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

Chapter 177 Sister-in-law is angry

Wei Jingyuan, who had just walked over, heard Tao Qiuyi's words and looked at the iron bucket filled with densely packed small fish, about half a bucket full.

There were plenty of fish, but they looked too small. Wei Jingyuan bent down and reached into the iron bucket to scoop some fish. His large hands stirred the fish into a frenzy.

After a closer look, the largest fish was no bigger than two of his fingers put together. Wei Jingyuan stood up and looked at Tao Qiuyi, "Such a small fish, you think it's big."

"Yeah, it's definitely not small." Tao Qiuyi nodded. "The size of the fish doesn't affect the taste. In fact, the smaller the fish, the crispier and more delicious they are when fried."

Thinking of the fried fish that were golden, crispy and delicious, Tao Qiuyi couldn't help swallowing.

She looked so greedy that Wei Jingyuan was stunned for a moment.

"Brother." Xiao Huai called Wei Jingyuan with an unnatural look on his face.

When he saw these fish by the river, he also thought they were too small. But Li Zi insisted on catching them, so he had no choice but to help Li Zi catch them, and he accidentally caught so many.

"Yeah." Xiao Huai's voice called him back to reality. Wei Jingyuan reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "Most of these fish were caught by you, right? Well done."

"Brother is so awesome, he guessed it right at once." Li Zi vividly described how Xiao Huai caught the fish. She didn't do much herself, she just picked up the fish with a bucket by the side.

"Xiao Huai is really amazing. I only caught a few fish, and the rest were all caught by Xiao Huai."

"I didn't realize that Xiao Huai was so good at fishing. He caught so many fish at once. You're amazing, young man." Tao Qiuyi gave Xiao Huai a thumbs up.

Being praised by his younger sister and sister-in-law, Xiao Huai tried hard to look indifferent, but he was actually happy in his heart.

Tao Qiuyi saw that the boy's ears were red, but his face remained indifferent, which made her laugh. She slowly walked over to Wei Jingyuan and nudged him with her elbow.

Wei Jingyuan lowered his eyes and looked at her.

Standing on tiptoe, Tao Qiuyi whispered to his ear, "Your brother is obviously very happy, but he has such a cold expression on his face. Who did he learn this from?"

As she approached, Wei Jingyuan could smell the faint fragrance of herbs, and his heart warmed. Her soft voice and warm breath rang in his ears, disturbing his mind.

I truly experienced what my comrades used to joke about. I was afraid of losing control if I got close to her, but I couldn't bear to stay away from her.

Seeing her looking at him, as if waiting for an answer, Wei Jingyuan quickly stopped thinking, put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly, then replied, "He taught himself."

Self-taught? Could a cold expression be self-taught? Tao Qiuyi expressed disbelief.

Lizi walked up to Tao Qiuyi and said, "Sister-in-law, you said we should have fried fish and fish soup tonight. I fully agree. But I don't know how to fry fish, and the fish soup I cook is smelly and tastes terrible."

"It's okay, I'll teach you." Tao Qiuyi reached out and touched Li Zi's face. His expression suddenly changed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Li Zi, did you go out to wash clothes?"

The smile froze on Li Zi's face. She quietly defended herself, "It's convenient to wash clothes by the river, and the water isn't very cold."

She used to wash clothes by the river on snowy days, and it was painful when she put her hands in the water. In early winter, the fog was thick, but it wasn't very cold. Without the snow, the water in the river was really not cold.

Tao Qiuyi's face turned cold. "Lizi, I remember telling you that the water is cold in winter, so you should use hot water to wash clothes. Especially, you are not allowed to wash clothes in the river. You should boil hot water at home to wash them."

"Have you forgotten what I said, or have you turned a deaf ear to my words? You clearly remember them, but you still do the same thing knowingly?"

"I remember." Li Zi lowered her head, looking regretful for having done something wrong.

Tao Qiuyi sneered, "So you ignored my words and did it knowingly?" Wei Jingyuan and Xiao Huai's hearts sank and their faces changed at the same time.

After hearing this, Li Zi suddenly raised her head and looked at Tao Qiuyi in panic, shaking her head desperately. "No, no, sister-in-law, I didn't ignore your words, really not."

As she spoke, Li Zi began to cry.

Seeing Li Zi crying pitifully, Tao Qiuyi felt bad too. After all, she was the little girl he doted on. But if he easily forgave her this time, she would do the same thing next time.

"Sister-in-law..." Xiao Huai wanted to speak up for Li Zi, but he also knew that it was indeed Li Zi who did something wrong this time.

It’s not that he didn’t try to persuade Li Zi, but he just couldn’t persuade her.

"Xiao Huai, you don't have to speak for Li Zi." Wei Jingyuan's face darkened and his tone was serious. "Li Zi, you really did something wrong this time, do you know that?"

"Big... Big Brother..." Li Zi's voice began to tremble with fear. She was most afraid that her Big Brother would look gloomy. She subconsciously looked at Tao Qiuyi, thinking that Tao Qiuyi would protect her as always.

Unfortunately, Tao Qiuyi didn't even look at it this time.

Li Zi was stunned. Her sister-in-law didn't look at her, ignored her, or protect her anymore. The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. Fear instantly enveloped her.

Li Zi's face turned pale. She opened her mouth to beg Tao Qiuyi to forgive her, but her lips moved but no sound came out. A voice in her mind kept repeating that she didn't listen to her sister-in-law, so she ignored her.

"It's cold outside, let's go inside first." Wei Jingyuan held Tao Qiuyi's little hand, led her to the door, pushed the door open and let Tao Qiuyi go in first.

As his long legs stepped over the threshold, Wei Jingyuan turned around and winked at Xiao Huai.

Xiao Huai immediately understood what his elder brother meant. He wanted him to take Li Zi to another room. He sighed and walked over to Li Zi. "Come on, let's go inside and warm ourselves up."

"Xiao Huai, my sister-in-law is angry with me and she ignores me. What should I do? I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong." Li Zi grabbed Xiao Huai's hand and cried sadly.

"Then do you know why my sister-in-law is angry?" Xiao Huai asked.

"I know." Li Zi nodded while crying, her voice choked with sobs, "Because I didn't listen to my sister-in-law. She said I turned a deaf ear to her words."

How could she know? The way she said it clearly showed she didn't know. Xiao Huai sighed again, "Lizi, you still don't realize where you went wrong."

The sister-in-law was angry, only slightly because Li Zi didn't listen to her. Most of the anger was because Li Zi didn't take care of herself, and she wanted to teach her a lesson.

"I know, I didn't listen to my sister-in-law." Li Zi said stubbornly.

Xiao Huai was about to get angry. Why was his twin sister so clueless? He reached out and grabbed Li Zi's wrist, pulling her into the next room.

In the room.

Tao Qiuyi sat on a long bench beside the large and square table, supporting his head with his hands and looking very distressed.

"I know you are not angry with Li Zi. You just want to teach her a lesson. Let her remember it so that she won't make the same mistake again next time." Wei Jingyuan placed a cup of hot water in front of her.

"Drink some water and warm yourself up. No matter what decision you make or how you punish Li Zi, I support you."

Giving Wei Jingyuan a cold look, Tao Qiuyi picked up the water cup and drank half of it in one gulp.