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

Chapter 86 Crashing into His Arms

When they came outside, Mr. Qi was already waiting. He glanced at the calligraphy and painting in Tao Qiuyi's hand, said nothing, and pointed at the cup of water for Tao Qiuyi to drink.

Tao Qiuyi did not refuse, picked up the cup and drank slowly.

After drinking half a glass of water, Mr. Qi had already bundled up the books neatly. "These books are not worth much, so don't pay for them."

"No." Tao Qiuyi refused.

Mr. Qi said, "Collecting and selling scrap is my job. I have the right to deal with some scrap. A few books are nothing. Compared to the pills and flour you gave us, we are getting a great deal by giving you a few books."

"Girl, don't worry. If I don't take your money today, it won't be considered a violation of discipline. I'm not afraid if someone finds out one day."

"Okay, then I'll accept it." Since Mr. Qi said so, it would seem pretentious for Tao Qiuyi to refuse again.

She reached into the cloth bag, actually took out five big meat buns from the ring space, and handed them to Xiaoshun.

When Xiaoshun saw that it was the big meat bun, he quickly took a step back, waved his hand and said, "I told you yesterday that if you come to me to help you find a book again, I won't charge you for it."

"Who said this is a reward?" Tao Qiuyi winked at Xiaoshun. "You gave me a gift, so of course I have to give you one too. This is a return gift."

Xiaoshun was stunned. He took a look at the calligraphy and painting in her hand, but still insisted, "I don't want it. I can't have it."

Mr. Qi also said: "Yes, girl, you have helped us a lot, and we are very grateful to you. We really can't have this big meat bun anymore."

"You don't want the buns I gave you, and I can't accept the books and calligraphy and paintings you gave me." Tao Qiuyi said.

Xiaoshun suddenly panicked and turned his head to look at his grandfather.

Mr. Qi sighed helplessly and nodded to Xiaoshun. "Take it."

"Thank you, sister." Xiaoshun took the big meat bun.

"You're welcome. Only by reciprocity can friendship last. There are people waiting for me outside. I'll go first." Tao Qiuyi picked up the bundle of books, turned around and walked outside.

The moment she turned around, the calligraphy and painting in her other hand was put into the ring space.

When she walked out of the scrap yard, Wei Jingyuan and Uncle Li, who were waiting on the ox cart, only saw the book in her hand.

Jumping onto the ox cart, Tao Qiuyi used her small body to block Wei Jingyuan's sight and put the book in her hand into the backpack, which was actually the ring space.

There are already a lot of things in the backpack, so there is no room for books.

Uncle Li shouted and the ox cart slowly moved forward.

The journey was boring, and Uncle Li, being a talkative man, after a few small talk, he asked Tao Qiuyi, "Jingyuan's wife, what are you going to do with the waste books you bought from the scrap yard?"

"I heard that the Feishu here is very useful for making fire. I happened to pass by here today, so I wanted to buy some Feishu to try making fire at home." Tao Qiuyi did not avoid Uncle Li, and naturally had a good excuse.

It was really hard for her to come up with this excuse of buying some useless books and trying to make a fire at home. Wei Jingyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Tao Qiuyi, then turned away when Tao Qiuyi looked at him.

Uncle Li laughed heartily. "Jingyuan's wife, using waste books to start a fire is something only city dwellers do. The person who told you to use waste books to start a fire must also be a city dweller, right?"

"People in the city have jobs and money, so they don't mind the small amount of money they spend on buying used books. But we villagers are poor, and no one would spend money to buy used books to use in the fire. Instead, we go to the bamboo forest to collect dead bamboo leaves to make fire."

"Is that so? Then I definitely won't buy it next time." Tao Qiuyi's tone was filled with deep regret and anger. Wei Jingyuan looked at her again. He bet that next time she wouldn't just not buy it, but she wouldn't let anyone see her buy it.

"Right, right, right. Don't waste money like that next time." Uncle Li thought Tao Qiuyi had been tricked into buying a worthless book, and he gave her a warning as someone who had experienced it. "Be more careful in the future, and don't believe everything others say."

Tao Qiuyi thanked him repeatedly.

The following chat was basically just Uncle Li talking, with Tao Qiuyi responding casually, or occasionally not responding, but Uncle Li was still able to have a happy chat. As they were chatting, the ox cart arrived at the hospital entrance, and Uncle Chen was already waiting at the door.

In the afternoon, the fog had dissipated and the ox cart traveled very smoothly. We returned to the village without any problems.

In front of the Wei family’s door.

Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan got off the ox cart one after another.

"Jingyuan's wife, don't forget to come to my house later to see the new set of tables and chairs I made. If you are satisfied, go to the mountains to cut trees and send them to my house. I will make a desk and other furniture for you, and I can give you a lower price for the work." Uncle Chen reminded on the ox cart.

He was afraid that Tao Qiuyi would forget or not go to his house to see the furniture he made.

"Okay." Tao Qiuyi responded. Earlier, when they were chatting on the oxcart, she mentioned that she wanted to make furniture, and Uncle Chen immediately said that he was a carpenter and could help her make furniture. "I was anxious to make furniture, but I didn't expect Uncle Chen to be even more anxious to help me make furniture."

"If you don't have to work in winter, you won't earn any work points. Without work points, you won't get any food. Families with fewer people have an easier time, while families with more people have a harder time." After Wei Jingyuan finished speaking, he walked into the courtyard with a cane.

Tao Qiuyi followed him with a basket on his back, "Uncle Chen, is there a big family?"

Wei Jingyuan stopped and turned to look at her. He didn't expect her to ask this, because he had already seen that she was not a nosy person.

Tao Qiuyi didn't expect him to suddenly stop and turn around, and ran straight into his arms.

"Ouch." Tao Qiuyi screamed as her nose hit his rock-hard chest, and tears instantly filled her eyes.

"Yes...I'm sorry." Wei Jingyuan was stunned by this sudden change.

"We were just walking along, why did you suddenly stop?" Tao Qiuyi tried to hold back her tears, but she couldn't help but feel resentful. "Just stop if you want to. At least give me a word."

"If you had made a sound, I wouldn't have bumped into you."

Wei Jingyuan had no words to defend himself and could only remain silent in embarrassment.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you are back." Xiao Huai's voice came, indirectly saving Wei Jingyuan from his embarrassment.

As soon as he walked out of the house, he saw his eldest brother and his wife hugging each other. Xiao Huai was so shocked that his eyes widened. He quickly retreated back into the house and explained in a dry voice: "I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything, really."

Afraid that Tao Qiuyi wouldn't believe it, Xiao Huai deliberately added the word "really" at the end.

He was not afraid of his eldest brother, but he was afraid that his eldest sister-in-law would blame him for interrupting her and his eldest brother's relationship and would find an opportunity to deal with him in the future.

In the yard, Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan looked at each other.

"What does he mean?" Tao Qiuyi asked Wei Jingyuan in confusion.

"I don't know." Wei Jingyuan shook his head. He also found his brother's words strange. Xiao Huai said he didn't see anything. He and Tao Qiuyi didn't do anything. What could he see?
Tao Qiuyi pushed Wei Jingyuan away and wiped the mist from his eyes. "Let's go inside and warm ourselves by the fire. It's cold outside."

(End of this chapter)