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

Chapter 203 Buying Herbs

If Wei Jingyuan had heard Tao Qiuyi say this before, he would have thought that she was not very aware and had very selfish ideas.

Now, he felt that what Tao Qiuyi said made sense. Those people were really useless. It would be better for him to eat the flour himself than for them to eat it.

Wei Jingyuan placed his large hand gently on Xiaoshun's shoulder and whispered, "Xiaoshun, your sister Tao is right. Take the flour and hide it. Don't tell anyone except your grandfather."

Tao Qiuyi was very surprised that such an upright man like Wei Jingyuan would actually help her persuade Xiaoshun to accept the flour.

"Tao...Brother-in-law Tao..." Xiaoshun looked at Wei Jingyuan in astonishment, unable to believe that he could say such words.

His grandfather taught him not to take a single cent from the country, and that the items in the scrap yard were also considered state property.

Xiaoshun thought so in his heart and said: "Grandpa said that all the items in the scrap yard are state property and individuals cannot use them privately."

"We are all poor peasants with good family backgrounds and high awareness. We will never take state property for personal use." Tao Qiu said seriously and then changed the subject.

"The items in the scrapyard belong to the state, but the items that don't go into the scrapyard don't belong to the state."

Wei Jingyuan turned his head away, unable to suppress the raised corners of his lips.

Xiaoshun opened his mouth in shock, speechless. What Sister Tao said... made so much sense! This bag of flour was discovered by Sister Tao, and it was also Sister Tao who brought it to the scrap yard.

Naturally, it cannot be considered as state property.

As if Xiaoshun wasn't frightened enough, Tao Qiuyi said domineeringly: "I don't care what others think. Anyway, once the things are in my hands, they are mine."

"I give it to whomever I want and do with it however I want."

After hearing her words, Xiaoshun seemed to have an epiphany. He picked up the flour and went into the house.

Tao Qiuyi smiled with satisfaction after successfully brainwashing Xiaoshun. Without waiting for Xiaoshun to come out, she got on her bicycle and rode away with Wei Jingyuan in a chic manner.

Wei Jingyuan naturally hugged her slender waist, looked around and said, "Isn't this the way to the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"We're not going to the supply and marketing cooperative, we're going to the drugstore." Tao Qiuyi looked ahead, trying to ignore the arm around his waist. "I remember there's a textile factory ahead. There's a fork in the road leading back to the textile factory, and the drugstore is right there."

"Have you been to a pharmacy?" Wei Jingyuan asked, then realized he'd asked a stupid question. She understood pharmacology, so it was no surprise that she'd been to a pharmacy before. She'd even ventured into the mountains to collect herbs more than once.

"I haven't been there." Tao Qiuyi answered truthfully, but she giggled after answering.

Listening to her clear and melodious giggles, Wei Jingyuan felt the gloom in his heart due to not getting the certificate, and it was swept away.

"What are you laughing at?" Wei Jingyuan asked.

Tao Qiuyi smiled and replied, "I'm laughing because I've been to town so many times and visited so many places. I've even been to the black market and the hospital, but the only place I haven't been to is the pharmacy. Isn't that funny?"

He said it wasn't funny at all. Wei Jingyuan's face tensed and he asked in a deep voice, "Have you been to the black market?"

"I go there often." As if she didn't notice anything wrong with his voice, Tao Qiuyi continued to talk about the advantages of the black market. "It's the most convenient place to buy things, and you don't need any tickets."

“It’s a bit expensive, but the fact that there’s no ticket is enough to make buyers willingly pay.”

Wei Jingyuan didn't know what to say to her. This little woman had always been very brave. She even dared to go to the dangerous deep mountains and old forests, let alone the black market where all kinds of people were mixed up.

"The black market is a hodgepodge of people, so be careful when you go there. Don't linger. Buy what you want and leave." After saying that, Wei Jingyuan realized that simply telling her wouldn't work; he needed to keep an eye on her to feel at ease. "Next time you go to the black market to buy something, remember to bring me along."

His gaze flashed ahead, and Tao Qiuyi softly replied, "Okay."

She knew the black market was a mixed bag, full of people of all kinds. She deliberately spoke of it in a nonchalant tone, praising how good it was, just to test him.

She thought he would stop her from going to the black market again, but he didn't. Not only that, he also warned her to be careful and even asked her to bring him with her if she went to the black market again.

Not imposing your own thoughts on the people around you and restricting their behavior is a sign of respect and care.

Tao Qiuyi's satisfaction with Wei Jingyuan increased a little bit.

Wei Jingyuan didn't know what Tao Qiuyi was thinking, but when he heard her agree, his tense expression relaxed a lot.

"Tell me more, where else have you been in the town?" Now that he had chosen her, Wei Jingyuan wanted to know more about her.

If he hadn't asked, Tao Qiuyi hadn't considered volunteering the information. But since he had, she wouldn't have hidden it. "I've been to the supply and marketing cooperative, the state-owned restaurant, the black market, the hospital, the textile factory, the meat processing plant, the meat processing plant's staff quarters, the scrap yard..."

"Yes, and the town office, bus station, and public security bureau. We went there today."

Hearing her recount the places she had been, Wei Jingyuan couldn't help but twitch his lips. My goodness, she had been to almost every place in the town.

No wonder she said she had never been to the pharmacy.

"Textile factory, meat processing plant, meat processing plant staff quarters, what are you doing going to these places?" Wei Jingyuan picked a few places to ask. If he remembered correctly, there was no point in going there since he had no acquaintances there.

"Of course you buy defective cloth if you go to a textile factory, and of course you buy good meat if you go to a meat processing plant." Tao Qiuyi was willing to explain it in such detail because he wanted to make it clear all at once.

Next time she brought meat or cloth back, Wei Jingyuan would not ask any more questions.

Therefore, she had acquaintances in both the textile factory and the meat processing plant. Wei Jingyuan once again felt that he knew too little about this little woman, pitifully little.

Tao Qiuyi suddenly stopped her bike, glanced ahead, then looked toward the other road. "The last time Jasmine came to town to buy medicine for Huang Hao, I saw her go through this fork in the road."

"Enter from this intersection and the pharmacy is at the next corner," said Wei Jingyuan.

"Have you been to the pharmacy?" Tao Qiuyi turned around and looked at Wei Jingyuan.

Wei Jingyuan nodded, "I have been here, more than once."

The bicycle stopped at the door of the pharmacy. Tao Qiuyi asked Wei Jingyuan to watch the bicycle while she went inside to buy medicine. After a while, she came out and threw the paper bag containing the herbs to Wei Jingyuan.

Taking the paper package, Wei Jingyuan saw her frowning brows and asked, "What happened?"

He felt a little regretful that he was just thinking about something and didn't pay attention to the movement in the pharmacy.

"There are too few herbs in this pharmacy." Tao Qiuyi curled her lips and sighed, "They are only herbs for treating common colds and flu. For slightly more difficult illnesses..."

"The goods are not complete. I really don't know why the boss opened this medicine store."

"I've read the prescription that Elder Jiang wrote for Huang Hao. It can't cure asthma, but at least it can control recurrences. But the fact is, Huang Hao's asthma relapses every time the season changes."

Wei Jingyuan understood, "So, you didn't buy all the herbs."