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

Chapter 132 I'm Not Afraid of Pain
After a slight hesitation, Tao Qiuyi replied, "It might be very painful."

"I'm not afraid of pain." Wei Jingyuan thought, no matter how painful it is, it can be worse than not receiving timely treatment when you are just injured.

Seeing what he was thinking, Tao Qiuyi kindly reminded him, "After all, we are trying to repair the damaged tendons and veins. The process will definitely be more painful than when you were injured."

"We could have taken it slow..."

Tao Qiuyi didn't say the rest of the words, but just sighed.

"I understand. Don't worry about taking the medicine. I can bear it." Wei Jingyuan naturally knew what she meant by the unfinished words. Just like what she blurted out before, they were in trouble.

Still a big trouble.

His injured leg is a drag.

Tao Qiuyi nodded, stopped talking to him, and continued peeling melon seeds.

Xiao Huai came in carrying a bucket of water, and Li Zi came in with her. Li Zi's hands were busy, one hand holding a bowl of medicine juice, and the other hand holding the medicine residue.

After the brother and sister entered the house, the smell of medicine became stronger.

"Sister-in-law, the medicine juice is ready, and the residue has been brought back as you asked." Li Zi placed the medicine juice and the residue on the table in front of Tao Qiuyi.

After taking a look at the medicinal juice, Tao Qiuyi praised it generously, "The medicine is boiled like this very well, Lizi did a good job."

Li Zi was very happy to be praised by her sister-in-law and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law taught me well."

Hmm, Tao Qiuyi raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Even Wei Jingyuan and Xiao Huai looked at Li Zi with strange eyes. Li Zi, who was stared at by three people at the same time, suddenly felt a little at a loss.

"Did I... said something wrong?" Li Zi asked uneasily. Being suddenly looked at like this by her elder brother and sister-in-law Xiao Huai made her doubt whether she had said something wrong.

The three of them shook their heads at the same time and said no.

Li Zi's gaze lingered on her elder brother's face for a few seconds, then swept across Xiao Huai's face, and finally looked at Tao Qiuyi.

"Sister-in-law." Li Zi called out weakly.

"You didn't say anything wrong, really." Tao Qiuyi's tone was extremely sincere. He raised his hand and pointed at the bowl of medicine. "Be good, give this medicine to your big brother."

Li Zi always listened to her eldest sister-in-law the most, and believed almost everything her sister-in-law said. When her sister-in-law said she was right, she believed her. When her sister-in-law asked her to bring the medicine to her eldest brother, she took the medicine and brought it to him.

Wei Jingyuan took the medicine and drank it slowly.

Xiao Huai, who did not receive any instructions, put the iron bucket on the ground and stood there waiting for instructions.

Tao Qiuyi, who was giving the orders, was searching through the medicinal residue with bamboo chopsticks. Did he know what he was looking for? His expression was very serious and careful.

"Found it." After a while, Tao Qiuyi looked up with a smile and looked at the thing on the bamboo chopsticks.

Hearing this, Wei Jingyuan stopped and looked at her.

Li Zi and Xiao Huai were more direct. They came up to her and looked at the thing that looked like a grass root held by her bamboo chopsticks. The more Li Zi looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, and she soon remembered what it was.

"Sister-in-law, what are you looking for this for?" Li Zi asked curiously. She remembered that this was the whisker that her sister-in-law had pulled off from the head of a herb.

"Of course it's for your elder brother." Knowing that Li Zi and Xiao Huai had never seen ginseng, Tao Qiuyi decided to give the two children some scientific knowledge and shook the bamboo chopsticks.

Waving the brother and sister to come closer, Tao Qiuyi asked, "Did you see clearly what's on the chopsticks?" "Yes, I can see clearly." Li Zi and Xiao Huai answered in unison, their four eyes staring straight at the grass root.

Tao Qiuyi said, "This is the beard of ginseng, the beard of a hundred-year-old ginseng."

"What is ginseng root?" Li Zi asked in confusion.

"Medicinal herbs can save lives at critical moments." It was obvious that the child had no talent for identifying medicinal herbs, so he should just focus on cooking. Tao Qiuyi changed the subject. "Lizi, do you still have pig's trotter soup stewing in the kitchen?"

"Yes, I have pig's trotter soup stewing on the stove. Let me take a look." Li Zi said and hurried out.

Hundred-year-old ginseng is a medicinal herb that can save lives at critical moments... Xiao Huai repeated this sentence in his heart.

Suddenly, he looked at Tao Qiuyi and said, "Sister-in-law, last year I overheard villagers gossiping that someone had dug up ginseng on the mountain in front of our village and sold it for a lot of money."

He didn't think much of it at the time, and if he hadn't heard later that it was sold for a lot of money, he might have forgotten about it.

"There is indeed ginseng on that mountain. This hundred-year-old ginseng's root comes from the mountain." Tao Qiuyi finished speaking, and added, "Also, ginseng is indeed very expensive."

The reason why Tao Qiuyi said it so clearly was that he didn't want Xiao Huai to go to the mountains alone to look for ginseng out of curiosity or for the purpose of making money.

Xiao Huai stopped talking after hearing this.

Tao Qiuyi continued, "Xiao Huai, if you want to learn how to identify and dig medicinal herbs, I can teach you. However, you can't go into the mountains alone to dig for herbs until you have the ability to protect yourself."

"Sister-in-law, you went into the mountains alone because you have the ability to protect yourself?" Xiao Huai asked very seriously.

"Of course." Tao Qiuyi smiled proudly, very proud, "Not only can I protect myself, I can also protect the three of you. On the contrary, if I didn't have the ability to protect myself, I would definitely not go into the mountains and cause trouble for those who care about me."

Xiao Huai recalled the day when the family was divided, when she slapped her grandmother and her eldest aunt, her third aunt, in the face with such decisiveness, the half-door of her third grandfather's yard that flew out, and the screams of chickens and dogs in chaos.

The sister-in-law was right. Not only was she able to protect herself, she also protected the three of them.

Going into the mountains without the ability to protect yourself will only cause trouble to those who care about you.

Seeing Xiao Huai lost in thought, Tao Qiuyi knew that he had taken his words to heart. Without disturbing Xiao Huai's thoughts, he turned around and handed the ginseng beard on the chopsticks to Wei Jingyuan.

"I ate it." Tao Qiuyi said concisely. Remembering that he had said before that what she gave him was poison, he swallowed it too, and his cheeks felt inexplicably hot.

Wei Jingyuan did what he said. Without asking any questions, he pinched the ginseng roots with his fingers, put them in his mouth, chewed them and swallowed them.

Handing the empty bowl to Tao Qiuyi, Wei Jingyuan lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Huai is smarter than Li Zi. Aren't you worried that he'll overthink it when you tell him this?"

Xiao Huai would definitely overthink it. Isn't he thinking about it now? Tao Qiuyi took the empty bowl and put it on the table and glanced at Xiao Huai.

"It's normal for teenagers aged 11 or 12 to have their own ideas. If they are not guided correctly, it is easy for something to go wrong." That's why she emphasized that one must have the ability to protect themselves before going into the mountains; otherwise, they will just cause trouble.

She was right, but Wei Jingyuan felt that such words should not be said by a seventeen-year-old girl.

This made him wonder what her actual age was.

Seeing that he was silent, Tao Qiuyi thought he was worried that Xiao Huai would be taught the wrong way by her, so she assured him, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to your brother or sister."

"I..." Wei Jingyuan wanted to explain, but before he could finish his words, he decided not to explain.

(End of this chapter)