Chapter 65 Mooncake Stolen
Since getting married, except for the first few days after getting married, the young couple lived together at night. The rest of the time, Lu Mingfeng had to go to the black market at night, so he left at dark and came back at dawn.
Therefore, the couple rarely had sex.
Last night, because he had to accompany Shen Jiale to watch a movie, Lu Mingfeng did not go to the black market. At night, the young couple naturally had to rest.
So, the two got up late in the morning.
As a result, the villagers had breakfast and went to work, but Shen Jiale's courtyard door was not open yet.
People who came by knew why.
At noon, Lu Mingfeng was cooking in the kitchen, and Tang Xiaotian came.
"Brother Mingfeng, is Jiale here?"
"She's washing her face in the house, you can go in and find her."
Tang Xiaotian entered the house and saw Shen Jiale applying makeup on her face, and asked her, "Why didn't you go to work this morning?"
"I came back late from the movies last night and couldn't get up in the morning."
"Jiale, let me tell you, this Zhao Meili has changed. In the past, she disliked the meals prepared by the educated youth as pig food and never ate them. Today, she actually took some food and cooked with us."
Shen Jiale wanted to say that it was because she no longer had any choice.
"Is she still picky when it comes to eating?"
Tang Xiaotian shook her head: "No, after the meal she took the initiative to suggest that she would also take turns cooking in the future. Do you think someone as delicate and reserved as her can cook?"
"Let her do it once and you'll know."
Tang Xiaotian mentioned what happened last night: "This morning, everyone in the village was talking about you riding on brother Mingfeng's neck last night to watch a movie. Is that true?"
Lu Mingfeng brought the meal into the house and said, "It's just a matter between us husband and wife, why are those people making a fuss about it?"
Tang Xiaotian said, "Yes, you do this because you have a good relationship. I don't know how much the girls in our Youth Institute envy you."
These words made Lu Mingfeng feel good, and he asked Tang Xiaotian to eat together.
Tang Xiaotian waved her hand and said, "I've had dinner. I came here today to ask Brother Mingfeng for help."
In two days, the Mid-Autumn Festival will arrive. This is the first reunion festival for the educated youth away from their hometown.
Unable to reunite with their families, the educated youth also want to buy some mooncakes to comfort their homesickness.
Lu Mingfeng has to go to work every day, so the educated youth asked Tang Xiaotian to ask if she could help buy some mooncakes.
Lu Mingfeng was in a good mood today and readily agreed.
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Tang Xiaotian went back to count the number of mooncakes to be bought. Some people bought one mooncake, and some bought two.
Zhao Meili was left, so Tang Xiaotian asked her how many mooncakes she wanted to buy.
Zhao Meili said she didn't like mooncakes and didn't want to buy any.
Jiang Haoran looked at her and ordered a mooncake.
Tang Xiaotian took the money and gave it to Lu Mingfeng.
The next morning, Lu Mingfeng brought back the mooncakes. Tang Xiaotian distributed the mooncakes to everyone, and everyone carefully put them away and waited until the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat them.
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At Lu's house, Liang Qiaoli picked some vegetables from the vegetable garden and took Lu Bailing back to her parents' home.
When Lu Yongfu saw her, he said, "You're going to bring some food with you when you go back to your mother's house?"
Liang Qiaoli said, "What can I do? There's no money at home. How about you go to your eldest brother's house to borrow some money, and I'll go to the town to buy two moon cakes for my parents?"
Lu Yongfu was worried that he had nothing to give to his mother during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he couldn't express his filial piety. How could he go to his eldest brother's house to borrow money ?
He was waiting for his two sons to give him gifts so that he could give them to his mother.
"Other children start giving gifts to their parents before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Why haven't Mingqi and Mingfeng done anything yet?"
Liang Qiaoli smiled. She had expected Lu Yongfu's idea and had told the two brothers Mingqi in advance not to give them gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Because she couldn't eat it even if it was delivered, and she didn't have any, and it was given away to others.
She said, "The two brothers just built a new house, how could they have any money? Mingqi still owed money, so they had no money to give gifts."
When Liang Qiaoli took Lu Bailing back to her parents' home, Lu Yongfu followed quietly from behind. Seeing that his wife did not go to her son's house, but went directly to her parents' home, his hope was dashed, so he had to go back.
He thought that his sons would give the Mid-Autumn Festival gift to his wife and
take it back to her parents' home. Liang Qiaoli looked at her husband's disappointed expression, and she was in a good mood and took her daughter back to her parents' home.
Anyway, she had money in her hand now, and it would be the same to go back to her parents' home and give cash.
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At Zhou's house, Zhou Da bought a pound of moon cakes and brought them back, which cost five yuan.
Widow Zhou and her two sons only kept one mooncake for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and gave the remaining four mooncakes to Wang Yanhong.
Wang Yanhong saw that the Zhou family was treating her well again and let her live in a new house, so she couldn't help but feel proud again. She
took a mooncake and went to the educated youth's residence to show off.
Seeing that Wang Yanhong had eaten mooncakes before the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone praised the Zhou family for being good to her.
Wang Yanhong accepted the envy of everyone and asked them if they had mooncakes to eat.
The educated youth said that they had bought some, but they would save them for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Only Zhao Meili did not answer.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household took out mooncakes for the children in the family to eat.
In the Youth Institute, everyone took out mooncakes.
Cao Xiaoqing took out the oil paper package of mooncakes from her bag, opened it and saw: "Why is there one mooncake missing from my bag?"
Everyone came to see, and saw that there was only one mooncake in the oil paper package.
Li Mei asked: "Did you buy two?"
Cao Xiaoqing said: "Yes, I like eating mooncakes the most, so I bought two specially."
Tang Xiaotian said: "I also remember that Xiaoqing bought two."
Cao Xiaoqing looked carefully at everyone's expression.
Everyone said that they bought mooncakes, and everyone knew how many they bought, so how could they take her mooncakes.
Tang Xiaotian said, "Wang Yanhong has been to the Youth Institute. She is pregnant. Could she have taken the mooncake?"
After hearing this, Cao Xiaoqing immediately went to Zhou's house
and asked Wang Yanhong if she had taken her mooncake.
Wang Yanhong said angrily, "We bought a pound of mooncakes, and my mother-in-law gave me four. Who wants to take one mooncake from you? I think it's not enough."
Seeing that Wang Yanhong's expression didn't seem fake, Cao Xiaoqing said, "No one else has been to the Youth League Institute. After you went there, my mooncakes became less. If it wasn't you who took them, who took them?"
Widow Zhou said, "There are so many people in your Youth League Institute, and other people are also suspects. Do you have any evidence to prove that my daughter-in-law took them?"
Cao Xiaoqing was just guessing and had no evidence, so she said, "Everyone in the Youth League Institute bought mooncakes. If someone took someone else's, they would be discovered. It couldn't be them who took them."
Widow Zhou said, "How dare you frame my daughter-in-law without any evidence? I also said that you stole money from my family. Can I ask you for it?"
Cao Xiaoqing was speechless and had to go back.
On the way back, she wondered which greedy person stole her mooncakes. Zhao Meili was the only one who didn't buy them, but she didn't like to eat them, so why would she take her mooncakes?
Cao Xiaoqing couldn't think of any other suspicious people, so the matter was left unresolved.
But she didn't want to let the thief off easily. While working, she told the villagers to be more vigilant and take good care of their things. If the thief can steal for the first time, he can steal for the second, third, and countless times.