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

Chapter 298 Wedding Gift
He then picked up an ordinary cotton coat from the shelf at the foot of the bed and put it on. After changing his clothes, Wei Jingyuan walked to the table, sat down, and poured himself a glass of water from the thermos.

He sipped his drink slowly and deliberately.

"What's this?" Tao Qiuyi asked, pointing to the small cloth bag on the table.

Wei Jingyuan paused in his drinking, remembering what Old Jiang had said, and his heart began to ache again. He swallowed the water in his mouth and replied, "Old Jiang said this is his wedding gift for us."

Tao Qiuyi was slightly surprised by the "gift," quickly finished the steamed bun and drank the porridge in her bowl. She then pushed the egg and half a steamed bun from the other bowl in front of Wei Jingyuan.

Tao Qiuyi said with a smile, "I'm full, you can eat these for me."

Looking at the egg and half a steamed bun in the bowl, then at Tao Qiuyi, Wei Jingyuan frowned. He had saved breakfast for her today: a bowl of plain porridge, two eggs, and a steamed bun.

She finished the congee, but only ate half of the egg and the steamed bun.

"I'll eat the steamed bun for you, you can eat the egg yourself," Wei Jingyuan said gently, discussing with her.

Tao Qiuyi shook her head and refused, "I'm really full."

"A bowl of plain porridge, an egg, and half a steamed bun—you're eating too little." Wei Jingyuan frowned even more deeply. She's always been so thin; she must not be eating enough.

He didn't compare her to the two boys in the family, but rather to Pear. This morning, he saw with his own eyes that Pear ate two bowls of plain porridge, an egg, a steamed bun, and two small sweet potatoes.

She ate a bowl of plain porridge, an egg, and half a steamed bun—less than half the amount she ate from a pear. She also frequently ventured into the deep mountains, eating little but expending a lot of energy; no wonder she never gained weight.

"I've eaten quite a lot." Tao Qiuyi genuinely felt that she had eaten a lot.

A bowl of thick white porridge, an egg, and half a steamed bun. Compared to people decades later who only eat an apple to lose weight, that's quite a lot.

She even had the nerve to say she ate quite a lot, leaving Wei Jingyuan speechless.

Pear was younger than her, yet she ate more. He didn't mind that Pear ate more, but he did mind that Tao Qiuyi ate less.

Wei Jingyuan put down his water glass, reached into his bowl, picked up half a steamed bun, and swallowed it in two bites. He picked up the egg but didn't intend to eat it; instead, he put it in his cotton coat pocket.

Tao Qiuyi's attention was focused on the small cloth bag, and she didn't notice what Wei Jingyuan was doing. She opened the small cloth bag, revealing a crystal-clear white jade pendant inside.

A white jade plaque! Tao Qiuyi was startled, blinked, and made sure she wasn't seeing things.

Her gaze shifted from the white jade pendant to Wei Jingyuan. She asked softly, "Wei Jingyuan, Elder Jiang gave us a white jade pendant as a wedding gift. Is there any special meaning behind it?"

Master Jiang really dotes on his apprentice Wei Jingyuan! He gave him such a valuable jade pendant as a wedding gift.

This white jade pendant is of superior quality, both in terms of color and translucency.

It looks very similar to the white jade pendant she saw at an auction in her past life. Wait, how could the white jade pendant she saw at an auction in her past life be similar to this one?
Why did this white jade plaque, which would have appeared decades later, appear today?
It just so happened to occur at this time, which made Tao Qiuyi think twice.

"The meaning?" Recalling the way Elder Jiang gave him the small cloth bag, his expression showed the affection of an elder for a younger generation. Wei Jingyuan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

Seeing him shake his head, Tao Qiuyi was unsure whether he meant there was no meaning or he didn't know the meaning.

"When you were given the white jade, did Elder Jiang say anything to you?" Tao Qiuyi asked again, her slender white fingers gently touching the white jade tablet.

Wei Jingyuan frankly admitted, "I said a few things, but it had nothing to do with this jade pendant." Since it wasn't related to the jade pendant, Tao Qiuyi didn't bother asking further. She picked up the white jade pendant from her cloth bag, examined it briefly, and confirmed that this was indeed a valuable piece of white jade…

It wasn't similar to the one she had seen in her previous life, but rather... it was the one she had seen at an auction in her previous life.

Both the patterns and the lifelike eagle carved on the jade plaque are identical. The only difference is that the eagle's eyes are now transparent white.

Decades later, on a jade plaque that appeared at an auction, the eagle's eyes had a faint red tinge.

She remembered that the white jade plaque was donated by an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and all the proceeds from the auction were donated to border soldiers. She overheard people around her saying that the old doctor had once given the jade plaque to his apprentice.

The old Chinese medicine doctor taught countless students throughout his life, but he only had one apprentice, who was the former owner of the jade tablet.

The word "once" sent a chill down Tao Qiuyi's spine. She reached out and grabbed Wei Jingyuan's arm. "What did Elder Jiang say when he gave you the jade token?"

Noticing her unusual expression, Wei Jingyuan took her small hand in return and asked instead of answering, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the jade pendant?"

Tao Qiuyi couldn't bring herself to say, "The jade pendant is fine, but you are the problem."

"Is there a problem with the jade pendant?" Seeing that she didn't answer, Wei Jingyuan asked again. When Old Master Jiang gave him the jade pendant, he said it was a wedding gift for him and Qiuqiu.

Master Jiang is his teacher, and giving him a jade pendant as a wedding gift must be a kind gesture.

Judging from Qiuqiu's expression, this jade pendant must have a story behind it.

The matter of the jade pendant needs to be verified; she and Wei Jingyuan have an important matter to attend to today. Tao Qiuyi didn't want the jade pendant to influence her judgment, so she replied, "The jade pendant is fine."

She then added, "This is a very valuable jade pendant."

"Since there's no problem, you can keep the jade pendant." Wei Jingyuan knew there was something she hadn't said, but he wasn't in a hurry and believed that she would tell him someday.

She's not saying anything now, probably because she doesn't trust him enough.

"Keep it for me." After hesitating for a moment, Tao Qiuyi pretended to be embarrassed and said, "It's a wedding gift from your master. It's so valuable. It would feel a little bad if we just accepted it like this."

She said she felt guilty accepting the gift, but her actions contradicted her words. Tao Qiuyi took the cloth bag from before, wrapped the jade pendant, and put it into the ring's storage space through the pocket of her cotton coat.

What a joke! Something this valuable should naturally be stored in the ring's storage space to ensure its safety.

Seeing her say things against her will while doing things she actually wanted to, Wei Jingyuan chuckled. He glanced outside and said, "The fog outside is getting thicker. Should we set off?"

Tao Qiuyi glanced towards the door, then listened carefully. "Wait a little longer."

"What are we waiting for?" Wei Jingyuan asked in confusion. Tao Qiuyi replied with a smile, "Naturally, we're waiting for news from the Monkey King."

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the chirping of birds came from outside.

"Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu, they've caught him! They've caught him! Monkey King, catch the one who tipped them off!"

Listening to the birds' cheerful chirping, Tao Qiuyi glanced helplessly at Wei Jingyuan. She stood up and said, "Let's go, it's our turn to make our appearance."

"Mm," Wei Jingyuan responded, and then stood up.