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

Chapter 126 A trivial matter

"But..." Li Zi was about to say that she didn't see her sister-in-law taking out the waste books to make a fire, but was interrupted by Xiao Huai, "Sister-in-law, you must have been tricked by someone."

Xiao Huai held Li Zi's wrist and gestured to her to shut up with his other hand.

Li Zi decisively stopped talking.

"I got ripped off." Seeing that Xiao Huai was more insightful than a pear, Tao Qiuyi gave him an admiring look and sighed, "Last time I bought useless books to light a fire at home, it was a complete waste of money."

"That's right." Uncle Li, who was driving the ox cart in front, responded happily. He was very happy that Jingyuan's wife still remembered what he said.

She said that Uncle Li was listening to them. Sure enough, Tao Qiuyi pulled her lip slightly and said with a smile: "So this time I am not here to buy things, I am here to see a friend."

Seeing friends is the best excuse.

She came to the scrap yard empty-handed, so there had to be an explanation. Wei Jingyuan's suggestion of buying scrap books to start a fire was like offering her a ladder.

I didn't expect Li Zi to be so interested and wanted to get to the bottom of it.

"Sister-in-law, do you have friends here?" Li Zi asked in surprise.

"I met him last time when I was buying some used books. I thought he was a nice guy, so I became his friend." Tao Qiuyi answered with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart that it would be better for him to come alone next time to save trouble.

She came today mainly to give Qi Laoye and Xiaoshun some health-enhancing pills. They had already finished the ones she had given them earlier. She had to keep an eye on Wei Jingyuan's legs for the next few days, so she didn't have time to come to town.

"When we first met, you thought he was a nice person and treated him as a friend. What if you were wrong?" Wei Jingyuan suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Huai looked at his elder brother in surprise.

"This is indeed a problem." Tao Qiuyi thought about it seriously and said, "But it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, one more friend means one more way out."

"Start slowly getting to know each other. If you think the other person has good character, continue to be friends. If you find that the other person has bad character, gradually distance yourself and become strangers."

Wei Jingyuan stopped talking.

Li Zi wanted to speak but was stopped by Xiao Huai, and the back of the truck fell into silence.

Uncle Li, who was driving the ox cart in front, couldn't hear their words and was concentrating on driving the ox cart.

As Tao Qiuyi had said, it was already afternoon when they returned home. Tao Qiuyi took the key from her bag and handed it to Xiao Huai. "Xiao Huai, go open the door. The first thing you do when you get home is check if the fire in the fireplace is out."

"Okay." Xiao Huai took the key and handed the pig's trotter in his hand to Li Zi.

Xiao Huai walked to the door of the house and took the key to open it. After the key opened the door several times, he looked at the keyhole in confusion and saw that it was blocked by a piece of metal. He frowned.

I tapped the object with my fingernails a few times, and my fingers hurt, but the unidentified metal object didn't move at all.

"The keyhole is blocked by something and the key can't be put in." Xiao Huai said, looking back.

"Why is the keyhole blocked by something?" Li Zi walked over to check.

Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan stood there, looking at each other, their answers coming to mind. Their gazes converged, looking towards the house on the other side where Boss Wei and his men lived.

"Guess who did it?" Tao Qiuyi nudged Wei Jingyuan who was standing next to him with his elbow.

Wei Jingyuan shook his head and said matter-of-factly, "I didn't see it with my own eyes, so I can't say for sure who did it."

Using such a crude method, he didn't know whether his uncle and third uncle had a share, but his grandmother and third aunt definitely had a share.

"Is it hard to say who did it, or is it that everyone is involved?" Tao Qiuyi smiled maliciously. "Want to make a bet? I bet everyone is involved. What about you?"

"If I bet on one person, I'll lose miserably." Wei Jingyuan looked at her with a smile. Tao Qiuyi rolled her eyes at him, meaning that she didn't want to bet anymore.

Not interesting.

Walking up to the two of them, Li Zi's brows were so worried that they could kill a mosquito. "Brother, sister-in-law, I don't know what's blocking the keyhole, and Xiao Huai can't get it out. Our key won't open the door."

After going out for a while, I came back and found that the door of the house could not be opened. It was really... Li Zi wanted to cry.

"Be good, it's nothing." Tao Qiuyi patted Li Zi's shoulder to show his comfort, and walked to Xiao Huai's side. "Xiao Huai, stop busying yourself, and step back."

Xiao Huai stood up and stepped aside.

Tao Qiuyi walked forward, grabbed the lock with one hand and twisted it gently.

"Click." The sound of the lock being twisted off was heard.

Wei Jingyuan, who was standing in the yard, frowned and looked straight at Tao Qiuyi.

Holding the bare lock socket in his hand, Tao Qiuyi turned around and said to Xiao Huai with a gentle face: "Xiao Huai, go check if the locks on the kitchen and the other room door are blocked."

"Okay." Xiao Huai responded blankly, but did not move. He looked at the broken lock hanging on the door with an incredible look on his face.

Tao Qiuyi didn't rush him. He reached out and pushed the door gently. The door opened and warm air rushed in. He knew the fire in the fireplace was not completely extinguished without going to check it.

"Sister-in-law, you are so awesome, so awesome." Li Zi was holding the pig's feet in her hand and couldn't applaud the sister-in-law she admired.

Li Zi looked at Tao Qiuyi with stars in her big eyes.

Is it amazing? It's terrifying, okay? Who can break a lock with just a twist? Xiao Huai looked at Li Zi speechlessly, then carried out the task assigned by his sister-in-law very seriously.

Tao Qiuyi walked in and came to the fireplace. Seeing that the wood in the fireplace was almost burned, he picked up the neatly arranged wood next to it and put it in the fireplace.

Feeling that the temperature in the room was a little low, Tao Qiuyi put a few more pieces of wood into the fireplace.

Wei Jingyuan and Li Zi walked in and went straight to the square table.

Picking up the thermos and pouring a glass of water, Wei Jingyuan asked Li Zi if she wanted to drink some water. Li Zi shook her head and said she was not thirsty. He put the thermos back in its place, sat on the long bench and slowly drank the water in the glass.

"It's still warm at home." Li Zi sighed as she prepared to put the pig's trotter in her hand on the table.

"Li Zi, don't put the pig's feet on the table." Tao Qiuyi turned around and saw Li Zi's action, and stopped her.

Li Zi quickly withdrew her hand, held the pig's trotter in her hand, and looked at Tao Qiuyi with a puzzled look.

Wei Jingyuan, who was drinking water, stopped and looked up at Tao Qiuyi.

Tao Qiuyi came over and gently explained to Li Zi, "The table is used to store the herbs your eldest brother uses. There is oil on the pig's feet, and if it is not wiped clean, it will get on the herbs."

Li Zi nodded to show that she understood, and then she stood against the wall with the pig's feet in her hand, planning to go to the kitchen to find a basin to put the pig's feet in later.

"I checked the locks of the kitchen and another room, and they are not blocked." Xiao Huai came in and told the results of the inspection, with a tone of relief.

"I'll go to the kitchen and get a basin to put the pig's feet in." Li Zi walked to the door, took the kitchen key and went out.

"I'll go help her." Xiao Huai followed her out.

Tao Qiuyi walked to the table, hooked her legs on the long bench and moved it a little so that she could sit down, playing with the lock seat that she had twisted off.

(End of this chapter)