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

Chapter 118 Let’s go together
As soon as he sat down on the long bench, Wei Jingyuan saw Xiao Huai move the wooden barrel a little closer to him.

Tao Qiuyi poured the herbs in the basket onto the table, sat on the long bench opposite the table and began to process the herbs.

"Brother, the medicine is very hot, please be careful." Xiao Huai warned.

"Yeah." Wei Jingyuan responded softly, lowering his eyes to look at the half-bucket of steaming medicine in the wooden barrel.

Xiao Huai walked to the long bench next to him and sat down. He glanced at Tao Qiuyi with an expression that looked like he was ready to be ordered at any time.

Handing the herbs to Xiao Huai, Tao Qiuyi lazily said, "The potion is very hot right out of the pot. First, roll up your trouser legs above your knees, then place your feet on the edge of the wooden barrel and let the steam from the barrel steam your legs."

"Sister-in-law, isn't the steam hot?" Xiao Huai asked.

Tao Qiuyi glanced at Xiao Huai, as if to say, aren't you talking nonsense?
Xiao Huai lowered his head and touched his nose.

Tao Qiuyi said: "When it's hot, move it away, and when it's not hot anymore, move it back and continue steaming."

Wei Jingyuan did as he was told and placed his legs on the edge of the barrel. After being steamed by the steam for a while, he felt a faint tingling sensation in his calves.

At first he thought he was burned by the steam, so he moved his legs away to cool them down.

After repeating this several times, the water vapor in the barrel became less and less.

Tao Qiuyi glanced at Xiao Huai, and Xiao Huai understood. He stood up, picked up the iron bucket and walked outside. After a while, he came back with most of the iron bucket full of medicine. Wei Jingyuan took his feet away, and Xiao Huai poured the water into the wooden barrel.

"Steam it for a while. When the water temperature is suitable for soaking your feet, you can put your legs in the medicine and soak them for at least half an hour." After Tao Qiuyi finished speaking, he continued to organize the medicinal materials.

Wei Jingyuan cooperated throughout the process. He did whatever she said. When the water temperature dropped, Xiao Huai went to the kitchen to fetch some hot water to mix it in.

Half an hour passed quickly, and Wei Jingyuan didn't feel anything on his calves after soaking in the medicine. This made him wonder if the dull tingling he felt during the steaming was just an illusion.

For the next three days, Tao Qiuyi went to the mountains to dig herbs during the day, and came back at night to watch Wei Jingyuan make potions.

Li Hongying and her mother-in-law were not idle either. Every day they would complain about other people's misfortunes, and then cry about their miserable lives and blame the world.

Tao Qiuyi took Wei Jingyuan's leg treatment very seriously. She knew that Li Hongying and her mother-in-law had questioned Li Zi and Xiao Huai individually, but she hadn't said anything. There wasn't much to say anyway; Xiao Huai and Li Zi knew nothing, and their attempts to extract information were fruitless.

This morning.

Li Zi pushed open the door and walked into the warm room. She went straight to the bed and called Tao Qiuyi to get up. "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, it's time for breakfast."

"Don't make noise, I want to sleep a little longer." Compared to eating, Tao Qiuyi felt more comfortable in the warm bed.

"Okay." Li Zi didn't insist at all and turned to read a book next door.

In the next room, Wei Jingyuan and Xiao Huai saw Li coming back alone and didn't ask anything. They had lived with Tao Qiuyi for so many days and knew that she had the habit of staying in bed.

Time passed minute by minute, and after an unknown amount of time, the sound of an ox cart was heard outside the courtyard gate.

Xiao Huai went out to check and came back to say that Uncle Li came in a ox cart and said that his sister-in-law had rented the ox cart today to take his brother to have his leg checked.

Wei Jingyuan had not heard Tao Qiuyi mention this matter, so he asked Xiao Huai to go out and ask Uncle Li to wait for a while, and asked Li Zi to go next door to wake up the woman who was staying in bed.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Uncle Li is here driving a bullock cart. He said that he wants to rent the bullock cart today as you asked." Li Zi walked into the house and directly stated the key points concisely.

