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

Chapter 14: Big Brother is Filial
Does food taste good only when the whole family eats it? Wei Jingli looked at Wei Jinghuai with confusion.

Wei Jinghuai looked at her and said nothing. It was the first time he heard that food tastes better only when the whole family eats it.

When his parents were alive, he and Xiaoli were children who didn't eat at the table. Their mother took them to the kitchen to eat. After their parents passed away, his eldest brother took them to the kitchen to eat. They were very happy to have a bowl of vegetable soup mixed with sweet potato and corn paste for every meal.

But even vegetable soup mixed with sweet potato and corn paste is rarely available.

Not getting an answer from Xiao Huai, Wei Jingli looked at Tao Qiuyi.

"Sister, that's not what our grandmother said. She said that our uncles work hard in the fields and should eat well and eat more so they have the strength to work. My cousins also work hard in their studies and they also need to eat well and eat more so they have the strength to study. Grandma also said..."

"Your grandma is talking nonsense," Tao Qiuyi interrupted Li Zi. "Your grandma and your uncle don't treat you as family, that's why they order you around and squeeze you for food and drink."

"Xiao Huai." Tao Qiuyi glanced at Xiao Huai first, then fixed his gaze on Li Zi's face. "Li Zi, whatever your grandmother, uncle, aunt, and auntie said to you before, you two should forget it."

"From today on, you three siblings will live and eat with me. You will no longer eat a single grain of rice or meal from them, work for them, or listen to anything they say. You two only need to listen to me and your eldest brother. If what your eldest brother says is wrong, you don't have to listen."

"But you must listen to what I say. If you don't understand or have any questions, you can ask me. I will never tolerate hypocrisy or double-crossing.

Wei Jinghuai and Wei Jingli were both stunned.

The little girl Wei Jingli was simple-minded and didn't think too much. She only knew that her sister said that she would not eat with her grandmother and others and would not listen to what her grandmother and others said.

Wei Jinghuai has been smart since he was a child and thinks a lot.

She actually said that from now on, the three siblings would live and eat with her, would no longer eat a grain of rice or a meal from grandma, would no longer work for grandma and the others, and would no longer listen to grandma and the others.

It's easier said than done. Even if he and Xiaoli listened to her and did it, the eldest brother couldn't do it.

The eldest brother is filial.

I heard Tao Qiuyi ask them both if they understood.

The brother and sister nodded at the same time and said they understood. From now on, they would only listen to her and their elder brother, and promised not to do anything hypocritical or say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs.

Tao Qiuyi directed the brother and sister with satisfaction to continue packing the steamed buns and meat, while she walked back to the small table and sat down.

The three of them were eating meat and steamed buns in the kitchen. Wei Jingyuan came back at this time. He smelled the smell and walked into the kitchen. Seeing the three of them eating steamed buns and meat, he was stunned.

"Big...Brother..." Li Zi saw Wei Jingyuan first, stood up suddenly, and looked at him helplessly and frightened.

Xiao Huai's reaction was slightly better than Li Zi's. He calmly put down the steamed bun he was eating, stood up, and lowered his head in silence, looking like someone who had done something wrong and was waiting to be criticized and educated.

Seeing the brother and sister's reaction, Tao Qiuyi glared at Wei Jingyuan fiercely and tapped the small table lightly with his fingers. "What are you two doing? Sit down and continue eating."

Hearing this, Xiao Huai and Li Zi looked at Tao Qiuyi at the same time.

Tao Qiuyi looked at them with a smile.

The brother and sister were shocked, remembering that Tao Qiuyi had just said that she would listen to her, and they quickly sat back in their original seats. Li Zi picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth to chew. Xiao Huai also picked up the steamed bun that had just been put down and took a big bite.

Tao Qiuyi laughed out loud at the two children's antics. Wei Jingyuan frowned at his younger siblings. He didn't find the two children's antics funny, but rather that they were surprisingly obedient and listened to Tao Qiuyi's words.

"You're back just in time. Come and have dinner with us." Tao Qiuyi waved at Wei Jingyuan with a smile.

"It's not time for dinner yet, and everyone hasn't returned from work yet. Why are you eating first?" Wei Jingyuan walked to the small table with his crutches. When he saw the meat and steamed buns on the table, his brows frowned even more.

Tao Qiuyi snorted coldly, "What big family? Where does big family come from? Our family of four is all here, what big family is there?"

Wei Jingyuan was surprised to find her questioning him like this. He subconsciously said, "Grandma and uncle..."

"I can't control your grandma and uncle's meals, and it's not my responsibility." Tao Qiuyi interrupted Wei Jingyuan, propping up her face with one hand and looking at him with a half-smile. "Wei Jingyuan, if you've forgotten what I said last night, I don't mind saying it again."

"I only care about you three siblings, not the rest of the Wei family. My family doesn't live by the sea, so I can't care about that much. Now, you can either sit down and eat with us, or sit aside and watch us eat."

Wei Jingyuan was choked by her words.

"Brother." Lizi reached out and gently tugged at her brother's trouser leg, pleading softly. "Brother, my sister asked me to cook the meat she bought, and she didn't let me put in potatoes or radishes. It's all meat, fragrant and delicious. Please sit down and eat with us."

Every household eats meat more than once a month. When they finally get to eat meat, they don't wait for the elders to come back to eat together. If they're discovered, grandma and the others will make a scene. Wei Jingyuan looked down at his sister, "Xiao Li, grandma..."

"Pear." Tao Qiuyi picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it in the pear bowl. "If the meat tastes good, eat more."

Wei Jingyuan's words were interrupted again, and his face turned dark.

Before Xiao Huai could say anything, a piece of meat appeared in his bowl. Tao Qiuyi had picked it up and put it in his bowl.

Xiao Huai lowered his head and ate quietly.

Covering the twins' mouths, Tao Qiuyi looked at Wei Jingyuan. "You only had sweet potatoes for breakfast, no oil or meat at all. Aren't you really hungry?"

He was hungry, of course he was hungry, but Wei Jingyuan couldn't say it out loud, let alone eat alone without telling his elders.

Tao Qiuyi was not a patient person, and he would not persuade anyone with kind words. Seeing that Wei Jingyuan was still standing, he stood up, took away the crutch that Wei Jingyuan was holding, and kicked Wei Jingyuan to sit down at the small table.

Li Zi and Xiao Huai were both stunned.

Sitting on the ground, Wei Jingyuan was stunned for a long time.

Putting the cane next to Wei Jingyuan, Tao Qiuyi returned to his seat and said to Xiao Huai, "Go and bring out the steamed buns and vegetables I left for your brother."

Xiao Huai was stunned for a moment, without looking at his elder brother, he stood up to get the steamed buns and meat warmed in hot water from the pot, and came back to put them in front of his elder brother.

"Brother, this is what your sister saved for you." Xiao Huai said, then returned to his seat and continued eating.

Did his sister leave it for him? Wei Jingyuan looked at Tao Qiuyi, then at the bowl of meat and three white flour buns that were left alone. He felt sad and his throat was dry, unable to speak.

This was the first time in his twenty-plus years of life... the first time someone had left him something to eat.

(End of this chapter)