Chapter 141: Repairs Completed

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After taking advantage of her, the shameless bastard returned to the room humming “The Eighteen Touches,” entirely free of guilt. Seeing Yuyu reading by the head of the bed, he reached out and tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear.

The peaceful scene instantly soothed Chen Liang, whose heart had been on the verge of exploding after the stimulation he had just witnessed between husband and wife.

Carrying his toiletries, Chen Liang slipped out without a sound. After washing up at the basin, he returned to the room—only to hear the faint, intermittent sound of meowing from next door.

Damn. Just a common plant.

Was that little slut really this wild now? She had not even spared Foolish Pillar, who was drunk as a dog? And she truly lived up to her reputation as an old lecheress—she could feast on four dishes all by herself! Impressive. There was no way not to admire her.

Then he looked at Yuyu. Well, although she was still calmly turning the pages of her book, the tips of her ears were bright red. It was obvious that her heart was in turmoil too.

“Heh!” Chen Liang let out a shameless chuckle, took out a bottle of secret medicinal liquor from the chest of drawers, poured himself an oversized cup, and drained it in one go.

Today came with a reward: he was going to admire the moon and flowers together with Yuyu. At a time like this, how could a man possibly admit defeat?

When morning came, Yuyu woke up having unlocked yet another epic achievement. Chen Liang immediately pulled her into his arms and lovingly fed her breakfast.

That bastard’s breakfast was not so easy to enjoy. The night before, Yuyu had cried her eyes out before earning this brief moment of tenderness.

When he escorted Yuyu to work, he happened to see Foolish Pillar bent over, rubbing his bruised stomach, looking like a man who had only just awakened from a terrible hangover.

After chatting with Foolish Pillar for a couple of minutes, Chen Liang—too embarrassed to admit that his wife had used him as an all-you-can-eat buffet—made an excuse and slipped away.

Foolish Pillar had long known that his wife was not what she appeared to be, but nobody had told him she could be so fierce. It was downright terrifying!

It seemed that giving up alcohol had to be put on the agenda. Foolish Pillar was terrified that one day he might get drunk again and have his wife crush him beneath her. That would be a disaster of truly epic proportions!

After seeing Yuyu off, Chen Liang returned to the new house and found a group of childhood friends who were still drunk. He rewarded each of them with a kick.

“Get up. Those of you who have jobs, go to work!”

“Don’t, Brother Liang. It’s already too late for us to go now. We’ll just stay and help you with the work!” Cao Dawu said, rubbing his sore backside.

“Suit yourselves. Dawu, now that you’re up, go buy some breakfast. We’ll work after we eat!”

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Even an emperor does not send hungry soldiers into battle. Since his childhood friends were helping Chen Liang with the work, he naturally would not mistreat them. Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Chen Liang directed them to get busy.

They first tore out the brick bed in the eastern room. Then they scraped the walls smooth, mixed lime with water, and brushed the entire surface with it.

Once the walls had dried completely, they began applying whitewash. By the time the whole process was finished, it was already noon.

Chen Liang took out ten yuan and some meat coupons.

“Han Er, all you do every day is slack off. Enough pretending. Take the money and coupons and go to the state-run restaurant up front to buy some dishes and steamed buns.”

Chen Liang had not expected so many people to show up. The lunch Foolish Pillar sent from the cafeteria definitely would not be enough, so they had to buy some additional food.

“Got it, Brother Liang! I’m going right now!”

Han Er tossed aside the brush in his hand, grabbed the money and coupons, and sprinted off as if a dog were chasing him.

By the time Mahua delivered lunch, Han Er had also returned with the food. A table laden with dishes was soon filled to the brim, and Chen Liang called Mahua over to eat with them.

Mahua shook his head like a rattle drum.

“No, thanks. After making this delivery, I have to go back and keep watch in the kitchen. Brother Liang, I only came to thank you. My master told me this morning about the housing allocation.”

Mahua’s family situation was merely ordinary, and perhaps even somewhat worse than that. He had never considered marriage. He had too many brothers, and his family did not even have room to put a bed for a newlywed couple. What girl would be blind enough to take a fancy to him?

“It’s nothing. Work hard and follow your master properly. Things will get better,” Chen Liang said, waving it off.

“Mm! Then, Brother Liang, I’ll head back if there’s nothing else. Just call on me whenever you need anything in the future!”

“Go on. Ride slowly on the way back.”

After lunch, Chen Liang led his childhood friends through the house once more, checking every corner and fixing anything they had missed. Finally, he stood before the completely transformed courtyard, utterly satisfied.

“All right, the work is finished. You can all leave. I’m locking up.”

The whitewash still needed two more days to dry completely. After locking the door, Chen Liang sent away the group of childhood friends who had clearly intended to freeload food and drink for as long as possible.

With the renovation of the new house complete, Chen Liang once again sank into a state of idleness. The Red Star Steelworks could not possibly have a major incident every day, and he had no interest in bothering with trivial matters.

The tail end of July slipped quietly away. By mid-August, an expected event finally occurred: Qin Jingru, that rustic little country girl, was thrown out of the Jia household.

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Do you remember Guo Big Sideburns, the man Qin Widow reported to the factory and whom the Security Section arrested?

Ever since Chen Liang had extorted money from him and forced him to compensate Qin Jingru, that fool, Guo Big Sideburns had harbored a grudge against Qin Widow. A thousand yuan was no small sum. Even for someone from a well-off family like Guo Big Sideburns, thinking about the money made his heart ache.

He did not dare provoke Chen Liang, so he could only bully someone weaker. He went all out tormenting Qin Widow. Guo Big Sideburns had originally been a deputy director, but after the incident, Factory Director Li pulled strings to protect him, and he received only an administrative warning.

Qin Widow, who had previously lived a fairly comfortable life by flaunting her charms, once again found herself trapped in misery.

Under Guo Big Sideburns’s threats, none of her lovers dared stand up for her. Even Little Six—the only man in the Security Section who had slept with her—settled down and found himself a girlfriend after Chen Liang warned him. He cut off all contact with her.

With heaven refusing her a path and earth offering no door, Qin Widow once again turned her attention to Qin Jingru, that rustic little country girl.

This time, she was not after the girl herself, but her compensation money. She wanted to squeeze out enough cash to bribe her way into a better workshop or something similar.

But once you start plucking wool, it becomes addictive. After extracting a ten-yuan note from the country girl the first time, Qin Widow could no longer stop.

In less than a month, she had coaxed and cheated away more than half the money Qin Jingru possessed.

By the time the country girl realized what was happening, she had less than two hundred yuan left. By then, it was already too late.

Two days earlier, Qin Widow had tried to fleece her as usual, only for Qin Jingru to refuse outright and demand to know where all the previous money had gone.

That was even more explosive than poking a hornet’s nest. The Jia household erupted on the spot. Under Qin Widow’s covert prompting, Grandma Jia immediately opened her mouth and ordered Qin Jingru to get out.

Previously, Qin Widow had kept her in check, while Qin Jingru’s compensation money had been feeding the family. As a result, Grandma Jia had managed to pretend to be a respectable person for an entire month, putting on the kindly face of an old grandmother when Qin Jingru first came to their home.

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