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

Chapter 288 Pear's Complaint
She sent the three boys to the kitchen, then went inside and brought out two straw mats. She gave one to Wei Jingyuan to sit on, and placed the other next to him while she sat on it herself.

Since she had nothing else to do, she just stayed there watching Wei Jingyuan make water cups.

In Wei Jingyuan's hands, the wood-chopping knife was like a toy, smooth and obedient. He discarded the bamboo tubes at both ends, which were either too big or too small, and only took the middle few bamboo tubes.

In a few quick movements, the bamboo tube was divided into one large one and four roughly the same size.

One large one was used by Wei Jingyuan, and four of them, roughly the same size, were used by Tao Qiuyi and three teenagers.

"Wei Jingyuan, your skill in playing with bamboo is truly amazing! Where did you learn it?" Tao Qiuyi held the bamboo tube and looked at it from left to right, becoming more and more satisfied with it.

The bamboo tube is just the right size to hold in your hand, and the opening is smooth and flat. You don't have to worry about cutting or pricking your mouth when drinking water.

"I learned it in the army." Seeing how pleased she was, Wei Jingyuan's lips curled into a pleased smile.

Judging from her skills and knowledge, she must have lived a very good life before. A water cup made from a bamboo tube was rarely used in the village, but she particularly liked it.

"So you learned it in the army!" Tao Qiuyi exclaimed. "The army is really a great place to cultivate talent. Your comrades come from all over the country, and you can learn anything there."

Wei Jingyuan paused in his bamboo-cutting, glancing at her sideways. He then looked away and continued cutting the bamboo, inwardly agreeing with her statement.

He did learn a lot in the army and was proud to have served in the military for the rest of his life.

Remembering the basket Xiao Huai wove for her, Tao Qiuyi asked, "Did you teach Xiao Huai how to play with bamboo?"

To be honest, the bamboo cups that Xiao Huai made before were also good, but they lacked detail and aesthetics. They were definitely not as beautiful as the ones Wei Jingyuan made now, with their graceful and elegant curves.

If this were placed decades from now, it would definitely be considered a work of art.

Tao Qiuyi inadvertently noticed Wei Jingyuan holding a bamboo tube in one hand and a small knife in the other, as if he were about to carve on the bamboo tube. She quickly called out to stop him, "Wait."

She snatched the bamboo tube and hid it behind her back as if it were a precious treasure. She asked him, "What are you going to do?"

"Engrave words to distinguish them," Wei Jingyuan replied. The previous bamboo water cups already had words engraved on them for identification. Naturally, the remade bamboo water cups should also have words engraved on them.

His is bigger and easier to distinguish, while the other four smaller ones are harder to tell apart.

Of course she knew he wanted to carve words, and she stopped him from doing so. Tao Qiuyi said, "It's not necessary to carve words to distinguish them."

Wei Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at her.

"No words, but drawings are fine." Distinction is necessary, but Tao Qiuyi didn't want to use words to differentiate them anymore. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Let's carve the simplest four-leaf clover."

Although it's called a four-leaf clover, you can add or remove leaves as you like. For example, you can carve one leaf, two leaves... five leaves, six leaves, all are possible.

"What kind of painting is a four-leaf clover?" Wei Jingyuan asked, as he couldn't carve paintings that were too complicated.

"I'll draw it for you." Tao Qiuyi placed the bamboo tube on the ground.

She picked up a piece of bamboo from the ground and started drawing on it. Wei Jingyuan watched her draw, wondering how long it would take her, but she finished in just a few strokes.

Tao Qiuyi did not immediately throw away the bamboo strip in her hand, but instead used it to tap the four-leaf clover leaves on the ground.

Looking at Wei Jingyuan, he said, "This is a four-leaf clover. The one leaf on your water glass represents that you are the eldest brother. By analogy, our Pear is the youngest, so her water glass has five leaves on it."

