The door to the yard of her aunt's house next door was not closed. Lu Ziwan knocked on the door and when she saw her aunt walking out, she led Lu Banxia and Sister He in.
"They are all neighbors. Just come in and knock on the door. You are so polite." Tiedan Niang smiled and brought the three of them into the house.
"Aunt, there's nothing wrong with being polite. As an outsider, you have to knock on the door first and ask permission before coming in." Lu Ziyuan smiled. This was her habit. "Aunt, my mother said you have mung beans at home. Let me
Come and ask if your family has any leftovers? I want to buy some and cook some soup for the house builders to drink. It’s a hot day and mung bean soup will relieve the heat. Drink it to avoid sunburn.”
"That's right, yes, we have no shortage of mung beans at home. I'll get them for you as much as you want." Tiedan Niang agreed immediately with a smile.
"My mother means to buy more. It will take more than a month to build a house. I don't know if thirty-four pounds is enough." Lu Ziwan said.
"It's almost thirty or forty pounds, I'll go get it for you right now." Tiedan Niang calculated it, then turned and went into the cellar. After a while, she put a big basket of mung beans in a big bamboo basket and came out.
"These are all newly harvested this year. They are absolutely delicious when made into soup."
"Thank you, Auntie. Let me calculate how much it will cost." Lu Ziyuan said and took out a few hundred coins in change.
"Hey! Sister Wan, a little mung bean is not a valuable thing, so how can I charge your money!" Tiedan Niang shook her head repeatedly, "It's not a valuable thing from your neighbor, so don't ask for money. Besides, your family
To build a house, money is needed everywhere, but this money should be reserved for what must be spent."
"Auntie, these are all grown with hard work by your family. It would be fine if we could just take some of them. But if we don't pay for these thirty or forty pounds, our family will be embarrassed to ask for them. Auntie, you should follow the market prices.
Just take the price." Lu Ziyuan said as she returned the basket, as if she would not take the mung beans if her aunt didn't take the money.
Unable to resist Lu Ziwan, Tiedan Niang finally accepted ten cents. Although Lu Ziwan didn't know the price of mung beans in the market, she knew in her heart that there was no way a thirty-four kilogram mung bean was worth ten cents.
As for the money, I knew in my heart that the aunt next door took ten coins randomly and was too embarrassed to ask for more.
A basket of mung beans weighing thirty or forty pounds was really heavy to carry. Lu Ziyuan admitted that her hands were weak, but luckily Sister He and Lu Banxia were supporting her, so she finally carried the mung beans to her own store next door.
Go home.
There was a makeshift pot stove under the tree. After Lu Ziyuan took the mung beans over, He Chunmei and Ge Rui lit a fire and started cooking mung bean soup.
The fire was burning brightly, and the mung bean soup was cooked in a short while. Sugar was a luxury item for rural people at this time, so no sugar was added to the mung bean soup. After the soup cooled down, Lu Ziwan instructs Lu Banxia to call everyone
Come over and drink some mung bean soup to relieve the heat.
The eight big men put down their work and came over with a bit of embarrassment. One of them, an older man, scratched the back of his head and said, "Daughter-in-law Dongming, why are you so embarrassed to let you buy this mung bean soup for us?"
"It's not a good thing, it's all worthless. I can't thank you enough for helping our family build a house in this hot weather." He Chunmei smiled and passed out bowls of mung bean soup.
, said, "You can drink as long as you are thirsty. When the child's father was still here, he told me that mung beans are good for relieving the heat. Drinking them is good. My second aunt and I have been keeping them here for you."