What's going on?

Was her house broken into?

Ye Yun hurriedly went to look through the other things, and when she finished, she found that everything except the mung beans was intact!

Was it for the mung beans?

"His wife, why are you up so early?"

Qin Xiang'e woke up at this time, put on her coat, rubbed her eyes and walked towards the stove.

Ye Yun hurriedly asked, "Auntie, how many mung beans did we have left when we made mung bean cakes yesterday?"

"There should still be about ten kilograms left."

Qin Xiang'e walked into the kitchen in a daze. When she saw the empty bag, she was instantly wide awake and stared in disbelief!

"Where are the mung beans!" she exclaimed in surprise, looking around and then up at Ye Yun.

It seems Qin Xiang'e didn't know either.

Ye Yun's face darkened. Someone really was targeting her mung beans.

She's made a lot of money making mung bean cakes lately.

After deducting costs and expenses, a pound of mung beans yields a profit of about 4 or 5 cents. She sells 10 pounds a day and can earn about 4 or 5 yuan. In an era when monthly wages were only 30 or 40 yuan, her income was quite considerable.

In such situations, it's inevitable that some people will be envious.

Throughout history, the more remote and impoverished a place is, the more complex human nature becomes. People are prone to resentment towards those who have something, and to laugh at those who don't. Envy is a common trait among those with malicious intentions.

However, Ye Yun always felt that the matter of mung beans was not so simple...

"Wife, how are we going to make mung bean cakes today?" Qin Xiang'e stood next to Ye Yun, her face full of worry.

Ye Yun gritted her teeth, "Do it!"

Her business has just started, and if she misses out now, it will damage her reputation and affect her future business.

Qin Xiang'e hesitated, "This..."

If we run out of mung beans, how can we make cakes?

"It's still early, I'll go to town to buy mung beans and cook them quickly when I get back. I should be able to sell them around lunchtime!" Ye Yun instructed, turning to go inside to get the tickets.

Even now, the ration coupons for mung beans, a relatively precious grain, have not been abolished.

When Ye Yun pulled out the stack of grain coupons left by Qin Zheng, she was surprised to find that there were no more coupons left to buy mung beans!

What should we do?

"Have you found his wife yet? Give me the ticket, I'll go buy it!" Qin Xiang'e hurriedly followed in, wearing a jacket. It was still a bit chilly in the early morning, and she trembled as she spoke.

Ye Yun showed her the grain coupons in her hand, "I've used them all up."

"Ah?" Qin Xiang'e clapped her hands anxiously upon hearing this. "What are we going to do? I replaced all the neighbors in the neighborhood last time. Where are we going to get mung beans now..."

She clapped her hands anxiously and paced around the room like a headless fly.

Ye Yun went out of the house first.

She went into the kitchen shed and stared motionlessly at the empty cloth bag.

"How about I go for a walk further away? Yes! I'll go back to Zhao Jiawa to take a look! You wait for me, his wife!" Qin Xiang'e said, and hurriedly went back into the house to push her old bicycle.

The 28-inch bicycle was a rare item, and they usually kept it locked inside at night.

Ye Yun nodded.

This is the only way now.

Even if you do less or arrive later, you can't not set up your stall. The worst thing you can do in business is to work hard for three days and rest for two.

"Xiang'e! Where are you going so early in the morning?"

Just as Qin Xiang'e was about to leave on her bicycle, she ran into Aunt Tian, ​​who had just woken up. Aunt Tian was also wearing a sweaty jacket and was looking at her sleepily from afar.

Qin Xiang'e hurriedly replied, "I'm going to Zhao Jiawa! I'll get some mung beans!"

"Mung beans? Didn't you trade a whole bag of them with someone last time?"

"It's gone! A thief stole it!"

"Damn it! What kind of people are here! And someone's even stealing mung beans!" Aunt Tian, ​​being a straightforward person, waved her hand and said, "Come to my house. I just went to town yesterday and bought two jin. See if that's enough for you!"

What?

Qin Xiang'e had just arrived at Aunt Tian's house when she suddenly stopped and looked at Aunt Tian in surprise.

Ye Yun also quickly ran downstairs.

"How far is Zhao Jiawa? If you ride your old bicycle there in the early morning with the wind whistling through the air, you'll probably be bedridden tonight. I'll go get you some mung beans. Don't move!" Aunt Tian said, turning and heading towards the kitchen shed.

Soon, she brought out a cloth bag that weighed about two pounds.

"Here you go! This is from yesterday when my daughter Xiaohui said she wanted to eat mung bean cake and insisted that I buy it and make it for her. It's so nice of you. Your wife made it, so just share a piece with my daughter Xiaohui." Aunt Tian was very generous and gave Ye Yun two catties of mung beans right away.

Qin Xiang'e quickly accepted it, saying gratefully, "Auntie, thank you so much!"

"What's this? What's our relationship!"

Aunt Tian waved her hand generously.

"Thank you, Aunt Tian." Ye Yun was grateful and quickly thanked Aunt Tian as well.

Aunt Tian waved her hand as usual, urging, "Go make it quickly! Just save one for my Xiaohui, so she can try your cooking..." Then, she smiled mysteriously and called to Ye Yun, "Zhengzi's wife, you don't know, my Xiaohui really wants your mung bean cake, she's just too shy to ask you for some, haha..."

Ye Yun smiled, "Then I'll save one for her today..."

"Alright, alright, go ahead."

Ye Yun thanked Aunt Tian again and hurriedly returned to the courtyard with Green Bean and Qin Xiang'e.

...

"His wife, these two pounds of mung beans don't seem to be enough..."

Inside the kitchen shed, Qin Xiang'e watched Ye Yun tidying up the tools, her worry still evident. She had gone to the market with Ye Yun so many times, and she knew very well how many people came every day; these two jin were simply not enough to sell.

"Auntie, let's do something else."

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