“I’ll give it a try.” Wei Jingyuan held out his hand to her, palm up. Tao Qiuyi immediately understood, smiling as she picked up a discarded bamboo tube and offered it to him with both hands. “What do you mean?” Wei Jingyuan didn’t take the discarded bamboo tube she offered; he wanted her to take the prepared bamboo tube.

"Give it a try," Tao Qiuyi said, stepping forward and urging him, "Hurry up and practice, I'm waiting to see the results."

How much distrust must they have for him to give him a discarded tool to practice on? Wei Jingyuan silently took it, glanced at the four-leaf clover drawn on the ground, and moved the small knife in his hand across the bamboo tube.

In less than a minute, the bamboo tube was handed to Tao Qiuyi.

"It looks just like it, even more like a four-leaf clover than mine." Tao Qiuyi praised Wei Jingyuan's exquisite craftsmanship without reservation. He not only mastered the art of bamboo, but his carving skills were also quite good.

Seeing how much she liked it, Wei Jingyuan still asked, "Just carve it like this."

“Carve it.” Tao Qiuyi nodded, her fingers gently tracing a leaf on the bamboo tube. The lines were smooth, as if they had their own consciousness; it was beautifully carved.

It's even better than a painting.

Tao Qiuyi turned her head to Wei Jingyuan and said, "If I hadn't seen you carve it with my own eyes, I definitely wouldn't have believed that you did it."

Wei Jingyuan glanced at her, speechless, thinking to himself, "Do you want to hear what you're saying? What do you mean you didn't see him carve it with your own eyes? You definitely don't believe he carved it."

Not wanting to disturb Wei Jingyuan's writing, Tao Qiuyi continued reading with the discarded bamboo tube. A shadow fell, blocking out the light, and she looked up to see Pear standing in front of her.

Smiling, she reached out and pulled Li Zi to sit beside her, handing her the bamboo tube. Tao Qiuyi said, "Look, your older brother carved a four-leaf clover leaf, isn't it beautiful?"

"From now on, we'll use the number of four-leaf clover leaves to distinguish the water cups for the five of us in our family."

"It's beautiful." Pear took the bamboo tube, glanced at it, and then looked at Tao Qiuyi. She hesitated, her expression still somewhat unnatural.

That conflicted little expression...she wants to say something to me. Tao Qiuyi asked knowingly, "Something you want to tell me?"

"Yes." Pear nodded heavily.

"Go ahead and say it, I'm listening." Actually, Tao Qiuyi had already guessed what Li Zi wanted to say to her. It was nothing more than what was going on over there; she hadn't heard a single sound from that side since she stepped into the courtyard.

What does that mean? It means there's no one there, not a single person.

It makes sense, considering that Wei Aiguo, the chubby boy, is hospitalized in the town hospital. Wei Laosan and Li Yuegui are the boy's parents, so they'll definitely be there to take care of him.

Wei Laoda was beaten to the ground by her, and Li Hongying and Zhou Mei were definitely going to take him to the hospital to get checked out.

Everyone's gone, so there's no one over there anymore.

Looking at her eldest brother, Pear whispered, "Sister-in-law, the oxcart arrived shortly after you and your brother left. Fourth Uncle, Grandma, and Aunt helped lift Uncle onto the oxcart."

“I heard Grandma complaining to my fourth uncle that you hit my eldest uncle. My fourth uncle asked Grandma why she hit my eldest uncle, but Grandma wouldn’t say anything.”

“If your fourth uncle asks again, your grandmother will scold you again and even make your fourth uncle ask you and your eldest brother for your uncle’s and Aiguo’s medical expenses.”

“My aunt also cried and said, ‘You are cruel. You beat my uncle half to death. She can’t live like this.’”

"My aunt also said that she would take my uncle to the hospital first, and then report it to the police and bring the police to our house to arrest you and put you in jail."

After hearing what Li Zi said, Tao Qiuyi remained calm and composed, as if she had heard something insignificant.