"Oh, that's what happened." Tao Qiuyi crawled out of the bed and put on his clothes neatly while saying to Lizi, "Uncle Li, please wait for a while. I'll be right there." Lizi nodded. Just as she reached the door, she heard Tao Qiuyi say, "By the way, Lizi, ask Xiao Huai to ask Uncle Li if he has had breakfast. If not, I'll ask you to get him something to eat."

"Okay." Li Zi responded and went out.

Tao Qiuyi quickly put on her cotton coat and trousers, tied her hair into a high ponytail, put on her cloth shoes and went out to wash.

After washing up, Tao Qiuyi walked into the next room. As soon as she sat down at the square table, Li Zi brought her a glass of warm water and said thank you. Tao Qiuyi took the cup and drank it all.

Li Zi placed another bowl in front of her.

"Sister-in-law, your breakfast." After saying that, Li Zi picked up the kettle and poured another glass of water for Tao Qiuyi.

"Boiled eggs and cornmeal pancakes." Tao Qiuyi picked up the corn pancake and took a bite, then reached out to take the egg and squeezed it gently, breaking the eggshell.

"Yes, the three of us also eat boiled eggs and cornmeal pancakes. Sister-in-law, your breakfast has been kept warm by the fireplace." Li Zi watched Tao Qiuyi crush the eggshells directly without even knocking them on the table, her eyes full of admiration.

"What did Uncle Li eat?" Tao Qiuyi peeled the eggshell slowly.

"I got three cornmeal pancakes," Li Zi said, blushing slightly. She added, "There are no boiled eggs."

"It's very good to give Uncle Li cornmeal pancakes. You don't have to feel embarrassed. You did the right thing." Tao Qiuyi praised Li Zi generously, and then told her about the current situation.

"Every household has limited food these days, and eggs are considered precious by most people. Even if you give Uncle Li a boiled egg, he won't want it."

"Why?" Li Zi asked in confusion.

Tao Qiuyi peeled the egg, took a bite, and swallowed it before saying, "Because Uncle Li is a real man, if he eats our eggs, he'll feel like he's taking advantage of us."

Lizi immediately understood and murmured, "No wonder Xiao Huai said that when he went to give Uncle Li a cornmeal pancake, Uncle Li initially refused to take it. It was Xiao Huai who said that if Uncle Li didn't want the pancake, his sister-in-law would be unhappy when she found out, so Uncle Li accepted the pancake and ate it."

"Have you brought water to Uncle Li?" Tao Qiuyi asked, putting the last bite of egg in his mouth.

Li Zi said, "Xiao Huai brought some along when he delivered the cornmeal pancakes, but Uncle Li said no, he brought his own water bottle."

"Okay." After swallowing the egg and taking a sip of hot water, Tao Qiuyi turned to Xiao Huai, who was reading a book by the fireplace and said, "Xiao Huai, go lock the doors of the next door and the kitchen. We'll set off after I finish breakfast."

"Depart?" Xiao Huai was sure that he understood, but he just couldn't believe it.

"Yes, let's go." Tao Qiuyi nodded.

Xiao Huai put down the book, stood up and walked outside.

"Are Xiaohuai and I going too?" Li Zi asked tentatively, with a hint of anticipation in her tone.

"Let's go together." After saying that, Tao Qiuyi picked up the corn tortilla, took a bite, and chewed it slowly.

Li Zi's face was so excited that she was beaming with joy and she spun around several times in excitement. Her sister-in-law wanted to take her and Xiao Huai with her. That was great, great.

After swallowing the cornmeal pancake in his mouth, Tao Qiuyi looked at Wei Jingyuan and said, "Wei Jingyuan, check if there is enough firewood in the fireplace to burn until the afternoon. We may not be back until the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)