Lu Ye quickly counted the money and bills in his hand.

The total amount of money was five yuan and twenty-six cents, and the total amount of food coupons was fifteen catties. Surprisingly, there was also a sugar coupon worth one catty.

This is good stuff.

Lu Ye put the money and several bills separately.

After walking for half an hour, he finally arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative in Qingshan Township.

Before entering the door, Lu Ye heard the noise inside the supply and marketing cooperative.

"You can't leave! You must buy all these sesame seeds today. Otherwise, even if I chase you to your production team, I won't let this matter go!"

"Why won't you let me go? She's the one who got jealous and made the sesame seeds wet. What does it have to do with me? Don't try to blackmail me!"

Lu Ye walked into the supply and marketing cooperative and saw a man wearing a military green jacket with holes in it, being blocked in front of the counter by two sales clerks.

He kept shouting, trying to break free from the two men's pull.

"Don't even think about leaving! I'm calling the joint defense team now!" The older salesperson was also angry, with his hands on his hips.

"You scream? I want to scream!"

The man was holding a small noodle bag in his hand.

Seeing Lu Ye coming in, he hurriedly shouted to him:

"Brother, please give me some justice! I just came here to buy some millet, and she insisted that I was jealous and soaked the bag of sesame seeds, and asked me to pay compensation. Isn't this just cheating!"

"Do you supply and marketing cooperatives still have any sense of reason?"

Lu Ye looked at the counter and saw that there was indeed a grain cloth bag on the counter. There was a large black and white area on it, and vinegar was still dripping down.

There was a tall wooden box on the counter, with a row of jars as big as watermelons placed on it. The one at the edge had been knocked over on the counter.

The whole house smells like vinegar.

The cloth bag was not small, and there were estimated to be more than 20 kilograms of sesame seeds inside.

This pound of sesame seeds costs only 4 cents, plus an additional food coupon for one pound. Now all of them have been soaked in this aged vinegar, so the loss is naturally not small.

No wonder the two salespeople refused to let this guy go.

"Who's being unreasonable? It's you who's the one who's being jealous, and I didn't even ask you to pay for it. If you don't buy all these sesame seeds today, you can't even think of leaving this door!"

"Juanzi, catch him and don't let him run away. I'll call the joint defense team right away!" said the elderly salesperson hurriedly.

"Scream, scream quickly!" the man shouted at the top of his voice.

Lu Ye reached into the cloth bag and grabbed a handful of sesame seeds, which were wet from being soaked in vinegar.

In just a short while, the two joint defense team members entered the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The man didn't seem to panic and just stood there.

One of them had an armband on his arm, and he was the captain of the joint defense team.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "What's going on?"

"Comrade, he's been jealous of us and soaked a whole bag of sesame seeds. He wants to run away without paying compensation!" The salesperson named Juanzi pointed at the man and hurriedly said to the joint defense captain who was asking questions.

"She's accusing me of something. She was the one who accidentally bumped into the counter when she was standing up, knocking the vinegar jar over and onto the sesame seeds. She saw the sesame seeds were ruined and she was afraid to pay for it, so she wanted to put the blame on me."

The man also hurriedly excused himself.

"Who accused you? It was clearly you who knocked it over when you were taking the food just now. Don't try to cheat!" The salesperson named Juanzi did not give in at all and shouted immediately.

Each side had its own opinion, and the members of the joint defense team didn't know who to believe for a moment.

The joint defense captain looked at Lu Ye and asked, "Did you see what happened just now?"

Lu Ye shook his head: "I just arrived and didn't see it."

The joint defense captain looked at the salesperson who called him over and said, "What about you?"

"I was just counting the goods in the back, and I didn't see it either."

Without witnesses, this would be difficult.

Lu Ye stood aside, scratching his head as he watched the joint defense captain.

After thinking for a moment, he whispered, "One says it was knocked over by someone carrying grain, and the other says it was knocked over by someone bumping into the counter. Look under the counter to see if there's any sign of movement, and then see if the other jars on top are tilted. That way you'll know if the counter has been bumped into. It'll be clear who's lying."

