My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 185 This can change the fate of a lifetime

"After Xiaojing starts working, half of her monthly salary will go to Tangtang as a fee for buying the job, adding up to three hundred yuan."

As he said this, he worried that his second brother’s family might overthink and create unnecessary misunderstandings.

He continued, "The job at the Garment Factory that Tangtang was planning to give to her sister-in-law also requires half of the monthly salary until it reaches three hundred."

Lin Shou, knowing that money was involved, breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good as long as his family wasn’t benefiting for nothing.

After hesitating for a moment, his face flushed with embarrassment, but in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to decline further, "...Alright! I’ll thank Tangtang for Xiaojing."

He was well aware that his family was the one reaping a great advantage.

Lin Tang waved her hand and said with a smile, "No need to thank me, as long as Uncle doesn’t think I’m charging too much, it’s fine."

Her words carried a playful tone.

Lin Shou could certainly pick up on his niece’s effort to lighten the mood, and a smile appeared on his usually tense face.

"Not too much, not at all. Forget about three hundred, there are plenty of people who would want it even if it were four hundred or five hundred."

Not to mention someone like Liu Guohui, who probably still harbored grudges and desires.

Lin Tang smiled faintly and shook her head, "If it were someone else, I wouldn’t be willing to sell it to them even for a thousand!"

Did they really think she was running a charity?

Lin Xiaojing’s expression was blank, and it took her a long time to come to her senses.

Her voice was hoarse as though it had been grated over by sand.

"...Do I, do I have a job now?"

She was filled with uncertainty, as if in a dream, with her lips seemingly quivering slightly.

Lin Tang took Sister Xiaojing’s hand and smiled softly.

"Mhm, you’re going to have a stable job just like me, aren’t you happy?"

Lin Xiaojing stared at her cousin in shock.

It took her a long time to react.

Then, suddenly, tears began streaming down her face.

They were fast and fierce.

Like a broken faucet that couldn’t be stopped.

"Sister Xiaojing..." Lin Tang was taken aback and moved her lips uncertainly.

What, what’s this all about?

Suddenly, Lin Xiaojing hugged her, her voice thick with sobs.

"Tangtang, thank you! Thank you so much!"

She didn’t know how to express the turmoil within her heart, feeling a heat in her chest, like something was stuck there, too complex to describe.

The last time she felt this distressed was when her family couldn’t afford the school fee of three yuan and fifty cents, and she had to drop out helplessly.

Lin Xiaojing’s voice was choked with tears, and her words were jumbled.

"Am I dreaming? I thought... I thought my life would just stay like this."

"Do you know? I’m very afraid..."

"I’m especially afraid that someday I would marry a man who barely speaks a few words to me,

give birth to children, work for labor points, do household chores, cater to in-laws... and even bicker over trivial matters until I become someone I don’t even recognize..."

"I know that’s the step every girl in the village eventually takes, but I’m still afraid, because I’ve been to school, I’ve seen a different life.

Just thinking about becoming like my old friends from the past, I feel unbearable, so miserable that I can’t sleep night after night..."

It was the first time she had opened up about herself, and her words deeply moved everyone present.

Which rural girl of those days wasn’t like that?

Lin Xiaojing sniffled hard, her face drenched with tears, looking utterly disheveled.

"Thank you, Tangtang! Thank you for passing the job opportunity on to me.

I know I shouldn’t accept it, but I couldn’t bear to refuse, I was being selfish.

I’ll definitely remember your kindness, and I will repay the money for buying the job as soon as possible.

If you ever need help with anything, I will go through fire and water to do it for you. If I ever back out, then I... I..."

She wanted to make a harsh vow, to curse herself, but her tongue failed her, and with her mind in disarray, she couldn’t finish her sentence.

It was rare for Lin Xiaojing to cry so unreservedly and vent her emotions like this.

Even when she thought of jumping into the river, she just silently shed tears.

The job had clearly left a deep impact on her.

Lin Tang felt a sourness in his heart.

What Sister Xiaojing was afraid of... That was the future most girls of this era feared.

Those who had been educated were better off, their self-awareness awakened, and they at least knew they could have a different future.

But those who hadn’t attended school, whose vision was confined to the tiny plot of land familiar to them, were doomed to endlessly repeat the ’tragedies’ of the generation before them.

Lin Tang suppressed the turmoil in his heart and patted his cousin on the back, whispering comfortingly,

"...Don’t think too much."

"Once we transfer your food ration in a few days, you’ll be a worker, and then you can say goodbye to the future that seemed predictable to its very end.

From then on, your eyes won’t only see what’s in front of you but the distant galaxies, embracing a future that will be immeasurably beautiful."

Lin Xiaojing met Lin Tang’s sincere gaze, her normally timid eyes gleaming with an unprecedented brightness.

"Tangtang, to be your sister is my good fortune, the kind that takes several lifetimes to accumulate," she said with a hoarse voice.

For the first time in her life, she felt favored by fate.

Zhang Hongyan watched this scene, her eyes shifting restlessly.

As if she were struggling with something.

After a while, her gaze settled down again.

But the sorrow on her face did not seem to lighten.

Lin Xiaojing cried her heart out.

The frustration in her heart faded with the tears.

After calming down, realizing how embarrassed she was, her face turned beet red.

With her puffy eyes, she looked pitiful yet comical.

At that moment, Zhang Hongyan approached with a washbasin.

"Clean your face quickly; it’s covered in snot and tears, and it’s not pleasant to look at."

Lin Xiaojing smiled, showing an unprecedented joy.

"Mom, I’m going to become a worker. Are you happy for me?"

Zhang Hongyan’s body stiffened for a moment, and then she forced a smile.

"...Happy, how could I not be happy?"

She would be happier if the job had been given to Qingya.

Eventually, her daughter would marry, and who knows who would benefit from the job then.

Zhang Hongyan rarely smiled, so Lin Xiaojing didn’t notice anything amiss in her mother’s expression.

She happily washed her face and began chatting softly with Lin Tang, affectionate and lively.

Lin Shou noticed something strange about his wife’s expression and, after a little thought, knew what she was worried about.

He shook his head helplessly, planning to console her later.

After seeing off Lin Lu and Lin Tang, Lin Shou and Zhang Hongyan returned to their room.

Knowing full well what was on her mind, Lin Shou asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Hongyan’s eyes flickered with indecision.

After a moment of silence, she finally said, "...Xiaojing is a girl; she won’t stay with us long before she’s married off. Is it really a good idea to give her the job when Qingya still doesn’t have one?"

Lin Shou knew what she was going to say even before she opened her mouth, but he had remained silent until she finished speaking.

Lin Shou was deeply unhappy.

Because Lin Xiuyuan and Li Xiuli treated their son and daughter equally, he didn’t favor boys over girls either.

To him, whether Qingya or Xiaojing did well, he was happy all the same.

Hearing his wife speak like this, Lin Shou said unhappily,

"...What if she’s a girl? The girl is also born from you.

If Tangtang is willing to give the job to Xiaojing, it’s because the sisters love each other.

It doesn’t have much to do with us!

I’ll tell you, Tangtang will be an outstanding member of our Lin Family.

If you spoil your image in her heart because of this, don’t regret it later!"