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

Chapter 84 All the hard work comes with joy
Smiling, Tao Qiuyi looked at Wei Jingyuan again, "I've already ordered the dishes and paid for them. You can enjoy them first while I go to the supply and marketing cooperative across the street to buy some things."

"Go quickly and come back soon." Wei Jingyuan reminded.

"I understand." Tao Qiuyi responded and turned to walk out of the restaurant.

After Tao Qiuyi left, the waitress brought three cups of hot water. She glanced at Wei Jingyuan and Uncle Li's shabby clothes, put down the hot water and left without saying a word.

Having lived for most of his life, Uncle Li could naturally see from the waitress's eyes that she was disgusted with him and Wei Jingyuan for their shabby clothes and for daring to eat in a state-owned restaurant, which was simply overestimating their own abilities.

Uncle Li suddenly became restrained.

The waitress's expression naturally did not escape Wei Jingyuan's eyes. It was not his first time to eat in a state-owned restaurant, and he knew that some waiters would serve different dishes to different customers based on their taste.

He didn't comment on it, nor did he care. He picked up the water cup and drank it slowly.

Seeing Wei Jingyuan drinking from his cup, Uncle Li also took a sip from his own cup. "Jingyuan, the food in this state-owned restaurant must be very expensive. How much will it cost for us to have a meal here?"

Wei Jingyuan made a rough estimate in his mind and replied, "Probably a few dollars."

"How many dollars..." Uncle Li was so shocked that he almost knocked over the water cup in his hand. He quickly held the water cup with both hands, "How many dollars? It's so expensive!"

Wei Jingyuan nodded.

"Jingyuan." Since the conversation had already begun, Uncle Li simply started chatting with Wei Jingyuan. "I heard from the villagers that you and your wife, with your twins, are splitting up with your grandmother, uncle, and third uncle."

"No matter what others say or think, I think you and your wife did the right thing. It would have been fine if you weren't married before, but now that you're married, it's only right that you separate."

"From now on, don't worry about your grandmother, uncle, and other uncles. Live a good life with your wife. Work together to raise your younger brothers and sisters, and then have one or two more children. That's the right thing to do."

Today he finally realized that Tao Qiuyi really wanted to live with Jing Yuan, so he wanted to remind Jing Yuan not to repeat the mistakes of his father Wei Laoer.

Wei Laoer only listened to his mother's words and sacrificed his wife and children.

What happens in the end...

Hey, don’t mention it.

"Yeah." Wei Jingyuan responded softly, not wanting to continue the topic.

"Don't be embarrassed, you're not a young man anymore." Uncle Li misunderstood his meaning, thinking he was embarrassed, and continued to remind him. "We all saw the life you went through before, and now you can say that you have finally gotten your wish after all the hardships."

"Your wife is willing to spend money to take you to the town hospital to see your leg, which shows that she is a good person. You married a good wife, and your future will be good."

He was a little unsure whether Tao Qiuyi was a good person or not, so Wei Jingyuan casually replied, "I understand."

Will the hardship finally pay off? Will there be good times ahead? He had given up hope two years ago.

"As long as you understand," Uncle Li thought Wei Jingyuan had taken his words to heart, so he couldn't help but add a few more words. "However, I want to remind you that you sold the house to your eldest and third uncles for quite a bit of money. You have some money now, but you still have to be frugal."

It’s better not to come to state-owned restaurants to eat like today. After all, the food is really expensive.

"Okay, thank you Uncle Li." Wei Jingyuan said this, but what he was thinking in his heart was that Tao Qiuyi was not a person who knew how to save money.

The robber wanted to rob her, but she robbed the robber instead and spent the money and tickets immediately. How could a girl with such a personality possibly save money?

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Uncle Li was very happy. "You can be said to have grown up under my care. I hope you are well!"

As they talked, the meal arrived: a serving of shredded pork with green peppers, a serving of braised pork in brown sauce, a serving of stir-fried shredded potatoes, a serving of cabbage and tofu soup, and three large bowls of rice. Three dishes, one soup, and two servings of meat—a feast far more sumptuous than any Chinese New Year feast—left Uncle Li stunned.

"Uncle Li, let's eat." Wei Jingyuan pushed a bowl of rice in front of Uncle Li, took a bowl of rice and started eating.

"Shouldn't we wait for your wife to come back?" Uncle Li asked with a frown.

"No need." Wei Jingyuan replied, and took a few more big mouthfuls of rice, but ate very little of the dishes. After he finished one third of the rice in his bowl, he picked up another bowl of rice and divided one third into his own bowl.

Uncle Li was stunned.

I just advised him to live a good life with his wife, and he agreed, but now he turns around and snatches his wife's rice. It's too much, too much.

Rice is the most precious commodity these days, and one should be secretly happy if he can eat rice once a year, but he shouldn't act as if he hasn't eaten rice in several lifetimes.

Uncle Li clenched his chopsticks and wanted to hit the man who was trying to steal his wife's rice.

Wei Jingyuan didn't know that his image in Uncle Li's heart had plummeted. After he put some of each dish into Tao Qiuyi's bowl, he started eating by himself.

The corners of Uncle Li's mouth twitched. He... seemed to have misunderstood Jing Yuan.

At this time, Tao Qiuyi came back with a backpack.

As soon as she put down her backpack and sat down, Wei Jingyuan pushed her bowl in front of her, "Your meal."

"Thank you." Tao Qiuyi looked at the dishes piled in the bowl and blinked.

What a surprise! I didn't expect him to actually leave some food for her.

Inadvertently, Tao Qiuyi saw that the bowl of rice in front of Uncle Li was untouched, and asked in surprise: "Uncle Li, is the food not to your liking?"

"No, no, the food has just been served and I was drinking water." Uncle Li was a little embarrassed because he misunderstood Wei Jingyuan.

He thought Wei Jingyuan was stealing his wife's food, but it turned out that Wei Jingyuan was saving food for his wife because his wife didn't come back.

Awkward, so embarrassing.

"Let's eat first, otherwise it will get cold." Wei Jingyuan didn't specify anyone when he said this. It seemed like he was talking to Tao Qiuyi or Uncle Li.

Tao Qiuyi picked up the bowl. The bowl was really too big at that time. She could definitely be full with a big bowl of rice and vegetables. However, she didn't like braised pork because it was too fatty.

So she picked up the braised pork from the bowl and put it into Wei Jingyuan's bowl.

Wei Jingyuan tilted his head to look at her.

"I don't like eating fatty meat, you help me eat it." Tao Qiuyi looked at him as if it was a matter of course.

Wei Jingyuan didn't say anything and picked up the fat and ate it.

Soon, the food on the table was finished. Of course, most of the food went into Wei Jingyuan and Uncle Li's stomachs. Tao Qiuyi only finished the food Wei Jingyuan left for her and felt full.

Seeing Uncle Li put down his chopsticks, Tao Qiuyi asked, "Uncle Li, are you full? Is the food enough? If not, I'll order more."

"That's enough, that's enough." Uncle Li touched his somewhat bloated stomach and said with a smile, "Jingyuan's wife, today is my first time eating at a state-owned restaurant. Thanks to you, I ate very full and the food was delicious."

(End of this chapter)