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

Chapter 276 Messenger Pear

As Tao Qiusi ate the white steamed buns bite by bite, her eyes gradually reddened.

He had originally planned to eat less so as not to add more burden to his sister and Brother Wei. Xiao Huai must have seen through his thoughts, which is why she put the steamed bun directly into his bowl.

Breakfast was prepared by Brother Wei, and each dish was served in three portions.

His sister and Brother Wei truly consider him part of the family.

"Brother Qiusi, what are you thinking about?" Pear, ever observant, noticed Tao Qiusi was lost in thought again and immediately reminded him.

Xiao Huai glanced at his younger sister, utterly speechless.

Tao Qiusi snapped out of her daze and saw that Li Zi and Xiao Huai were both looking at her, and she instantly felt uncomfortable.

Seeing that Li Zi and Xiao Huai had already put down their chopsticks, he quickly finished the steamed bun in his hand in a few bites.

"Have you two finished eating?" Tao Qiusi asked.

"I'm done eating," Pear nodded.

Xiao Huai nodded slightly and got up to clear the table. Qiu Si stopped her, saying, "Xiao Huai, you and Li Zi go study. I'll clear the table."

“How can that be?” Pear was the first to disagree.

“Pear is right, we can’t,” Xiao Huai refused expressionlessly.

Qiu Si didn't care about what was allowed or not; he just wanted to find something to do and didn't want to eat and drink for free here.

"Xiao Huai, you and Li Zi need to study. I have nothing to do, so I'll just clear the dishes." He cleared the dishes in front of Xiao Huai first, and then the ones in front of Li Zi.

Watching Tao Qiusi carry the bowl and chopsticks out, Pear sighed softly.

"Why are you sighing?" Xiao Huai glanced at her sideways, took out a tablecloth, and started wiping the table.

Pear leaned close to Xiao Huai and whispered, "Xiao Huai, if Brother Qiu Si wants to do something, let's let him do it. If we don't let him do it, he'll definitely feel bad and be afraid of being sent away."

"Who said we were going to send him away?" Xiao Huai asked in a low voice, not taking Li Zi's words seriously.

"My brother and sister-in-law said so," Pear replied readily.

Xiao Huai was wiping the table across from him, one hand propped on. Hearing Li Zi's words, his hand went limp, and he collapsed onto the table.

Turning back to glare at Pear, Xiao Huai warned her in a stern voice, "Don't say things like that carelessly, or Qiu Si might hear you."

Qiu Si only came to our house yesterday. If she hears Li Zi say this today, she'll definitely feel bad. If Qiu Si were any more stubborn, she might pack her things and leave.

"I didn't make things up," Pear pouted, clearly unhappy.

"Pear." Straightening up, Xiao Huai looked at her twin sister seriously, "I'm not joking with you. You're not allowed to say what you just said again."

Xiao Huai didn't believe her, and Li Zi felt wronged, her eyes reddening. But she still insisted on her words, "I really didn't make things up. Qiu Si was there when my older brother and sister-in-law were talking about it."

Qiu Si is here too. Could it be that my elder brother and sister-in-law really said such a thing? Xiao Huai frowned. My elder brother and sister-in-law brought Qiu Si back, how could they possibly send him away again?

Is all this back and forth fun?

Of course it's not fun; neither my older brother nor my sister-in-law are the type to enjoy making things difficult.

"It's true." Seeing that Xiao Huai still didn't believe her, Pear couldn't care less about being wronged. She grabbed Xiao Huai's arm and said urgently, "Xiao Huai, you have to believe me."

"Everything I said is true. I heard my older brother and sister-in-law say it to Qiu Si Ge with my own ears." "You might have misheard." Xiao Huai raised her hand and gently brushed away Li Zi's hand that was gripping his arm. The table had been wiped clean, and the tablecloth was put back in its place.

He turned and walked toward the table in front of the fireplace; he was going to study.

“I didn’t hear wrong, I really didn’t hear wrong.” Pear followed behind him, not understanding why Xiao Huai didn’t believe her. “I promise I didn’t hear wrong.”

"Did you really hear that with your own ears?" Xiao Huai stopped at the table and looked back at the pear.

He still didn't believe it.

He wouldn't say he knew his older brother and sister-in-law very well, but after spending time with them, he could tell that neither of them were the type to meddle in other people's business.

Now that they've brought Qiu Si back, they won't send him away again. Besides, my sister-in-law clearly stated yesterday that Qiu Si is her adopted younger brother and will live with us from now on.

Since we'll be living together from now on, why would I send Qiu Si away?

Pear nodded vigorously, "I really heard it with my own ears, Xiao Huai, you can believe me, I really didn't lie."

"Don't worry, I believe you're not lying." Xiao Huai comforted Li Zi first, then asked, "When did you hear your elder brother and sister-in-law tell Qiu Si that they were going to send him away, and where to?"

Xiao Huai knew his younger sister well and had never suspected her of lying. That's why he said earlier that Li Zi had misheard.

If Li hadn't misheard... Xiao Huai had a bit of a headache, but he still firmly believed that his sister-in-law wouldn't send Qiu Si away.

"Yes, it's what we talked about last night, about sending him somewhere..." Pear tried hard to recall, then her eyes lit up, and she looked like she remembered.

"By the way, when my brother and sister-in-law were talking, you went to deliver medicine to Huang Hao, the old Party Secretary's son, so you didn't hear it."

Xiao Huai sighed, that was an irrelevant answer, really...

Silently repeating to himself that his younger sister was his own, Xiao Huai suppressed the urge to grind his teeth. He asked softly, "Think about it again. Where did your older brother and sister-in-law say they were going to send Qiu Si?"

"No need to think about it." Pear said irritably, "My elder brother and sister-in-law said that Qiu Si should go and stay with Old Master Jiang for a few days."

Oh, so he's only staying for a few days. That really scared him. Xiao Huai was just about to remind Li Zi to watch her words in the future when she suddenly remembered something. Wait a minute, her older brother and sister-in-law said that Qiu Si should go and stay with Old Jiang for a few days.

Why stay for several days?
What does "stay for a few days" mean?
“Pear, repeat what your elder brother and sister-in-law said to me again.” Xiao Huai didn’t want to be influenced by Pear’s words again, so she emphasized, “It’s all of it, don’t leave me with only half of it.”

Pear protested, dissatisfied, "When did I ever say I'd only leave half of it..."

"Speak." Xiao Huai interrupted Pear directly, her patience exhausted.

Pear, who always obeyed her twin brother, dared not protest any longer. She simply recounted to Xiao Huai everything she had heard the day before.

“That’s all. I didn’t leave out half,” Pear said, raising her hand to assure them.

After hearing Pear's retelling, Xiao Huai really gritted her teeth this time. She raised her hand and poked Pear's smooth forehead, "You...you..."

I don't know whether to give her a good scolding or a good scolding, but I just feel disappointed in her.

The elder brother and sister-in-law originally intended for Qiu Si to stay with Old Jiang for a few days, but she insisted on saying that she was sending Qiu Si away. Sending her away and letting her stay for a few days are two completely different things.

She actually managed to get along with them.

Furthermore, the eldest brother and sister-in-law were clearly discussing it with Qiu Si, so how did she come up with the story that the eldest brother and sister-in-law were going to send Qiu Si away?

We can teach my younger sister later; the most important thing right now is another issue. Xiao Huai asked, "Li Zi, did Big Brother really say that our house is too small and that's why he wants Qiu Si to stay at Old Master Jiang's?"