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

Chapter 102 Humans Can’t Be Trusted

Coming under the big tree, Tao Qiuyi went around to the other side, used the thick trunk to block Wei Jingyuan's sight, grabbed a handful of corn crumbs from the ring space, and sprinkled them on the ground.

"Come down and eat, I have something to ask you." Tao Qiuyi looked at the little birds resting on the tree.

A few birds heard her voice and flew up in surprise.

"She understands us."

"Oh my god, oh my god, this human can understand us. Fly away, fly away. This person is very dangerous, very dangerous."

"We can fly, she can't fly, she can't catch us, we won't be in danger."

"She gave us food, so she shouldn't be a bad person."

"It's a bad guy. She is a bad guy."

The birds were talking about it, wanting to fly away, but also reluctant to leave the corn crumbs on the ground. The birds were very conflicted, flying around the tree, chirping and discussing.

"Cornflakes, it's cornflakes."

"Eat?"

"I want to eat. I want to eat."

"What if she arrests us if we go down to eat?"

"Nothing much can be done. She can only roast and eat it."

"Those kids in the village roasted and ate our companions whenever they caught them."

"I won't catch you, nor will I eat you." Tao Qiuyi said with a smile: "Also, I am an adult, and your meat is too little, not enough for me to eat."

"Are you serious...you really won't catch us and roast and eat us?" a little bird asked bravely.

"Really, I won't eat you." Tao Qiuyi nodded and promised.

"Don't believe her. Humans are very deceitful and cannot be trusted." Another little bird reminded its companion.

"Yes, yes, humans will hit us with slingshots, catch us with nets, and spill food on the ground just like she did."

"Many of our companions were captured and roasted and eaten by human children in this way."

Listening to the little birds recounting the ways humans catch them, Tao Qiuyi felt a little ashamed, because what these little birds said was true. There are only a few ways people catch birds.

These little birds are so wary that she has to find a compromise.

It was indeed difficult to get the birds to believe her. Tao Qiuyi was silent for a few seconds and came up with an idea. "Then how about this? I'll ask you questions first. After you answer them, I'll leave and you can come down and eat the corn kernels."

"Is this okay?" asked a little bird.

"Sure." Tao Qiuyi nodded. Not wanting to waste any more time, he asked directly, "Where is the gold you're talking about? Are the Zhang family you're talking about the Zhang Guang family?"

"The gold is in a cave in the big mountain ahead." A little bird answered.

"The idiot Zhang family is Zhang Guang's family." Another little bird answered.

"Okay, thank you for giving me the answer. I'm leaving now." Tao Qiuyi kept his promise, walked around the tree trunk and left without looking back.

Seeing that she had really left, the birds started to discuss again, chirping but without any conclusion. One brave bird decided to give it a try. It flew down from the branch to the ground, pecked a kernel of corn and swallowed it.

The other birds looked at Tao Qiuyi's back warily, and saw that she did not stop but walked up to the man waiting there, took the grass in the man's hand, and left with the man.

They flew down and ate the corn kernels.

As they walked along the road, Wei Jingyuan glanced at Tao Qiuyi from time to time and could clearly sense that she was in a good mood. He thought she had gone to the tree to pick herbs, but she returned empty-handed. What was she doing under the tree?
Or, did she leave some symbols under the tree to contact other spies?

Return to the Wei family.

Wei Jingyuan and Tao Qiuyi had just sat down on the long bench beside the square table, their hands and feet not even warm yet, when Li Zi and Xiao Huai surrounded them and asked about the test results. Wei Jingyuan was about to say there was no hope when his foot was stepped on.

"It's not a big deal, don't worry." Tao Qiuyi said with a smile: "Old Jiang said that your eldest brother's leg injury is due to damaged tendons and veins. Once the tendons and veins are repaired, he will be able to walk."

"Old Jiang said he could cure big brother's leg?" Xiao Huai asked, his voice trembling. Ever since he knew that he and Li Zi had driven big brother out of the family because they were deceived by grandma and others, he had been feeling guilty.

He feels sorry for his elder brother.

"Yeah." Tao Qiuyi nodded heavily.

"That's great! Big brother's leg can be cured. That's great! It's really great." Li Zi cheered happily after receiving the affirmative answer and grabbed Xiao Huai's hand. "Xiao Huai, big sister-in-law said that big brother's leg can be cured. It can be cured."

"Yeah, I heard what my sister-in-law said." Xiao Huai was also very happy.

Tears glistened in the eyes of the two half-grown children.

Wei Jingyuan looked at Tao Qiuyi. He knew she was lying, but he couldn't tell. Then he looked at his younger siblings, their faces filled with undisguised joy and emotion.

The truth rolled around in his throat and he couldn't say it.

Lizi picked up the kettle and poured two cups of water, one for Tao Qiuyi and one for Wei Jingyuan. "Sister-in-law, you've worked hard, brother, too. You two should drink some water to warm up first. I'll go make lunch."

"I'm going too." Xiao Huai stood up.

"Go ahead and make some simple fried egg noodles." Tao Qiuyi put down the bamboo cup in his hand, stood up, walked to the bed, took out the basket of eggs from under the bed, and handed it to Xiao Huai. "Two fried eggs per person."

Eating noodles with fried eggs was already a luxury, and there were two fried eggs for each person. Li Zi and Xiao Huai were stunned.

Wei Jingyuan couldn't help but look at her.

Looking at their expressions, Tao Qiuyi knew that the three siblings were frightened by her wasteful behavior again.

"The four of us are very thin. Eating more eggs will help us recover faster." Tao Qiuyi assured, "Don't worry about the eggs. Eat them whenever you want. When you're done, I'll find a way to buy more."

Since she said that, what else could Li Zi and Xiao Huai say? They went to the kitchen with the basket of eggs.

Tao Qiuyi finished drinking the water in the bamboo cup, put it down, stood up and walked outside.

Wei Jingyuan opened his mouth, but finally restrained himself from asking her where she was going. He silently drank the water in the bamboo cup.

He stood up with his crutch, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, then picked up the medical book on the stone beside the bed and read it.

Tao Qiuyi walked to the door of the next door and saw that it was locked with a large lock, the same one she had bought. She nodded with satisfaction. The incident of the lost quilt had made Li Zi and Xiao Huai feel on guard.

Not bad.

Turning around, Tao Qiuyi went back to the next room. She didn't have to go to the kitchen to ask Li Zi or Xiao Huai where the key was. When she took out the big lock and key yesterday, she decided where to hang the key.

Wei Jingyuan looked up from the medical book when he saw her coming back out of the corner of his eye.

"You are reading the medical book again." Tao Qiuyi was not asking. With her current eyesight, she could see the words on the medical book in Wei Jingyuan's hand clearly.

"I am a village doctor." Wei Jingyuan's words were concise and to the point.

He is a village doctor. If he doesn't read medical books, what other books would he read?

(End of this chapter)