Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Mrs. Shen glanced at the timid figure outside the kitchen and spoke impatiently.

"Your Third Aunt is calling you, why don't you get in quickly? You're already such a grown-up girl, but you don't know anything. You'll be beaten to death when you marry into your husband's family."

"When the time comes, don't call me your mother, or people will think that I, as your mother, have taught you nothing."

Shen Qingqing walked in silently, keeping her head slightly lowered and not saying a word.

Xu Manyue sighed, "Sister-in-law, it's getting late, let's cook first."

After saying that, she glanced at Shen Qingqing and turned to leave.

It wasn't her who cooked today, and her relationship with Mrs. Shen was not very good, so some things were difficult to say.

Shen Qingqing has to rely on herself for her own affairs.

Little did she know that as soon as she left, Mrs. Shen's face suddenly fell. She strode up and twisted Shen Qingqing's ear hard.

In an instant, Shen Qingqing's face turned pale. She couldn't help but cry out in pain and begged for mercy in a low voice, "Mom~"

Mrs. Shen's grip became even stronger. She sneered, "Shen Qingqing, you still can't remember who gave birth to you, and whose belly did you crawl out of?"

"You've really grown so powerful with age. I asked you to save half of your rations for your unborn brother, but you refused. You devoured the half bowl of sweet potato leaf and cornmeal porridge in a few gulps, just like a starving ghost."

"Do you still have me as your mother and your brother in your heart?"

Shen Qingqing's heart felt bitter, and a huge feeling of disappointment enveloped her whole body.

"Mom, but... I'm hungry too."

Ever since her mother became pregnant, she would secretly save half of her food rations every day to feed her mother and the baby in her belly.

But she was so hungry yesterday that her stomach ached and she had no strength in her body.

In addition, it is rare for our family to have such thick porridge in the past few months.

She couldn't help it and ate up half a bowl of porridge.

Mrs. Shen's face became more and more ugly. She pinched Shen Qingqing's ears several times until her ears were rotten, bleeding and red. Then she reluctantly withdrew her hand.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. Whether the family is short of food or water, you are so greedy that you even worry about your own brother's food rations."

Shen Qingqing's heart gradually grew cold, and her fingers unconsciously clenched her sleeves.

She thought again of what her third aunt had said to her yesterday.

Instead of expecting love from others, it is better to be better to yourself.

In this world, only yourself is the most reliable.

Maybe she should let it go.

After Xu Manyue came out of the kitchen, she went to take another look at the sweet potatoes planted in her private plot.

She removed the dry branches that had been laid on top, revealing the sweet potato vines inside, although there were fewer of them.

However, you can still see a lot of green. Sweet potatoes have strong growth ability and strong drought resistance. It is estimated that after some time, these sweet potato vines will grow back and become part of the family's food.

Soon, steamed buns with the aroma of elm were brought to the table by Mrs. Shen and Shen Qingqing.

"It's time to eat. Everyone sit down and eat."

Mrs. Shen stared at the dozen or so yellow elm-flour steamed buns with her eyes wide open, her saliva almost flowing out.

The other members of the Shen family also sat down, and when they saw these steamed buns, they couldn't help swallowing.

Speaking of which, the last time I ate steamed corn bread was more than two months ago. My third brother’s wife used her own money and food coupons to buy it from the state-owned restaurant in town.

Steamed corn bread is much better than those porridges. One can replace two large bowls of porridge and it helps you stay full!

The old lady waved her hand and said, "Everyone is here, so don't wait any longer. Let's eat. Have a good meal."

"It was the third daughter-in-law who first thought of this. Her contribution is not small. Today, I will reward her with an extra steamed bun. Is everyone okay with that?"

"No problem, no problem, it's what Third Sister-in-law deserves."

No one else had any objections. Everyone saw Xu Manyue's contribution to the family. Although they were not good people, they rarely cared about their family members.

Xu Manyue was stunned for a moment and was about to say that there was no need to give her another one.

The old lady saw through her thoughts and raised her hand to interrupt her, "Third daughter-in-law, I know what you want to say, but this extra steamed bun is what you deserve."

"If anyone can contribute to the family's food supply like you, I will also reward them."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xu Manyue's sallow face and sighed, "Look at how thin you are. You should eat some more and gain some weight to look better."

I don’t know when Jingming will come back next time, but what a guy he is. The last time he came back, he didn’t even bring his wife with him to join the army.

Although there is famine everywhere now, Jingming has a high salary and a high position in the army. If Man Yue goes with him, at least he won't starve for long.

The more the old lady thought about it, the more she felt that her son had no sense of propriety.

Xu Manyue swallowed the words that were about to come out of her throat.

"Thank you, mother."

In her heart, she actually knew that the old lady was giving her this as a reward so that she would eat more and replenish her body.

Before she married into the Shen family, she looked even thinner and more shriveled than she is now.

However, during the time she was at the Shen family, the old lady subsidized her openly and secretly. Even if she didn't get any special treatment in private, her life was much better than when she was at the Xu family.

In the blink of an eye, it is the beginning of another month.

Xu Manyue once again took back Shen Jingming's letter, a large package, and another package.

The big one is for everyone in the family, and the small one is for her alone.

In the entire Shen family, the person with the highest cultural level is Xu Manyue, who graduated from junior high school.

Basically, she is responsible for reading letters to everyone.

However, the content of every letter Shen Jingming wrote back was basically the same.

This time, he probably had received the news that the cafeteria was disbanded, and was worried about his family, so he specially sent some food back.

Xu Manyue had just finished reading the letter.

Mrs. Shen stared at the big package with her eyes fixed, almost sticking to it, and she couldn't help but speak.

"Mom, why don't I open it? The third brother said in the letter that he sent something back, but I don't know what it was."

"Could it be that they sent meat and food?"

Xu Manyue glanced at Sister Shen and reminded her, "Sister, food and meat are so expensive now. I guess Jingming and his troops don't have much."

The old lady rolled her eyes and patted Mrs. Shen on the head. "Eat, eat, eat. All you want is to eat. This is what the third brother sent back. What's it got to do with you?"

"You're just thinking about this stuff all day long. Aren't you ashamed?"

Mrs. Shen was dumbfounded. "Mom, didn't you say you would send it back to everyone? I also have a share. How come I am the one who is thinking about it?"