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

Chapter 47 Ignorance

Li Zi didn't say anything, but bit her lip and cried silently.

Aunt Zhou is also a mother. Seeing the little girl crying pitifully and not daring to cry out loud, she felt so angry!
He threw the straw in his hand to the ground, turned around and pulled the straw that Li Zi was holding and threw it on the ground.

"Li Hongying is getting more and more outrageous. She really doesn't want to be a human being anymore. She usually treats you and Xiao Huai as servants. Now that the family is divided, she has moved the kitchen clean out and didn't even leave you any firewood. This is what a human being can do." Aunt Zhou grabbed Li Zi's wrist.

"Xiao Li, stop crying. Let's go find your fourth uncle to take care of your case. I'll be your witness. We can't encourage Li Hongying's evil ways any longer."

Li Zi was stunned. Her sister-in-law only told her to bring Aunt Zhou over. When Aunt Zhou asked, she told her the whole story and then started crying.

The eldest sister-in-law didn't say that she wanted to go with Aunt Zhou to find the fourth uncle.

"Aunt, you are such a kind person with a good heart. Thank you, but my sister-in-law didn't say anything about inviting Fourth Uncle." Li Zi politely declined.

"Oh! Your sister-in-law is still a child like you. When she suffered a loss, she didn't even think to ask the team leader to help you. You will be the ones who suffer in the future." Aunt Zhou saw Tao Qiuyi dealing with Li Hongying, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, yesterday and thought he was a powerful person.

But today he failed miserably. The kitchen was emptied by Li Hongying, but he didn't even mention going to complain to the team leader. What a fool he is.

Li Zi felt that Aunt Zhou had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "No, Aunt Zhou...my sister-in-law..."

"Oh, let's not talk about your sister-in-law for now. She is only a few years older than you and was raised in the yard by the Huang family. What could she know?" Seeing Li Zi hesitate, Aunt Zhou thought she was afraid.

"Don't be afraid. I'll be your honor. If the captain still favors your grandmother, I'll tell everyone everything I saw today and make Li Hongying lose face."

Xiaoli didn't dare to go and complain about her grandmother, so she took her with her. Aunt Zhou thought so and acted accordingly, pulling her out.

Tao Qiuyi walked in dragging a big and long bamboo in one hand.

When I saw Aunt Zhou pulling the pear, I understood immediately.

"Aunt Zhou, Li Zi, where are you going?" Tao Qiuyi asked in a puzzled manner.

"Li Hongying emptied your kitchen. I plan to take Xiaoli to the team leader to complain and ask the team leader to take charge of you." Aunt Zhou answered directly and glanced at the bamboo that Tao Qiuyi was dragging.

"You're back just in time. Put the bamboo down quickly and come with Xiaoli and me to find the captain."

"Thank you for your kindness, Auntie." Tao Qiuyi thanked her first, then declined. "We understand that Auntie is worried about the hard times ahead for us, and she sincerely wants to help us. If you are willing to lend us the firewood, you are already helping us."

"It's just that when we divided the family property yesterday, they only said the kitchen belonged to us, but didn't specify who owned the items in the kitchen. Comrade Li Hongying is our elder, so if it's theirs, then it's theirs."

"We are not in the right. Even if we invite the captain, it will be useless."

After hearing what Tao Qiuyi said, Aunt Zhou's excited heart calmed down. She let go of Xiaoli's hand and walked to Tao Qiuyi.

"Girl Tao, tell Aunt Zhou the truth. This time when the family was divided, besides the obvious things like the house, how much money and food did Li Hongying give to you?" Aunt Zhou asked in a low voice.

Tao Qiuyi paused and shook his head blankly, "No, nothing at all."

"No money and no food?" Aunt Zhou exclaimed.

"No." Tao Qiuyi shook her head firmly. "Yesterday afternoon I went up the mountain to pick some mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms. This morning I carried them to town to sell them, and then I bought some food and daily necessities." "Many families in the village have split up, but I've never seen the Wei family do it like this." Aunt Zhou's anger surged again. "Your grandmother is a reckless person. If she suffers in the future, you will be the ones who suffer."

"Everyone has suffered, and we can bear it too." Tao Qiuyi laughed at himself. "It's a loss. We were the one who suffered when we split up yesterday, and we're suffering again today. It's nothing to move all the things. I'll go to town and buy them back tomorrow."

"We have hands and feet and can support ourselves. Plus, the money from selling the house yesterday was quite good, so life won't be too bad."

"Once the money from selling the house is gone, how will you live in the future?" Aunt Zhou felt that Tao Qiuyi's thinking was too simple, and couldn't help but persuade her, "No matter how much food you are entitled to, you should still fight for it."

"If nothing else, just looking at how thin you three are, it must be because you're not eating enough."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhou, for your kindness." Tao Qiuyi replied with a faint smile, "But forget it. After all, this is the last time."

"What do you mean the last time?" Aunt Zhou asked in confusion.

Tao Qiuyi didn't answer again. When she saw Xiao Huai coming out, she called Xiao Huai to her, handed the knife in her hand to Xiao Huai, and instructed Xiao Huai to cut off the largest sections of the bamboo head.

The parts with bamboo nodes at both ends are made into bowls, and the middle part is cut into chopsticks.

Aunt Zhou saw that they were busy working, one directing the other. When they refused to listen to her advice, what was the point of trying to persuade them? She turned around and went home.

"Sister-in-law, we have firewood, but we don't have a pot." Li Zi came to Tao Qiuyi with a bitter face.

"It doesn't matter. Just put the aluminum basin directly on the stove and burn it. If it gets burnt black, just wash it clean." Tao Qiuyi was holding a bamboo bowl to check whether the edge of the opening was flat. After checking, he put one aside and picked up another to check.

"Can aluminum basins be placed directly on the stove to cook?" This was the first time Li Zi heard this.

"Sure," Tao Qiuyi replied. This time, she noticed a bamboo bowl that was not cut evenly. She took it to Xiao Huai. "Xiao Huai, this part is not flat. Can you cut it again?"

Xiao Huai stopped, took the bamboo bowl and neatly cut off the part that Tao Qiuyi pointed out.

After peeling it, he handed it to Tao Qiuyi.

"But the aluminum basin doesn't have a lid." Li Zi asked another question.

"No need to cover it." Tao Qiuyi took the bamboo bowl, looked at it, touched it with his hand, and was finally satisfied. He reminded Li Zi, "Just be careful when you light the fire, Li Zi, so that the ashes from the stove don't get into the soup."

Li Zi responded and went into the house to get the aluminum basin and buns to heat up in the kitchen.

"Not bad, not bad. As long as there is no hole at the bottom of the bamboo bowl, we can use this bamboo bowl to eat and drink soup." Tao Qiuyi praised Xiao Huai's craftsmanship.

Xiao Huai was sharpening bamboo chopsticks. He was very happy when he heard Tao Qiuyi's praise.

Watching Xiao Huai's skilled movements, Tao Qiuyi asked, "Xiao Huai, can you weave other things with bamboo?"

Xiao Huai thought for a moment and replied, "I can weave common things like backpacks, bamboo baskets, bamboo stools, and winnowing baskets."

"That's great. Help me weave a few bamboo baskets. The height should be the same as the backpack at home, and half as wide as the backpack. I'll go cut the bamboo now." As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Qiuyi had already left the yard.

(End of this chapter)