When Mai Sui and Mai Lao San returned to the village, they caused another sensation.

There is no way, there is only one way into the village.

It is impossible for Mai Sui to wait until dark to avoid suspicion. She still wants to go back to take a nap.

It was okay before because she didn’t have the habit of taking a nap, but now she feels uncomfortable if she doesn’t sleep for a day.

The villagers began to talk about this.

"Did you see that? Mai Lao San and Mai Sui each carried a bamboo basket filled with things."

"Didn't you say you were going to take Mai Sui to the city to see a doctor? Why doesn't that seem like it?"

"Where did Mai Lao San make his fortune?"

"Whatever wealth he could have made must have been given by Mai Xiangbei."

"......"

Mai Xiangnan's wife Yang Huizhen also heard about this. After work, she waited at home for Mai Laosan to come and deliver something.

Because if it was given by Mai Xiangbei, then there must be a share for her family.

It doesn’t make sense that among the three older brothers, Mai Xiangbei should be given to only the third brother.

However, she waited and waited, but never saw Mai Laosan or Mai Hongcai come.

She asked Mai Xiangnan unwillingly, "Have you heard about it?

"The third brother went to the city today, and the fourth brother gave him a lot of things, two large baskets. Do you think the third brother would embezzle them?"

"What are you talking about? The third brother only asks for it openly and never does it behind people's backs."

"What nonsense I said, everyone saw it.

Besides, the third brother is a reckless person and he is definitely capable of embezzling the money.

How about you go to Lao San's house and have a look?"

Maybe it was because he had listened to too much pillow talk, but Mai Xiangnan's resolute expression wavered a little.

It’s not Mai Xiangnan’s fault that he doesn’t trust Mai Laosan. It’s true that Mai Laosan is not a good person.

So Mai Xiangnan said, "Then I'll go over and take a look after dinner."

Yang Huizhen snatched his bowl and said, "What are you eating? You won't lose anything if you leave it here.

You go to the third brother's house now. What if the food is delicious and the third brother eats it all? "

Just like that, Mai Xiangnan was driven out.

There was no other way, he could only go to Mai Lao San to find out.

At the same time, Mai Xiangdong's family was also discussing Mai Lao San.

They knew why Mai Laosan went to the city, so they didn't believe the villagers' gossip.

Mai Juncai was a little curious, so while his mother and wife were still cooking, he said to Mai Xiangdong, "Dad, I want to go to my third uncle's house to take a look."

"Dad, I want to go too." Upon hearing this, Mai Liangcai hurried forward to join in the fun.

Mai Xiangdong also wanted to know about Mai Laosan's visit to the city today, so he agreed to his son's request: "Go ahead, the sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

"Great, Dad!"

Mai Laosan is making dumplings at home at this moment.

Mai Hongcai kneaded the dough, Mai Laosan was in charge of preparing the fillings and wrapping the dumplings, and Mai Sui waited by the side with a palm-leaf fan in hand, waiting to eat.

Dumplings are a delicacy that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, especially those with pure meat filling.

When other people make dumplings, they either use leeks and eggs as filling or cabbage and pork as filling.

Moreover, there are more vegetables than meat, it is not like Mai Sui’s family’s, which is filled with pure meat.

Mai Xiangdong's home is closer to Mai Laosan's home, so Mai Juncai and his friends arrived earlier than Mai Xiangnan.

Although Mai Laosan's family lives in a mud house, it occupies a large area, with four large rooms, not including the kitchen.

Besides that, there is a large yard.

There are two huge osmanthus trees in the yard, and Mai Sui usually likes to take shelter under the trees.

There is a fence outside the yard, about one meter high.

Rural residential land is not valuable, and each household has a large population, so the houses are not small.

The Mai family has only three people, which is a special case.

Originally, Mai Lao San could have married a second wife, but he either thought the other woman was ugly or complained about this or that thing about her.

Anyway, you can always find some faults.

In the end, all the matchmakers in the surrounding area got tired of it and no one was willing to help him.

Mai Laosan didn't care and lived with his two children.

......

Mai Juncai pushed the gate as usual, but unexpectedly it was locked, so he couldn't push it open.

In rural areas, as long as there is someone at home, the gate will not be locked.

When villagers come to visit, they usually don’t knock, but just push the door open.

But now, the gate of the courtyard was locked, and it was locked from the inside.

Mai Juncai was stunned for a moment, and the next second he slammed the door loudly:

"Uncle San, Hongcai, Mai Sui, are you home? I'm Juncai!"

After a while, Mai Hongcai's voice was heard from inside.

"Okay, stop shooting. Be careful not to break the door."

Mai Hongcai opened the door for the two people, welcomed them in, and then locked the door again.

Mai Liangcai asked curiously, "Hongcai, what are you doing? You're like a thief."

Mai Hongcai smiled mysteriously: "My father said that I should keep a low profile."

Mai Juncai and his companion followed Mai Hongcai to the kitchen and understood why they locked the door.

Both of their eyes widened.

"Uncle San, you are making dumplings, with pure meat filling!"

Mai Lao San said pretentiously: "Just eat something casually."

"That's it, you still call it casual?"

"Uncle San, did you make money again today?"

Mai Lao San was obviously very proud, but he pretended to be casual and said calmly:

"It's OK, I just earned a little."

"How much is one point? Is there twenty?"

"I don't even have twenty, so why am I busying myself? I've been riding my bike back and forth for six or seven hours. I'm so tired."

Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai immediately showed admiration and asked, "How much did you earn?"

Mai Lao San said arrogantly, "Not much, not much, only sixty, not even a hundred."

"What! Sixty!"

The two were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

In their opinion, twenty was already a lot, but now it has tripled!

Mai Lao San was very satisfied with the two people's reactions, and then generously said: "It's a good thing that you are here. I will bring a bowl of dumplings back to try later."

Before Mai Juncai and the other man could come to their senses, there was another knock on the door.

The one who came back this time was Mai Xiangnan.

Mai Hongcai hurried to open the door.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the aroma of meat and asked in confusion, "Hongcai, what are you eating at home?"

"Uncle, my father is cooking dumplings."

“Where are the dumplings?”

“We made it ourselves.”

“….”

When he entered the kitchen, Mai Xiangnan found that Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai were also there.

The three of them greeted each other briefly, and then their eyes were drawn to the pot full of dumplings.

In addition, there was a chopping board of dumplings that had not been cooked.

Because the pot is not big enough, I can’t finish the food in one pot, so I have to cook it in two pots.

Adding all these together, there are at least hundreds of dumplings!

Moreover, judging from the color of the dumpling wrappers, they should be made with the best flour, without any mixed flour.

Each one of them is so white, tender and plump, making people drool just by looking at them.

"Third brother, where did you get all this?" Mai Xiangnan swallowed unconsciously.

"Brother, I recently found a way to make money, please don't tell anyone else about it."

"What way?"

Since they were all brothers, Mai Lao San told them about his experience of selling prey on the black market.

"This...isn't this speculation? Third brother, aren't you afraid of being caught?"

Mai Xiangnan’s first reaction was the same as Mai Xiangdong’s. He didn’t want Mai Laosan to take any risks.

"It's okay. I've been there twice and didn't see a single red-sleeved soldier."

Mai Xiangdong couldn't convince Mai Laosan, let alone Mai Xiangnan.

In the end, Mai Xiangnan and Mai Juncai each went back with a bowl of dumplings.

In order to avoid being seen, they wrapped themselves in clothes and walked very fast, like thieves.