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

Chapter 320 Wages
Praised, Tao Qiuyi showed no modesty and said arrogantly, "Of course, who am I? With my aesthetic sense, nothing I draw is ugly."

Before she transmigrated, she had never slept in a bunk bed. She had seen this bunk bed on her phone. At the time, she just thought it looked nice and it left an impression on her.

When she was thinking about making a bed, she thought of bunk beds, so she drew a picture and asked Uncle Chen to make it.

“Yes, my wife is the smartest.” Wei Jingyuan took the opportunity to praise her.

He wasn't just saying it casually; he genuinely thought his wife was amazing, capable of everything except cooking.

Tao Qiuyi could shamelessly praise herself, but when she heard Wei Jingyuan praise her, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She clapped her hands to attract the attention of the two boys in the room.

"Young men, do you like this bed?" Tao Qiuyi asked knowingly.

"I like it," Qiu Si answered first, then thanked her, "Thank you, sister."

Xiao Huai hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I like it, thank you, sister-in-law."

"You're welcome. Seeing that you two like it makes your older brother and me happy too." After saying that, Tao Qiuyi turned her head to look at Wei Jingyuan beside her, "Aren't you happy?"

Wei Jingyuan nodded solemnly, "Happy."

Seeing him say he was happy in a serious tone, Tao Qiuyi giggled.

These past two days, Wei Jingyuan didn't go to Elder Jiang's place to learn medicine; instead, he went to the mountain with her to cut down trees. The several large trees placed by the courtyard wall are the ones she and Wei Jingyuan cut down in the past two days.

The trees she had cut down before, as well as the leftover wood from the mountain that she had hired to cut down for the roof beams when building the yard, were all made into furniture.

But that wasn't enough, so she and Wei Jingyuan went up the mountain again these past two days to cut down more trees. Uncle Chen has a secret recipe: the freshly cut trees will dry in just two days.

"Alright, kids, let's get down to business." Tao Qiuyi waved her hand. "Hurry up, get moving, go move the materials inside, and get the fireplace ready so people can move in sooner."

After saying that, Tao Qiuyi turned around and walked towards the place where the materials were kept.

Wei Jingyuan said nothing and followed behind her.

Xiao Huai and Qiu Si came out of the house, closed the door, and quickly chased after him.

Huang Hao was a meticulous worker. He said he would personally deliver the wages to each household. After delivering to the last household, he found he still had fifty yuan left.

This fifty yuan is obviously extra, but he can't figure out why there would be an extra fifty yuan.
He recalled that when he received the money from Tao Qiuyi, she said she was the one who calculated the wages. The extra fifty yuan was clearly a mistake; he really wanted to ask her how she calculated it.

If Tao Qiuyi were in business, giving away an extra fifty yuan would be a huge loss.

"Wei Jingyuan's wife is no good at math." Huang Hao shook his head and, without any delay, took the money and went to the new courtyard.

Arriving at the entrance of the new courtyard, Huang Hao pushed the door open only to find it locked from the inside. Knowing that Tao Qiuyi and Wei Jingyuan were both there today, Huang Hao raised his hand to knock.

In the room on the right, Tao Qiuyi was directing Wei Jingyuan and the two boys in the family to build a fireplace.

Hearing a knock at the door, she, the only one with nothing to do, went out to open it.

"Comrade Huang Hao, have all the wages been delivered?" Tao Qiuyi asked instinctively when she saw that the person who came was Huang Hao.

I glanced down at my watch; it had only been less than two hours, and the wages had been delivered so quickly.

"Comrade Tao." Huang Hao looked at her with a complicated expression when the topic of wages came up. She was always so generous when it came to paying, but he never expected her to be so bad at math.

Confused by Huang Hao's inscrutable expression, Tao Qiuyi frowned. She turned to leave, not forgetting to tell Huang Hao, "Close the door and come in to talk." Huang Hao did as she said, closing the door and turning around to see Tao Qiuyi already at the door of the room on the right.

He walked over quickly and saw three busy figures at the door of the house: Wei Jingyuan, Xiao Huai, and Qiu Si.

"Are you making a fireplace?" Huang Hao asked curiously.

He also really admired the fireplace in the Wei family's house, but unfortunately, he didn't know how it was made. When the house was completed and he saw the space that Tao Qiuyi had asked him to reserve, he knew it was for a fireplace.

“Yes,” Tao Qiuyi replied, noticing Huang Hao’s thoughts, and added, “If you want to build a fireplace at home, it’s not impossible.”

"However, you can't burn ordinary wood in the fireplace, otherwise the smoke from burning wood will choke you to death."

He had no idea there was such a detail. Huang Hao asked in surprise, "The fireplace you're using now isn't made of ordinary wood."

“No,” Tao Qiuyi replied, “The wood we burn in our fireplace is something I cut down from deep in the mountains. It’s a special kind of wood; it produces very little smoke when it burns and it burns for a long time.”

Upon hearing that the wood was cut down from deep in the mountains, Huang Hao decisively abandoned the idea of ​​building a fireplace for his home.

Sure enough, some things are not something ordinary people like them can enjoy. Huang Hao silently took out the fifty yuan from his pocket and handed it to Tao Qiuyi.

"Why are you giving me money?" Tao Qiuyi looked at the large banknote in his hand, her hands behind her back, puzzled.

Wei Jingyuan and the other two who were working also looked over.

"This is the extra fifty yuan from the wages you gave me to deliver. I'm returning it to you," Huang Hao explained, then quietly reminded Tao Qiuyi.

"Comrade Tao, I want to remind you, next time... next time don't hold a grudge."

What did it mean to remind her not to keep accounts next time? Tao Qiuyi glanced at Huang Hao blankly, then turned to look at Wei Jingyuan.

Wei Jingyuan shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand Huang Hao's meaning either. Xiao Huai and Qiu Si felt that this topic was not suitable for the two teenagers to participate in, so they decided to get back to work.

"Well... it's just..." Huang Hao began to stammer, mainly because he didn't know how to put it. He couldn't very well just say, "Comrade Tao, you've miscalculated the accounts."

I kindly reminded you not to keep track of accounts in the future, so you wouldn't make mistakes. Saying it like that isn't a kind reminder; it's attacking and belittling someone.

Seeing Huang Hao stammering, Tao Qiuyi looked at the fifty yuan in Huang Hao's hand. Fifty yuan? A thought flashed through her mind, and she felt she understood what Huang Hao meant.

Huang Hao thought she had miscalculated the fifty yuan, so he advised her not to do the math next time.

After thinking it through, Tao Qiuyi really wanted to roll her eyes. She sighed and said, "This fifty yuan is not a mistake on my part. It is indeed your wages."

"Give me... my wages?" Huang Hao stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Yes." Tao Qiuyi nodded. "This is your wages."

The fifty yuan was an amount she and Wei Jingyuan jointly decided to give after discussing it.

"No, no, no." Huang Hao waved his hands and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "We agreed that I would help you oversee the construction of the courtyard and I wouldn't charge you any wages."

He emphasized twice that he would not accept wages. Huang Hao held the fifty yuan in his hand, feeling like he was holding a hot potato.

Tao Qiuyi is a lesbian, so he couldn't just hand her the money directly.