After seeing off Su Qing and the other two, Tang Meilan returned to the house.
Tonight's dinner in the cafeteria was as usual wild vegetable porridge, but with some more rice dumplings than usual.
Four people shared one, and I only took one or two bites. Now my stomach is still empty.
In addition, the rice dumplings sent by Su Qing exuded a fragrant aroma, and she couldn't help but open one.
Wow, is this really a zongzi?
One bite and it's full of stuffing.
There are mung beans, chestnuts, peanuts, and a large piece of meat covered with black sesame seeds.
The room was instantly filled with the aroma of rice dumplings.
The educated youth who lived in the same room stared at the rice dumplings in Tang Meilan's hand, drooling madly.
Perhaps their gazes were too intense, and Tang Meilan felt a little embarrassed.
"How about... I'll give you a bite." Tang Meilan used a spoon to scoop a piece for each of them.
Seeing half of the rice dumpling gone in an instant, Tang Meilan felt her heart bleeding.
After taking a bite, the educated youth was still not satisfied and stared at the three remaining dumplings left by Tang Meilan.
Tang Meilan quickly locked the box in the cabinet.
"Hey, I haven't been feeling well lately, and I haven't earned many work points. Luckily, Su Qing is helping me out, otherwise I would have starved."
After Tang Meilan finished speaking, those people looked away.
The next day, Tang Meilan ate rice dumplings as usual.
The twice-heated rice dumplings had a stronger aroma, and everyone stared at the meat in her rice dumplings.
This time, Tang Meilan didn't share any with anyone and ate it all.
Anyway, they have tasted it. Besides, she is not so generous as to use other people's things as a favor.
The three educated youth who lived with her felt a little uncomfortable.
"Look at how fast she eats, as if she's afraid we'll snatch it away."
"It's like a starving ghost reincarnated, as if no one has ever eaten zongzi."
"I see she has two more in her closet. Why don't we..."
"Isn't this bad?"
"What's wrong with that? The three of us can eat together, and then no one will admit it."
"No, her locker is locked."
"When she goes to fill the hot water at noon, the cabinet will be open. Then we can cooperate with her from inside and outside..."
Sure enough, at noon, Jiang Lian and Russell in the room took advantage of Tang Meilan going to fill the hot water and handed the rice dumplings to Li Hongmei who was waiting under the window.
The first thing Tang Meilan discovered when she came back was that the rice dumplings were gone.
She glanced at the two people in the room, and without saying a word, she silently locked the cabinet.
When Jiang Lian and Russell saw Tang Meilan went to work, they hurried out to meet up with Li Hongmei, but they didn't know they had already been targeted.
Tang Meilan, Aunt Wang, and several of her daughters-in-law followed the two men.
Wow, these three people are really bold. They started dividing the loot after hiding behind the educated youth’s house.
Seeing that the rice dumplings were about to go into their mouths, Tang Meilan could no longer sit still.
"What are you doing?"
"We...didn't do anything."
"You haven't done anything yet. What are you holding in your hands?"
The three of them were stunned for a moment, then saw Jiang Lian and Russell quickly stuff the rice dumplings in their hands into Li Hongmei's hands.
Li Hongmei was stunned and looked at the two of them in disbelief.
She is not stupid. Seeing the two of them flirting with each other, she must want her to take the blame.
He decided to go all out and directly returned the rice dumplings to Tang Meilan.
"Meilan, I found this rice dumpling under the window of our house. I was afraid that the food would be wasted, so I picked it up. I happened to see Jiang Lian and Luo Su, so I kindly shared it with them, but I didn't expect them to try to frame me.
It's really like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, not knowing how to appreciate a good person's kindness. You should stay away from such people in the future."
Anyway, it wasn't Li Hongmei who went to the cabinet to take it. As long as she insisted that she picked it up, there was nothing she could do.
"You're talking nonsense! Go pick up a rice dumpling for me from under the window. Food is so precious these days, only a fool would throw it away.
We saw you walking towards us stealthily, so we couldn't help but come over to check it out. We didn't expect you were eating secretly.
You even tried to stuff my mouth with a few zongzi. If I hadn't been so hungry, I wouldn't have fallen into your trap. Fortunately, Meilan and my aunt arrived in time, otherwise I would have made a mistake. "Jiang Lian is not a pushover either. It's impossible to put the blame on her.
Aunt Wang has walked more roads than these young people have seen, and she already knows what is right and what is wrong.
"I heard from Comrade Tang that the zongzi was placed in the cupboard. Could it be that it grew legs and went to stay under the window, and then you just happened to see it and took it away?"
None of what these three people said was credible.
Russell simply threw the can down and said, "We were just starving, and we took Meilan's things out of impulse. I apologize to Meilan. I'm sorry."
When Jiang Lian saw Russell admit it so quickly, her face immediately turned red with embarrassment. How could she still maintain dignity in the water village in the future?
Tang Meilan didn't think of making a big deal out of it. They all lived in the same yard. If they did something bad, she would be unable to defend herself. After all, the rice dumplings were brought back intact.
"Just admit that you took it. Since you got the zongzi back, I won't report this to the village."
As soon as Tang Meilan finished speaking, Jiang Lian and the other two lowered their heads and fled quickly.
Fortunately, Tang Meilan didn't take it too seriously and saved her life.
Because when the matter was exposed, Jiang Lian began to think about how she would take revenge on Tang Meilan if the matter was reported to the village.
For example, hiding a needle in her towel, using her face towel to wipe her feet, and pouring water into her quilt.
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