That night, since the Mo family had spent the afternoon eating and drinking at their house, they had consumed all the vegetables in the house.
The vegetables were gone, and Xuexue could understand that, but the rice in the rice jar and a bag of flour, totaling over a hundred pounds, had mysteriously disappeared, which puzzled her greatly. "Mother, where are our rice and flour? I remember we just bought them a few days ago, right?"
"Well..., you see..." Madam Xie hesitated, her gaze wandering.
Old Lady Mo had already instructed Mo Daoyan and Madam Ruan to move these items back to the Mo family. She had been holding back from saying anything, fearing that Xuexue would make a scene at the Mo family's house, which would lead to unpleasant gossip among the local busybodies.
Seeing her mother's shivering demeanor, Xuexue knew it must have been the Mo family who had taken them. "Mother, was it Grandmother who took them away?"