The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Too ashamed to say anything else, the men made their excuses and left.

They were determined to go back and get to the bottom of things.

What was wrong with their mothers and wives? How could they go around making up stories about Gu Zhiqing!

Leng Qiushou didn’t move. Only after everyone had gone did he step forward.

”Brigade Leader, Sun Yeshu was the one from my family who fought with Gu Jiaojiao. This has nothing to do with me, right?”

For the others, it was their own wives and mothers. In his case, it was his sister-in-law. That wasn’t fair.

Leng Qiushou even suspected Leng Yuan had done it on purpose.

He had approached Leng Yuan about the spot before, but the man had given him the cold shoulder.

Now that he had earned the chance to learn pig-raising techniques through his own merit, was Leng Yuan still displeased?

Leng Qiushou was so angry his fingernails dug into his palms.

But that was nothing compared to the grim, terrifying expression on his face.

Chen Beiguo sighed.

Frankly, Leng Qiushou had been performing well recently. He was educated and a quick learner.

But he shouldn’t have provoked Leng Yuan.

He couldn’t be so brazen just because he was Leng Yuan’s relative. And that expression on Leng Qiushou’s face... it was as if Leng Yuan had personally wronged him.

Seeing his expression, Chen Beiguo decided not to hide the truth any longer.

”Actually, Leng Yuan came to me and specifically asked me to hold that spot for you. You weren’t originally a suitable candidate. The selections this time were based on long-term performance and work points. Your work points from the past six months weren’t nearly enough to qualify.”

Leng Qiushou was speechless.

He looked up, staring at the brigade leader, hoping to see any sign that he was joking.

The brigade leader continued.

”As for what happened this time, you should go home and ask your mother. It seems she was on her way to the commune to file a complaint about Sun Yeshu’s situation, but Gu Zhiqing stopped her.”

Leng Qiushou was speechless once again.

「On the way back.」

He couldn’t believe what the brigade leader had said. Leng Yuan himself had gone to the brigade leader to ask for the pig-raising spot for him!

’And to think he’d believed he earned it on his own merit.’

In that instant, his emotions became a tangled mess. It wasn’t joy, nor was it sorrow. It was the shock that his younger cousin would do such a thing for him, the weight of his long-held misunderstanding, and finally, a bitter taste in his mouth.

But no matter how he had gotten the spot, it was gone now.

Seething with anger, he arrived home to find Aunt Leng in the courtyard, scolding her grandchildren.

Leng Qiushou took a deep breath, pushed the gate open, and went inside.

When Aunt Leng saw Leng Qiushou return, she smiled and asked, ”The brigade leader kept you men behind. Was it for something important?”

Leng Qiushou’s face was grim. ”Mom, did you do something to Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan?”

Aunt Leng assumed he’d heard about what happened earlier that day and immediately put on a wronged expression.

Hearing what she thought was her son’s concern, she immediately began to wail about her hardships.

”Don’t even mention that slut! She’s a jinx! If she’d just done her work, Ye Shu wouldn’t have stormed off back to her parents’ house, and your brother wouldn’t have gotten sick. Now Ye Shu is pregnant and staying with her family. You tell me, what are we supposed to do?”

Aunt Leng was both aggrieved and worried sick.

Just the thought of her daughter-in-law not returning was enough to make her anxious.

Leng Qiushou, who had been stone-faced until now, suddenly exploded. He flipped the nearby dining table and kicked over a stool for good measure.

Aunt Leng jumped in shock.

Leng Qiushou’s face was glacial. ”Mom, you only ever think about your younger son and your younger daughter-in-law. Have you ever considered me? Because of you, the spot to learn pig-raising techniques is gone.”

”You know perfectly well that Leng Yuan is a force to be reckoned with and Gu Jiaojiao isn’t to be trifled with. Why did you have to go and provoke them?”

”If you’re going to make my life miserable, then nobody gets to be happy.”

Once, they made him lose his job.

Now, he’d even lost the spot to learn pig-raising techniques.

Leng Qiushou said it plainly, ”We’re splitting the family. Right now.”

The whole Leng Family was stunned.

Leng Qiushou was the eldest brother, already in his thirties. He’d always had a calm, steady personality, and his family never had to worry about him. Seeing him suddenly fly into a rage like this frightened everyone.