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

Chapter 260 A Family of Five

After seeing his two older cousins ​​off, Xiao Huai returned to the courtyard, where Li Zi was still standing there, dazed. His eldest brother was gone; he'd probably gone back inside.

Seeing Xiao Huai return, Li Zi asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Xiao Huai, is what my cousins ​​said true? Big brother... Big brother really brought back a wild boar?"

"It's true." Xiao Huai was more accepting than Li Zi. Since her older brother and two cousins ​​all said so, it must be true.

Pear still finds it hard to accept the fact, "Big brother really did bring back a wild boar, and his injured leg has just healed."

Walking up to the pear, Xiao Huai said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the kitchen and start making the pheasant and mushroom soup."

Pear nodded and walked towards the kitchen with Xiao Huai. As they walked, Pear exclaimed, "Big Brother really brought back a wild boar! It feels like a dream."

“You’re not dreaming, Brother Wei really did bring back a wild boar.” Tao Qiusi came out of the toilet and, upon hearing Li Zi’s words, naturally replied with this remark.

"Autumn Thoughts," Pear suddenly said, "You came back with your elder brother and sister-in-law, so you must know how they hunted the wild boar, right?"

"I don't know." Tao Qiusi shook her head. "When I saw the wild boar, it was already dead. According to what my sister and Brother Wei said, Brother Wei must have killed it by himself."

"That's all I know, I don't know anything else."

Seeing him like this, Pear didn't know what to say.

Xiao Huai glanced at Tao Qiusi's cotton-padded coat, which was clearly too short—it was the one he had lent to Qiusi. The fact that the coat was too short meant Qiusi was taller than him. His lips twitched, but he ultimately said nothing.

On the other side, as soon as Wei Jingyuan entered the house, Tao Qiuyi asked, "Is it okay for you to lie to people like this?"

Although she didn't go out, she could hear clearly what the people outside were saying.

“There’s nothing wrong with it.” Wei Jingyuan felt perfectly justified in making a fuss about his leg. “Everyone knows that my leg was lame for two years, and it’s a miracle that it’s healed.”

"Only when things go wrong occasionally will everyone feel at ease."

Tao Qiuyi rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. "Thinking like that, it's a bit like you're hating society."

"I hate no one, I just want to live a good life with you." Walking to Tao Qiuyi's side, Wei Jingyuan used his five fingers as a comb to smooth Tao Qiuyi's long, beautiful black hair.

"Fine." As long as it wasn't a lie, Tao Qiuyi didn't care.

The jet-black hair slipped through his fingers, giving off an unusual feeling. Wei Jingyuan played with her hair and praised, "Your hair is so thick and black, it's really rare."

Reaching out of Wei Jingyuan's hand, Tao Qiuyi neatly tied her hair into a bun.

Wei Jingyuan's eyes were deep and unfathomable as he looked at her long hair, which was pulled up on top of her head into a large bun. Her entire demeanor had changed, as if she were a lady who had stepped out of a painting.

Wei Jingyuan found it intriguing and reached out to touch the bun on her head.

"Don't touch it, it'll fall apart if you do." Tao Qiuyi slapped Wei Jingyuan's large hand away.

"It looks good, really good," Wei Jingyuan said. "You should style your hair like this tomorrow too."

This is the most popular bun hairstyle in later generations, suitable for all ages, of course it looks good. Tao Qiuyi thought smugly, without agreeing to let Wei Jingyuan wear his hair like this tomorrow.

She didn't refuse, so Wei Jingyuan took it as a yes. He took Tao Qiuyi's hand, led her to the bedside, pressed her shoulders, and made her sit on the edge of the bed.

"Wei Jingyuan, what are you going to do?" Tao Qiuyi was a little flustered, and her voice was tense.

Seeing her nervousness, Wei Jingyuan found it amusing. He leaned forward, his hands behind his back, his tall frame pressing against hers. His deep eyes locked onto her watery gaze. "What do you think I want to do?"

