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

Chapter 318 Everyone gets what they need
Seeing her leaning against him, her hands still icy cold, Wei Jingyuan felt heartbroken.

So much so that the next day, before dawn, Wei Jingyuan took the pulses of both Grandpa Tao and Han Ying. After confirming that their conditions were not worsening, he immediately took Tao Qiuyi and left.

After leaving the bamboo house, Wei Jingyuan said to Tao Qiuyi, "Let's not go home first, let's go to the old Party Secretary's house first."

Tao Qiuyi tilted her head to look at his sharply defined profile and thought to herself, "This man is really handsome."

Wei Jingyuan held her hand as they walked, and she wasn't worried about falling because she wasn't looking. But it was clear that her thoughts had already wandered off course.

Tao Qiuyi only came to her senses after being led by Wei Jingyuan to the gate of the old Party Secretary's courtyard. Then she said to Wei Jingyuan, "We came so early, what if Comrade Huang Hao hasn't gotten up yet? That would be so awkward."

"No." Wei Jingyuan raised his hand and gently knocked on the courtyard gate.

Tao Qiuyi fell silent, resigned to her fate. "So be it," she thought, "at least Wei Jingyuan will be there to share the awkwardness."

A short while later, Huang Hao opened the door. Seeing the two of them appear at the gate of his courtyard, he asked in surprise, "What brings you here so early?"

Wei Jingyuan directly said that he had come to inquire about the progress of building the courtyard.

Tao Qiuyi glanced at Wei Jingyuan, and the idiom "telepathic understanding" popped into her mind. However, she didn't intend to ask Huang Hao so soon. Instead, she planned to go home, take a nap, and then go to the new courtyard to ask Huang Hao in the afternoon.

The answer I received was that it would be completed in the next two days.

Wei Jingyuan said "thank you for your hard work" and, without any hesitation, took Tao Qiuyi's hand and left.

Standing at the gate of his own yard, watching the two figures leave, Huang Hao was filled with questions. He simply couldn't understand why the two of them had come to ask him this so early in the morning, before dawn.

After leaving the old Party Secretary's house, Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan went to Chen the carpenter's house.

The Chen family warmly invited the two to stay for breakfast, their hospitality evident. Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan declined, as it was already broad daylight when they left the Chen family's house.

After walking a short distance, Wei Jingyuan asked Tao Qiuyi, "What's the difference between using ready-made furniture in one room and making new furniture for the other rooms?"

"You'll know once it's finished and you see it," Tao Qiuyi said, keeping everyone in suspense.

"Alright, I'll wait and see the results." She didn't say anything, and Wei Jingyuan didn't ask either. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked again, "What about the fireplace? Are we getting a fireplace in the new yard?"

Tao Qiuyi replied matter-of-factly, "Of course we should do it. Not only should we do it, but we should also make fireplaces in every room except the main hall."

Two days later, the new courtyard was completed.

Tao Qiuyi was very satisfied after seeing it; Huang Hao had built the yard exactly according to the blueprints she had given him.

Her drawing was very simple, with five rooms in the middle. On the left and right sides, one side had a kitchen and a toilet, and the other side had four rooms.

In the very center of the five rooms is the main hall, with bedrooms on either side. Like the two rooms in the Wei family's house, there is a fireplace between the two adjacent bedrooms.

The four rooms on the right were all used as bedrooms, with fireplaces placed between adjacent rooms. Because she and Wei Jingyuan had very good hearing, Tao Qiuyi specially made sure to install soundproofing.

In the middle is a dam, and extending outwards is a piece of land.

After looking at the layout of the courtyard, Tao Qiuyi took out a large wad of cash from her pocket and gave it to Huang Hao. She said with a smile, "Comrade Huang Hao, please settle the wages of the villagers who did the work."

"I calculated the wages. If I'm wrong, Comrade Huang Hao can come and find me."

"Okay." Huang Hao carefully accepted the money. "I'll go deliver the wages to each household now." "Thank you, Comrade Huang Hao," Tao Qiuyi said.

"It's no trouble at all, it's what I should do," Huang Hao said sincerely. "Comrade Tao cured my asthma, and I don't know how to thank him enough."

Huang Hao knew very well that the main reason he had gone to such lengths to help Wei Jingyuan and Tao Qiuyi build this courtyard was because the medicine Tao Qiuyi had prescribed could completely cure his asthma.

Tao Qiuyi shook her head and said, "No need to thank me. I cured Comrade Huang Hao's asthma, and Comrade Huang Hao helped us build the yard. It's a win-win situation, so there's no need to thank me."

The phrase "each gets what they need" couldn't be more fitting at this moment. Huang Hao looked at Wei Jingyuan standing next to Tao Qiuyi and joked, "If we calculate it this way, wouldn't you two be at a disadvantage?"

They didn't just suffer some losses; he actually gained a huge advantage.

Wei Jingyuan said calmly, "Since it's a mutually beneficial arrangement, there's no question of who suffers a loss and who gains an advantage."

After hearing Wei Jingyuan's words, Huang Hao realized that the difference between him and Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan was not small.

Especially in dealing with people, he was not as open-minded as Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan.

"I'll go deliver the wages to the villagers first. I'll come back and see if there's anything else I can do to help." Huang Hao didn't say the last part aloud before leaving with the money.

Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan did not rush to leave, but instead walked to the four rooms on the right and stood there.

“Wei Jingyuan, only you and Xiaohuai have ever made a fireplace. So I’ve decided that you and Xiaohuai will make the fireplace in the new courtyard, and Qiusi will help you.”

“Okay.” Wei Jingyuan nodded without hesitation. “After we get back, I’ll bring Xiaohuai and Qiusi over.”

Tao Qiuyi nodded, "Okay, the fireplace should be made and lit as soon as possible. Newly built walls are usually very damp. With the fireplace burning, the walls will dry faster."

That way, it won't be cold inside, and the old man and Hanying can recover properly.

Pointing to the two outermost rooms, Tao Qiuyi said, "Let's build the fireplaces in these two rooms first."

"Okay." Wei Jingyuan had the same plan. These two rooms were closest to the bamboo forest. The fireplace would be finished today, and Grandpa Tao, Han Ying, and Grandma Chen could move in tomorrow.

Before building the courtyard, Qiuqiu explained to him one of the reasons she built it here: she wanted Grandpa Tao and the other two to be able to come and stay secretly.

He had no objection; on the contrary, he thought Qiuqiu was a very filial person.

Under such circumstances, she was still willing to take care of her own grandfather who had never raised her for a single day. This is enough to show that she is a kind girl, and such a girl is his wife.

He was proud of her and even more grateful to have such a wonderful wife.

After discussing it, Tao Qiuyi stayed behind, while Wei Jingyuan went home to bring Xiaohuai and Qiusi to the new courtyard.

Xiao Huai and Qiu Si were both surprised and delighted to see the new courtyard, looking around like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.

Qiu Si, in particular, was completely unaware that his elder brother and sister had secretly built a new courtyard. Looking at the new courtyard, which was even larger than the Wei family's current courtyard, he felt indescribably happy.

When Tao Qiuyi asked him and Xiao Huai if they wanted to share a room.

Qiu Si was stunned.

Xiao Huai was also taken aback, then asked in confusion, "Sister-in-law, our new courtyard has so many rooms, why do we still have to live together?"