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

Chapter 224: Hitting the Pain Point

"I have no idea!" Tao Qiuyi said with a smile, "That's really funny, Auntie. How could I possibly have any idea that you lost your money and tickets?"

Although Zhou Mei knew that Tao Qiuyi would not easily admit to stealing their money and tickets, she was still shaking with anger.

Her hands, hanging at her sides, were clenched into fists, her nails digging into her flesh without pain. The feeling of knowing she had done it, yet having no proof to prove it, was enough to drive her crazy.

"Aunt, I really didn't know what was going on." Seeing Zhou Mei shaking with anger, Tao Qiuyi added fuel to the fire, "It was you who lost the money and tickets, not me."

"Whether I know it or not is really not important at all."

Losing money and tickets was Zhou Mei's sore spot, so Tao Qiuyi deliberately took advantage of her sore spot.

"You..." Sister Zhou was so angry that her face turned red and her neck thickened. She pointed at Tao Qiuyi with a trembling finger, "Tao Qiuyi, God is watching what you do. You know what you have done."

"You won't be so proud for long. Sooner or later we will find evidence that you stole our money."

"I will find evidence sooner or later. Even if there is no evidence now, I can still be proud of myself." Tao Qiu was so angry that he wanted to kill himself.

Unable to convince Tao Qiuyi, Zhou Mei didn't dare to raise her hand and hit him like she would a pear. She turned her anger towards Wei Jingyuan, "Wei Jingyuan, are you just going to watch your sister and this woman bully the elders?"

"Hmm?" Wei Jingyuan had recovered from his negative emotions and asked casually, "There's a saying that goes, 'There's a difference between close and distant relatives.' What does my aunt want me to say? Or what does she want me to do?"

There is a difference between close and distant relatives, and Zhou Mei was speechless when asked.

Tao Qiuyi chuckled in a very unkind way.

The four words "close to each other" clearly expressed Wei Jingyuan's attitude. It also made it clear that Zhou Mei's attempt to use him to stir up trouble was impossible.

Tao Qiuyi was very satisfied with Wei Jingyuan's performance. She looked at Zhou Mei with a sullen face. "Auntie, not everyone can pull off this trick of using a knife to kill someone."

"Because there's a saying that goes, 'If you play with fire, you'll get burned.'"

Seeing Tao Qiuyi see through her thoughts, Zhou Mei felt a chill run down her spine. Without time to think, she turned around and fled in disgrace.

"Why did my aunt leave?" Li Zi asked, looking at Zhou Mei's back.

Tao Qiuyi replied, "Some people just can't see the truth and think you're as forgetful as she is. They seize the opportunity to show off and make a name for themselves."

"If you act a little tougher, she'll run away. We usually call this being a bitch."

"Sister-in-law is right." Li Zi nodded, not quite understanding.

Tao Qiuyi didn't care whether Li Zi understood or not. After all, Li Zi was still young and could be taught slowly. She turned to look at Wei Jingyuan and saw him looking at Li Zi with a serious expression.

Although Li Zi had a big heart, she was a fool if she hadn't noticed her eldest brother's gaze at this moment.

"Brother...Brother...why are you looking at me like that?" Li Zi asked cautiously.

Looking at Tao Qiuyi, Wei Jingyuan said self-reproachfully, "Lizi, I'm sorry. Big brother neglected you and Xiao Huai too much in the past, causing you and Xiao Huai to suffer a lot."

"It's my elder brother who has let you and Xiao Huai down, and who has failed to live up to mother's last words."

Li Zi was completely stunned.

Xiao Huai ran out of the kitchen, his eyes red, but he stubbornly stared at Wei Jingyuan. Seeing Xiao Huai like this, Tao Qiuyi felt that he should leave now and leave the space for the three siblings. They slipped into the kitchen and saw two buckets filled with hot water next to the stove.

It was Xiao Huai who helped her put it in. Tao Qiuyi felt warm inside and murmured, "Xiao Huai will definitely be a warm-hearted man when he grows up."

Carrying two buckets of water, Tao Qiuyi went into the bathroom to take a shower and wash her hair. She didn't listen to what Wei Jingyuan and his two siblings were saying in the yard. She understood the principle of respecting other people's privacy.

A warm man, what kind of warm man? In the yard, Wei Jingyuan heard her muttering and looked at Xiao Huai with a more scrutinizing look.

Xiao Huai was just about to apologize when he noticed his elder brother's gaze suddenly change. He felt even more uneasy. "Brother, I really know I was wrong."

Ever since Xiao Huai realized that he and Li Zi had been deceived and used, he wanted to apologize for driving his elder brother out of his parents' funeral.

When I thought about it, I realized that I haven’t found a suitable opportunity to apologize to my brother yet.

Today, his eldest brother apologized to Li Zi for neglecting them in the past. He heard it in the kitchen and ran out without thinking, with only one thought in his mind: to apologize to his eldest brother.

Looking at this brother who is more than ten years younger than him, Wei Jingyuan feels mixed emotions.

"Brother, I know I was wrong. From now on, I will only listen to you and your wife." Li Zi lowered her head and walked in front of Wei Jingyuan. "Let's forget about the past. From now on, we will live a good life as a family of four, okay?"

A family of four is what my sister-in-law often says.

"Okay." Wei Jingyuan felt guilty about his twin brother and sister. He couldn't just forget the past, but he would take good care of them in the future.

He had been living in a daze for the past two years. Even though his younger brother and sister were around, he paid little attention to them. This indirectly led to them being treated like servants by their grandmother and her family, who would often beat and scold them.

"Thank you, big brother." Li Zi said thank you casually, and suddenly realized what her big brother said. She raised her head and looked at him, "Big brother, what did you just say?"

Seeing his sister's disbelief, Wei Jingyuan said seriously, "Let's forget about the past and live a good life as a family of four, okay?"

Qiu Yi often talks about a family of four. She is not only his salvation, but also the lucky star of his younger brothers and sisters.

"Okay, okay, okay." Li Zi nodded happily, then looked at Xiao Huai and said, "Xiao Huai, big brother doesn't blame us anymore, big brother doesn't blame us anymore, big brother doesn't blame us anymore."

My sister-in-law once said that important things should be said three times.

"Yeah." Xiao Huai was also very happy and nodded heavily.

Seeing his younger siblings so happy, Wei Jingyuan also smiled for the first time. "Okay, let's fix the dead tree first. We can eat when your sister-in-law comes out."

Li Zi and Xiao Huai nodded in agreement.

With the twins' help, Wei Jingyuan swung his axe much faster. He quickly chopped the two dead trees into suitable pieces, while Li Zi and Xiao Huai tied the pieces into bundles.

After coming out of the bathroom, Tao Qiuyi rushed directly into the room where she and Li Zi lived.

Hang the washed clothes on the nail next to the fireplace, and sit by the fireplace with a dry towel to wipe your hair.

Wei Jingyuan came in and called her to eat, and at a glance he saw her little dress hanging by the fireplace, dripping with water. He quickly looked away, but Qingjun's face still blushed uncontrollably.

"What's wrong?" Tao Qiuyi looked up at him and saw his blushing face, so she asked, "Why is your face red?"

"I'm here to call you over for dinner." Wei Jingyuan explained his purpose in a low voice and ignored her subsequent questions.