Fortunately, Ye Wanying was unaware of what the old lady was thinking at that moment!
She ate a bowl of noodles neither quickly nor slowly. Ye Wanying was once a daughter of a prominent family, so she naturally learned etiquette from a young age!
She took the dishes to the kitchen to wash them herself, and only after she came out did she formally begin to explain the purpose of her visit: "Auntie, your friend needed that kind of food last time, I wonder if you still need it now?"
The old lady knew perfectly well why Ye Wanying had appeared at her door so early in the morning, so she wasn't surprised: "I want as many as you want, miss, wait a moment, I'll go call them over!"
Ye Wanying wanted to come along, but the old lady kept her there: "Just wait, they're all around here, not far away!"
However, Ye Wanying didn't want to stay with the old man. He was too wise, and she always had a feeling that she would be discovered.
"No need, no need. I left my things outside. I'll go and bring them all in first."
"Oh? It's outside? Isn't it safe?" The old lady was worried that someone would find out. Those grains were all valuable; what if someone stole them?
Ye Wanying nodded quickly: "It's very safe. I'm hiding in a dilapidated house over there. It's so early in the morning, no one will go in."
Fortunately, I happened to find that abandoned house when I left last time, otherwise it would have been really hard to find an excuse!
The old lady then felt relieved and went out to call for help.
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When the old lady returned with four or five other old ladies, Ye Wanying also pushed a wooden cart into the yard, with several large sacks piled on it.
The elderly women were initially surprised, wondering if there was too much stuff. Then, feeling a bit scared, they all stepped forward to help carry the items into the house and hide them, finally letting out a huge sigh of relief.
"Young lady, what's in your sack?" one of the older women asked.
Upon hearing this, Ye Wanying began to untie all the burlap sacks: "Here are two sacks of rice, over there is a sack of mountain produce, another sack contains a hundred eggs, and the last sack contains chestnuts that I roasted myself! Ladies, what do you need? I'll take the rest to the black market to sell!"
Hearing Ye Wanying's introduction, the eyes of the elderly women lit up, and one of them immediately said, "No, no, no need to take it to the black market, we want all of these things!"
In previous years, everyone had a hard time, and their biggest wish was to fill their stomachs. Only in the last year or two have things slowly gotten a little better, and people have been able to buy things with money. The people in the "government" have turned a blind eye to this.
However, due to the turmoil of previous years, many things are no longer available on the market.
Rare items like mountain produce are hard to find unless you're lucky enough to run into someone buying them. These days, I'm practically starving.
Ye Wanying was surprised that these old ladies were so bold as to take all the sacks of stuff, but naturally she wouldn't refuse.
There were nearly 400 jin of rice in total. One person took 120 jin, another took 80 jin, and two others each took 60 jin. The rest was taken by the old lady!
A large bag of mountain produce was even more sought-after than rice, so in the end, there was no other way but to divide it equally among everyone, 20 jin each.
Because two elderly women had just given birth, the eggs were divided among them. The last large bag of chestnuts was taken entirely by the most generous elderly woman, who wanted to send them to her children in Xinjiang, where they had nothing to eat and were living a very difficult life!
In total, these items sold for 1,200 yuan.
Ye Wanying felt much more at ease!
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