Traveling through the 1970s: The young wife loves to make trouble

Chapter 117: Provocation
Looking at the five yuan in Xiao Huai's hand, Tao Qiuyi asked puzzledly, "Why didn't Uncle Chen take the money?"

"Uncle Chen said he was giving us this wooden barrel as a gift, free of charge," Xiao Huai replied. "Uncle Chen also said that since you asked him to make so many pieces of furniture, his family has work to do and no longer has to worry about not having enough to eat."

"It's a gift for us!" Tao Qiuyi smiled and touched the edge of the wooden barrel. She asked in surprise, "Uncle Chen is a good man. He knows how to do business and is a good furniture maker. How come his family doesn't have enough to eat?"

Xiao Huai thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe it's because Uncle Chen has many children."

"Does Uncle Chen have many children at home?" This was an unexpected answer for Tao Qiuyi. She had never seen any children at Uncle Chen's home before.

"A lot." Xiao Huai nodded.

Tao Qiuyi was speechless. She couldn't imagine how much "more" this was. But she knew that the child was active and ate a lot, and since he didn't earn many work points, it was no surprise that Uncle Chen's family didn't have enough to eat.

In fact, in this era, there are many families like Uncle Chen’s who cannot get enough food.

Tao Qiuyi used a dustpan to collect all the herbs on the table, and a few herbs fell to the ground. She bent down to pick them up, and her eyes accidentally saw the empty space under the bed, and then she remembered.

Guessing that Li Hongying and her mother-in-law would bring people to search the house, she put the food under the bed into the ring space.

She stopped searching now and needed to find a chance to put the food back.

Tao Qiuyi straightened up calmly and handed the dustpan to Xiao Huai. "Xiao Huai, since you're not cold, take these herbs to the kitchen and boil them."

"Li is already boiling water. Take the herbs and pour them directly into the water. Fry them over high heat first, then turn to low heat. Call me in about half an hour."

"Okay." Xiao Huai took the dustpan and handed the five yuan in his hand to Tao Qiuyi instead of leaving. "Sister-in-law, money."

Tao Qiuyi didn't accept the money. Instead, she said, "Keep the money yourself. Buy whatever you want. I'm not at home often. Please buy whatever Li Zi wants."

"No, no." Xiao Huai hurriedly shook his head, looked at the five yuan in his hand, and then looked at Tao Qiuyi. "This is your money, sister-in-law. I can't take it."

Tao Qiuyi said angrily, "This is the money from selling the house. It's all our money. Just take it if I tell you to. Young people should act decisively. There's no need for so much nonsense."

Xiao Huai couldn't find any words to refute, so he had to put the five dollars back into his cotton coat pocket. His heart felt warm but also a little sad.

Ever since he was old enough to understand, he has never carried a penny with him.

My sister-in-law gave me five yuan at a time...

Xiao Huai walked out of the house carrying the dustpan, and he was so light-headed that he didn't even notice Wei Jingyuan who was standing under the eaves.

"Why did you ask Xiao Huai to boil medicine?" Wei Jingyuan walked into the room.

Tao Qiuyi was thinking about how to take out the food he had stored in the ring space and put it back in its place. When he heard Wei Jingyuan's question, he answered casually. "It's for your legs."

"Soak your legs?" Wei Jingyuan raised his eyebrows. She had just said that drinking the medicine and applying the ointment would be enough.

Tao Qiuyi also remembered what she had said before, and was not embarrassed at all. "Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. Not only do you have to drink the medicine soup, but you also have to soak in the medicine water and finally apply the ointment."

One thing after another, it really seemed to be the case. Wei Jingyuan's mouth twitched, "Is it really necessary to go through so much trouble?"

"It's very necessary." Tao Qiuyi nodded.

Fine, she likes to mess around, let her do whatever she wants. Wei Jingyuan sighed silently, walked to the fireplace with his crutches, picked up the medical book he had been reading before and continued reading.

What a great opportunity! Tao Qiuyi slowly squatted down and placed the food stored in the ring under the bed, adding a bag of rice and a bag of flour. "What are you looking for?" Wei Jingyuan asked.

Tao Qiuyi was startled. The first thought in his mind was that he might have been exposed. He suddenly raised his head and saw Wei Jingyuan sitting in front of the fireplace with the medical book in his hand.

It was a false alarm, and Tao Qiuyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He made up an excuse and said, "I'll find the cloth and cotton I bought earlier. I'll ask Li Zi to take them to Fourth Aunt's house tomorrow and ask her to make some clothes for me."

Before Wei Jingyuan could say anything, curses were heard outside.

"You damned thief, you little thief who crawled out of a cesspool, how dare you steal my money and tickets? Sooner or later, you will be struck by lightning. I curse you, you will choke to death when you eat, choke to death when you drink water, in short, you will not die a good death."

"I've worked hard all my life, not skimping on food or clothes, to save up this little money and tickets, and you stole it from me. Go to hell now."

"You vicious little bastard, damned bad thing... No wonder the family that raised you doesn't want you. You're a complete jinx, bringing bad luck wherever you go."

"You're so blind! How dare you steal my money and tickets? When I find evidence, I'll beat you half to death myself, and then you'll send me to the police station to eat iron peanuts."

After cursing fiercely, Li Hongying was very angry when she saw that no one came out of the room.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Will you let me live?" Li Hongying simply sat down on the ground, crying and cursing, "Why is my life so miserable? My second son died, and my grandson didn't take his father's place in honoring me, his grandmother."

"I married a troublemaker and turned the house into a complete mess. My money and tickets were even stolen."

Hearing the cursing outside the house, Tao Qiuyi quickly put away the rest of the things and walked over to sit next to Wei Jingyuan.

"Wei Jingyuan." Nudge him with her elbow, Tao Qiuyi asked with a smile, "What's your grandma trying to do? Without any evidence to accuse me, is she resorting to indirect criticism?"

"She might want to provoke you." Wei Jingyuan guessed calmly.

"She's already using provocation. Do you think I should go out and talk to her about reason?" Tao Qiuyi looked eager to try.

Glancing at her, Wei Jingyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you bored?"

If she went to talk to his grandmother at this time, she was definitely not going to reason, but to quarrel.

"I'm not bored." Tao Qiuyi shook her head, gave him a pointed look, and counted on her fingers. "I'm going to the mountains to find herbs, boil them, make ointments, and roll them into pills..."

"So, I'm pretty busy all day."

Wei Jingyuan was speechless, with an expression that I didn't understand at all.

Tao Qiuyi was about to say something when Xiao Huai came in and called her to the kitchen to see the herbs being decocted.

"Look, I said I was busy, and now things happen." Tao Qiuyi spread his hands helplessly, stood up and followed Xiao Huai.

Looking at her gradually leaving back, Wei Jingyuan's mouth corners raised a few arcs.

Not long after, Tao Qiuyi came back with an iron bucket full of herbal water. Xiao Huai moved the wooden bucket to the long bench, and Tao Qiuyi poured the water in the iron bucket into the big wooden barrel.

"Wei Jingyuan, stop dawdling and come here to soak your legs." Tao Qiuyi shouted to Wei Jingyuan.

When did he dawdle? Wei Jingyuan put down the medical book, stood up, and walked over with a cane.

(End of this chapter)