The joint defense captain smiled and thought to himself that this was a good idea.

"You two get out of the way."

The joint defense captain pushed aside the man in front and the saleswoman named Juanzi, and immediately squatted in front of the counter, examining it carefully.

There is an obvious gap where the counter meets the ground, with the new marks and old dust clearly distinguished, and there are obvious signs of movement.

I stood up and checked the jars on the counter. Each one was crooked and obviously deviated from its original position.

It was obvious who was lying.

The captain looked straight at the saleswoman with cold eyes.

"The counter and these jars have signs of being hit. What else do you have to say?"

"this......"

Faced with the irrefutable evidence, the salesperson named Juanzi was so anxious that she jumped up and down.

Then he covered his face with his hands, squatted on the ground and started crying.

"Woooooooo..."

"You still have the nerve to cry. You weren't like this when you falsely accused me just now." The man was obviously still angry.

"I don't want to either. Those are 25 kilograms of sesame seeds that arrived today. They have to sell for 10 yuan. Our credit union has a rule that salespeople have to pay for damaged goods. I only make 28 yuan a month. How can I afford to pay for it..."

"You can't afford to pay, but I can? How can you be so vicious, woman? If it weren't for this brother's cleverness, I would have been wrongly accused to death today!"

"Comrade, now that the matter has been clarified, what do you think we should do?"

The joint defense captain looked at the man, then looked at the salesperson who was squatting on the ground crying.

"I think we should let her apologize to you first, and then we will report the situation to their leader. Let the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative decide how to punish them." The captain said after a little thought.

"No! Please don't tell our boss. I worked so hard to get this job. If he knew, he would definitely fire me."

Juanzi, who was squatting on the ground crying, stood up, grabbed the man's arm with both hands, her eyes full of tears.

"Brother, I apologize to you. You can slap me twice, I really know I was wrong. Please forget it. If you report this to our leader, I will be finished."

The man was still angry just now, but when Juanzi grabbed his arm and cried like a pear blossom with tears in his eyes, he softened again.

Lu Ye stood aside and shook his head.

"Then... forget it." The man blushed and said softly.

"Have you thought about it? If you don't pursue it, we won't care anymore." The joint defense captain asked specifically.

"Well, forget it. It's not easy for either of them." said the man.

"Thank you, brother, you are such a good person!" Seeing that the man really did not pursue the matter, Juanzi burst out laughing.

"But what should we do with these sesame seeds?" The elderly salesman put away the bag and said regretfully.

Lu Ye suddenly said, "How about 5 yuan for 10 kilograms of food coupons? Sell me all these sesame seeds."

"Really? You really want to buy it?" Juanzi seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and looked overjoyed.

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When leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Lu Ye had two more bags in his hands.

In addition to the bag of sesame seeds soaked in vinegar, Lu Ye bought two kilograms of white flour and a bag of baking soda.

When I got home,

Su Mengyao had finished cleaning and was sitting on the kang reading a book.

The empty house was clean and tidy, the straw kang mat was wiped clean and looked brand new, and the big iron pot in the kitchen was also brushed to a shine.

"You did all this?"

Su Mengyao looked up and glanced at Lu Ye: "Your father just sent a few potatoes over, secretly, for fear that the people in that room would see. I said no, and he put the things down and left."

Lu Ye entered the house and saw four potatoes placed in the corner.

Su Mengyao also saw the bag in Lu Ye's hand at this time, and her brows furrowed again. A pungent sour smell drifted into the room.

"What did you buy?"

"This is twenty-five pounds of sesame seeds, and some flour."

Su Mengyao put down the book in her hand.

His already cold face suddenly became even colder, and he said in disbelief, "I gave you money to buy food, but you bought so many sesame seeds? What were you thinking?"

Looking at the small grain bag in Lu Ye's hand, Su Mengyao was very angry.

Su Mengyao's cold questioning made Lu Ye a little unhappy.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Just do your job well. If you regret it, I can divorce you at any time."

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