed up with the shameless antics of this old lady.
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