My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 173: Some people are like cement

Zhang Qingqing’s originally cheerful mood instantly turned into a tangled mess.

Lin Tang?

That’s right, she’d heard that the new clerk at the Broadcasting Station was named Lin Tang.

Not only that, but the one in the newspaper was also named Lin Tang.

Zhang Qingqing had assumed it was just someone with the same name, but who would have known it was the Lin Tang she knew.

Most importantly, wasn’t Lin Tang "ruined"?

What was going on now?

A female worker who had come to use the restroom saw Zhang Qingqing standing motionless at the door for a long time, her mouth twitching.

Her gaze towards her was becoming somewhat strange.

Did someone actually like that smell?

Zhang Qingqing snapped back to her senses and met the woman’s quirky, amused expression.

Already furious, she became absolutely livid at being looked at like that.

"What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen it before?"

After venting her anger, she quickly walked toward the performance hall.

The female worker, who had been yelled at for no apparent reason, looked very displeased.

"Pah! Who cares about looking at your donkey face."

The woman shouted back loudly.

As Zhang Qingqing heard the words "donkey face," her foot twisted, and she nearly stumbled into performing an act of tripping over herself and taking a big fall on flat ground.

Her eyes turned fiercely cold as she looked back.

There was no one at the restroom door anymore.

Zhang Qingqing withdrew her gaze awkwardly.

A breath of anger built up inside her chest.

Unable to dissipate it, she returned to the performance hall.

Her co-workers quickly pulled her to their seats.

"Qingqing, why did you come back so late? It’s about to start, hurry back to your seat."

As just regular factory workers, their seats weren’t that close to the front.

This made Zhang Qingqing even more displeased.

Upon seeing the Lin Family members sitting in the front row, her face completely contorted.

"Qingqing, what are you looking at? You have a weird look on your face?"

Zhang Qingqing immediately adjusted her facial expression, forcing a smile.

"It’s nothing!" Her eyes flickered lightly as she looked at the Lin Family members, no doubt concocting some malicious scheme.

Lin Tang, who had returned to her seat with Niuniu, had just sat down when she sensed an unfriendly gaze.

She looked towards the owner of that gaze.

It was the female comrade who had bumped into her, full of frustration.

She didn’t seem to recognize this person, did she...

So why was that person’s gaze so strange?

It was as if it was mixed with both envy and jealousy.

They didn’t have a feud or anything, right...

Zhang Qingqing was staring venomously at the Lin Family members.

When she turned her head, she met Lin Tang’s clear and beautiful eyes.

Under those eyes, it seemed like all her dark thoughts couldn’t be hidden.

Zhang Qingqing quickly averted her gaze.

Realizing she had actually "admitted defeat" first, annoyance flickered across her face.

Her disdain for Lin Tang grew even stronger.

Pah!

Still pretending not to remember her, as if putting on airs.

Qin Suqing, seeing Tangtang kept looking in a certain direction, leaned in close to her and followed her gaze.

Beyond a seesaw of heads, she saw nothing.

"Tangtang, what are you looking at?"

Lin Tang shook her head, "Nothing."

The two had only exchanged a few words when the cultural performance began.

Not just them, but everyone around them quieted down as well.

The opening was a high-spirited, passionate revolutionary song.

"On the Red Rock blossoms the red plum, trampling miles of frost and ice underfoot, braving the biting cold with no fear, a heart of loyalty blooms towards the sun..."

The moment the female comrade from the Wenyi Group clad in green military attire began to sing, she sparked waves of applause.

The hall instantly filled with excitement.

The Lin Family members were watching such a performance for the first time, their faces and necks flushed with exhilaration.

They joined the crowd in mad applause.

Lin Tang, listening to the sound, glanced at their hands and was a bit worried they might clap them until they were swollen.

After a moment’s thought, she held her tongue.

As long as the family was happy, that was good enough.

If their hands hurt, they could just apply some ointment when they got back.

After the opening music finished, next up was the stage play, solo dances...

After a full hour and a half of performances, the event finally ended.

Once most of the people had left, the Lin Family members and Qin Suqing got up and headed outside the auditorium.

Lin Tang, stiff from sitting so long, quickly stretched her body once she stood up.

The others seemed still to be in high spirits, their faces glowing with enjoyment, seemingly forgetting any stiffness in their bodies.

"...It was really beautiful! Look did you, that woman comrade, how flexible her body was, like water.

I have no idea how she could bend like that, she made us look as rigid as cement." Li Xiuli said with a beaming smile, clearly moved by the performance.

People truly are different.

Some are made of water, some of clay, and others seem to be made of cement...

Lin Lu, being a man, naturally couldn’t engage in a discussion about a young lady’s flexibility with her.

"I don’t know what that red song was, but it sounded really good."

Lin Qingmu, carrying Choudan, walked alongside.

Upon hearing this, he replied, "...That song is called ’Ode to the Red Plum.’

He actually thought that ’Who Says My Home Village Isn’t Nice,’ played by the Broadcasting Station, sounded even better for a first visit.

Lin Lu made a mental note to mention this at home, "Ode to the Red Plum? That’s a good name."

It’s no wonder coming from a big factory, who wouldn’t envy such benefits.

When he went back to tell his older and younger brothers, they would certainly be green with envy.

Serves them right for not coming, huh...

Seeing how much her father enjoyed the red songs, Lin Tang opened the System Mall.

Spending most of her points, she exchanged them for a radio.

With this radio, her parents would have some entertainment.

Not just for listening to stories and songs but also to hear about state policies and news.

Quietly, she used her right hand’s fingers to trace on the palm of her left hand, seriously sketching and writing.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think she was calculating something important.

Li Xiuli noticed her daughter seemed preoccupied and asked with concern, "Tangtang, what are you calculating there, why are you so quiet?"

Lin Tang closed her hand, the system interface vanished, and she responded with a sweet smile:

"It’s nothing! I was just thinking about when to buy dad a radio, then you guys can listen to it every day."

In her mind, she thought about giving them the radio after a while.

Qin Suqing, upon hearing this, immediately offered an idea.

"A radio would be good to have, with it you can listen to books and news; it’s quite nice."

Her brother had to listen to the radio while doing his homework every day.

Always snatching chances to listen because otherwise, there’d be no opportunity once the family was home.

Being the youngest in the family, he couldn’t win against anyone else.

Qin Qiaomu: I’m easy-going, I won’t compete with you.

Lin Tang nodded, but before she could say anything, Li Xiuli grabbed her arm.

"No, no, no, don’t buy a radio, your father and I have to work all day long; we don’t have time to listen to the radio..."

Upon hearing her daughter wanted to buy a radio, Li Xiuli was startled, her heart skipping a beat.

She was happy that Tangtang was so thoughtful, yet she also worried about the expense.

A radio! That’s a big item.

Something not even newlyweds could afford.

How could they use such a thing in the fields?

I’ve heard a radio costs over a hundred yuan, plus you need industrial coupons; it’s hard to get one...

Lin Lu’s weathered face broke into smiles, with all the marks of the years, he simply agreed.

"Your mother’s right, we don’t need to buy a radio. Saving money isn’t easy for you, there will be plenty of chances to spend it in the future, save it for yourself."

His daughter was such a considerate girl, always thinking of them. To have such a daughter made his life truly worthwhile!