Tao Qiuyi almost jumped up in surprise, her pretty face instantly turning bright red.

His hands, which had been behind his back, suddenly clenched. After a moment of hesitation, Wei Jingyuan straightened up. "Get some rest. I'm going to take a shower." With that, Wei Jingyuan strode towards the door.

Watching his retreating figure, Tao Qiuyi finally let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, a faint sense of loss welled up in her heart, though she couldn't quite explain why.

She walked over, closed the door, and bolted it. Instead of resting, Tao Qiuyi went into her ring space to prepare medicine for Huang Hao.

Every time she went into the ring space to make medicine, she would lose track of time. Luckily, she could hear sounds outside from inside the ring space; otherwise, she might have been exposed long ago.

Hearing Pear call her to eat, Tao Qiuyi came out of the ring space.

She opened the door and saw Pear standing there. She pulled Pear along and went next door. Wei Jingyuan was sitting at the dining table with Xiao Huai and Qiu Si, clearly waiting for her.

Tao Qiuyi originally intended to sit with Li Zi, but Wei Jingyuan pulled her to sit next to him.

"Sister-in-law, try this pheasant and mushroom soup and see how it tastes." Xiao Huai placed a bowl of mushroom soup with a chicken leg in front of Tao Qiuyi.

Looking at the chicken leg in the bowl, Tao Qiuyi smiled at Xiao Huai but didn't say anything.

Xiao Huai put the other chicken leg in Tao Qiusi's bowl, and gave the two chicken wings to Wei Jingyuan and Lizi respectively. Xiao Huai's own bowl contained chicken neck and chicken breast.

Qiu Si looked at the chicken leg in her bowl and hurriedly tried to give it to Xiao Huai.

Xiao Huai put away her bowl and said to Qiu Si, "Qiu Si, we believe in sharing food equally in our family. This time it's you and your sister-in-law who will eat the chicken legs, and next time it will be me and Li Zi who will eat the chicken legs."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Tao Qiu thought for a moment and understood what Xiao Huai meant. He looked at his sister and Brother Wei, and they both nodded to him.

Pear picked up the bowl of chicken soup and said very boldly, "Today is the first day that Brother Qiusi has joined our family, so chicken soup is like wine. Come on, let's all drink one together as a family of five."

In an instant, four pairs of eyes were all fixed on the pear.

Tao Qiuyi was surprised, and Wei Jingyuan was speechless.

Xiao Huai's lips twitched, and Qiu Si was surprised.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Pear looked at the four of them with a puzzled expression.

Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan exchanged a glance and shook their heads simultaneously. Xiao Huai and Qiu Si also shook their heads. Qiu Si picked up the bowl of chicken soup and said sincerely, "Thank you, Pear."

One or two people raised their glasses, and the remaining three also picked up their chicken soup bowls, using the soup as a substitute for wine to welcome Qiu Si.

Steamed buns were served with pheasant and mushroom soup, and the side dish was braised wild rabbit. All five of them ate their fill. Pear and Little Locust cleared the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them, with Autumn Thoughts following behind them.

Wei Jingyuan wiped the table, while Tao Qiuyi remained seated.

When the three boys returned, Tao Qiuyi took out a bamboo tube and handed it to Xiao Huai, saying, "These are pills for treating Huang Hao's asthma. Take them to Huang Hao now."

"Okay." Xiao Huai took the bamboo tube and went out.

"Pear, go and study on your own," Wei Jingyuan said to Pear.

Pear blinked, nodded obediently, and walked towards the table by the fireplace.

Qiu Si looked at Wei Jingyuan and Tao Qiuyi, sensing that the two had something to say to him, and his heart began to pound.

Tao Qiuyi glanced at Wei Jingyuan.

Wei Jingyuan said to Qiu Si, "Qiu Si, your sister and I want to discuss something with you."