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

Chapter 211 Discussion
Wei Jingyuan and Huang Hao were discussing the details of building the courtyard.

Zhang Moli could understand some of what was said, occasionally offering her own thoughts. Tao Qiuyi, however, understood none of it and sat quietly listening.

As she listened, Tao Qiuyi felt bored, so she stood up and took out some melon seeds. She placed them in the middle of the table and asked Zhang Moli to help her peel and eat them.

"No, no, I just want to drink tea." Zhang Moli held the bamboo cup in both hands and smiled politely.

"It's more pleasant to drink tea and eat melon seeds at the same time." Tao Qiuyi grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the basket and put them on the table, then pushed them gently.

The bamboo basket filled with melon seeds seemed to have its own consciousness. It moved towards Zhang Moli and stopped steadily beside her hand.

"Wow." Zhang Moli screamed and looked at the basket beside her in disbelief.

Huang Hao saw the bamboo basket coming over with his own eyes. His eyes narrowed and he looked suddenly at Tao Qiuyi who was peeling melon seeds nonchalantly.

Could it be a coincidence? But if it was, it was too much of a coincidence. If it wasn't a coincidence, how did she manage to get the bamboo basket to move over?

Bamboo is rough and difficult to control the strength. If Tao Qiuyi uses a little more force, the basket will either fall over in the middle or fall directly to the ground.

Wei Jingyuan sighed inwardly, looking down at the person who had instigated this. Without anyone noticing, she had once again displayed her abilities, unfazed by the fear of frightening Huang Hao and his wife.

He stretched out his big hand, grabbed some melon seeds, placed them in front of him, and slowly peeled them.

Wei Jingyuan glanced at Huang Hao and continued the conversation where he had left off. "You've lived in this village longer than I have. If you said it would snow in a month, I believed you."

"The sooner the yard is built, the better. There's not much work in the brigade right now, so we can hire more people to work."

"We need to hire more workers to do the work." Huang Hao nodded in agreement, "But we still need to discuss how to pay them."

Looking at the way Wei Jingyuan peeled melon seeds, and then looking at the three small piles of seeds on the table in front of Tao Qiuyi, they were exactly the same. Huang Hao thought to himself, "If we are not from the same family, we will not enter the same door."

Speaking of wages, Tao Qiuyi felt that he could express his thoughts, so he said: "Why don't we just charge the same amount of wages as other people who build their yards?"

"Everyone's life has been hard in recent years, and few people have built houses." Zhang Moli said, reaching out to grab a handful of melon seeds, standing up, picking up the basket of melon seeds and placing it in front of Tao Qiuyi.

She didn't have the ability of Qiu Yi, who could push the basket to wherever she wanted with just a light push.

"Is that so?" Tao Qiuyi frowned and slowed down the movement of peeling melon seeds. It was difficult for them to calculate the starting wages since no one was building the house.

On second thought, she had the money so she didn't care about the salary. With Huang Hao checking in, it wouldn't be too much anyway. After figuring it out, Tao Qiuyi's frown relaxed.

Taking her expression in full view, Wei Jingyuan raised the corners of his lips and put the peeled melon seeds together with those peeled by Tao Qiuyi.

"The work points earned by the brigade in a day are converted into money. Let's start paying wages based on the amount of money earned." Wei Jingyuan suggested.

"This is a good idea." Huang Hao was the first to agree, and Zhang Moli also nodded.

"That's settled then." Tao Qiuyi had no objection. He patted his hands as he peeled melon seeds and reached into his pocket to pull out a wad of money. "Here's two hundred yuan. If it's not enough, come ask me for more."

Seeing her taking out the money so quickly and with an air of wealth, Wei Jingyuan's mouth twitched and he was speechless.

Huang Hao quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, Comrade Tao, you only spent one hundred of the three hundred yuan you gave me before, and I still have two hundred. Put the money away first, and I'll come back to ask for it after I've spent the remaining two hundred."

"That's fine." Tao Qiuyi put the money back in his pocket and continued peeling melon seeds. Everything that needed to be discussed had been finalized, and the unexpected details could be left aside for now. Huang Hao picked up the bamboo cup and drank water.

None of the four spoke, and the only sound in the room was the sound of peeling melon seeds.

With Wei Jingyuan helping to peel the melon seeds, Tao Qiuyi saw more and more melon seeds piled up in front of her. She was happy just looking at them, as eating them one by one was too troublesome, so she just grabbed a handful and put them directly into her mouth.

Seeing Wei Jingyuan actually helping Tao Qiuyi peel melon seeds, Zhang Moli went from being shocked at first to now feeling envious.

Doctor Wei was really kind to Sister Qiuyi. She suddenly said, "Sister Qiuyi, Grandpa always says that the mountains are dangerous. I'm really worried about you going into the mountains alone to look for herbs."

"Let me go with you. Even if I can't help you find herbs, at least I can keep you company."

Tao Qiuyi paused in chewing and looked at Zhang Moli with an indescribable expression. Didn't he still give up on going into the mountains with her?

"Moli, you followed Comrade Tao into the mountains, not to keep her company, but to hinder her." Huang Hao sometimes felt helpless about his wife's persistence.

Tao Qiuyi nodded in agreement, but unfortunately Zhang Moli didn't look at her.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Moli looked at Huang Hao in confusion.

Huang Hao explained, "What I'm saying is, it's safer for Comrade Tao to go into the mountains alone to look for herbs. If you go with her, she'll have to distract herself from taking care of and protecting you."

He had heard his grandfather say that the mountains were dangerous since he was a child, and he was told not to go deep into the mountains. The villagers went up the mountain to chop firewood and pick wild vegetables, but they stayed on the outskirts, and no one dared to take the risk of going deep into the mountains.

When Tao Qiuyi said about going into the mountains to look for herbs, he definitely meant going deep into the mountains.

He also heard from his grandfather that there was everything in the mountains, including animals, plants, and even gold and silver left by their ancestors.

Seeing that Zhang Moli still looked a little unconvinced, Tao Qiuyi sighed and said, "Moli, although what your man said may not sound good, it is absolutely true."

Zhang Moli tried again, "But..."

"Don't say but, I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't need your company." Tao Qiuyi interrupted Zhang Moli and told her the truth, "There are large animals in the mountains, such as wild boars and tigers."

"If I'm unlucky enough to run into one, I'll definitely be able to run away, but what about you?"

Hearing her mention wild boars, Wei Jingyuan paused, remembering how she had casually said she had killed a wild boar and traded it for food on the black market.

"We might...we might run into a tiger." Zhang Moli swallowed hard and mustered up the courage to say, "If we really run into a wild boar or a tiger, Sister Qiuyi, just run away by yourself and don't worry about me."

Seeing Zhang Moli's desperate expression, Tao Qiuyi wanted to sigh again.

Huang Hao was very perceptive. He said it was getting late and pulled Zhang Moli up to say goodbye.

After Huang Hao and Zhang Moli left the courtyard, Tao Qiuyi said, "Huang Hao should be trustworthy."

"Well, Huang Hao is a responsible and accountable person. We can rest assured to leave the construction of the courtyard to him." Wei Jingyuan has been a village doctor for two years.

He had a general idea of the temperament of the villagers.