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

Unlike the city, the countryside has a special supply of rationed oil coupons. If rural people want to eat oil, they can only rely on self-sufficiency. But now there is a great famine and there is not much oil at home.

Every day when I cook, I use a cotton cloth dipped in a little oil to wipe the pot and then dip it in oil to cook. There is no oil or water at all, and the taste is almost the same as cooking with plain water.

Mrs. Shen's mood suddenly became bad. She looked at the fat rabbit and couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, that's true. We only have so much oil at home all year round. If I really want to make spicy rabbit meat, it will probably be gone in one or two meals."

The old lady glanced at her and said, "You are pregnant now. I will make you an egg custard tonight. Don't eat the rabbit meat."

It is said that pregnant women cannot eat rabbit meat, as the child will be more likely to get sick. Regardless of whether this is true or not, it is always better to be careful.

When Mrs. Shen heard what the old lady said, she was about to open her mouth to express her dissatisfaction, but the next second she remembered what the old man in the village said, so she had to shut her mouth.

Forget it, forget it, it’s nice to have eggs to eat.

The old lady said to Xu Manyue, "Go inside and call your second sister-in-law out. She will be cooking today. I want to tell her some things first."

Xu Manyue nodded, turned and went into the house and knocked on Lin Luoxia's door.

"Second sister-in-law, mother is calling you."

After a while, the door opened.

Lin Luoxia put her finger to her lips, uttered a soft sigh, then glanced at the bed in the room and whispered, "Third sister-in-law, Baozhu just fell asleep."

Xu Manyue subconsciously followed the other person's line of sight and looked inside. Shen Baozhu's small body was leaning in Shen Laoer's arms, her little face rosy as she slept, looking extremely cute.

Apart from anything else, Mr. and Mrs. Shen really love their only daughter, which is extremely rare in rural areas.

After all, rural areas favor boys over girls, and this is the case almost everywhere. It is rare for a family to have only one daughter.

After Lin Luoxia came out, she spoke, "It's the beginning of the month today, and Mom came to me. Could it be that she wanted to tell me what to cook for lunch today?"

Last time, my mother-in-law said that we would not sell the eggs at home anymore, but save them at the beginning of each month to nourish everyone. Today is the day.

Xu Manyue nodded and said, "Well, the rabbits we raised at home have grown up quite a bit. Mom said she would kill one for us to eat today."

"Really? Mother really said that?"

When she heard that she could eat meat, Lin Luoxia couldn't help but get excited.

My family hasn’t eaten meat for a long time. The last time we ate meat was before the famine started, when the canteen was just established.

She still remembers that everyone ate to their heart's content, and even meat and fine grains were often available. Unfortunately, the cafeteria was disbanded not long after that.

Recently, many people in the brigade have started to flee the famine, and I don’t know whether those people have settled down.

Xu Manyue smiled and said, "Well, mother said that every seven or eight days, we will kill a rabbit to nourish everyone."

This is what the old lady said before.

Rabbits have strong reproductive abilities and grow fast, and Mrs. Shen spends almost every day thinking about how to raise rabbits.

After this period of breeding, the rabbits in the house have already laid many nests of baby rabbits.

It's okay to eat rabbit a few times a month.

Lin Luoxia's lips curled up slightly, "That's great, from now on we can have some meat at home, plus one egg per person every month, our family's life will get better and better."

The two of them soon arrived in front of the old lady.

Sure enough, they were talking about eggs and rabbits. When the news came out, the whole family was extremely excited.

Suddenly, Xu Manyue remembered something and her face instantly became serious.

"Mom, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, eating eggs is fine, but if the smell of this rabbit meat gets out, will anyone notice?"

Don't underestimate the sense of smell of some people during famine years. If someone were to discover your home and come to investigate in the middle of the night, wouldn't the rabbits at home be easily discovered?

The old lady thought about it and couldn't help feeling sad.

"What the third daughter-in-law said makes sense, but most of the families near us have fled the famine, and the only ones left are the Liu family next door."

The Liu family was the one that caused trouble at their house late at night last time.

Mrs. Liu was also a difficult person. In the Qingshan Brigade, apart from the old lady and Mrs. Shen's mother, she had the worst reputation.

If this person finds out, who knows what will happen.

Mrs. Shen's face fell. "What should we do? We can't just leave the rabbits alone. What's the point of feeding them? It would be better not to feed them in the first place."

Lin Luoxia also fell silent.

Although what my sister-in-law said was unpleasant, it was true. We raised rabbits at home in the hope of increasing our food supply and keeping everyone alive during the famine. If we could only look at them but not eat them, we might as well not raise them.

Xu Manyue thought about it and came up with an idea.

"Mom, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, how about this, let's go to the old house tonight and roast a rabbit. The old house has always been deserted, and usually no one goes there. There are not many houses around there, and it's not very far from here."

Since the death of the team leader, many people in the village have fled to other places to escape famine, and Qingshan Brigade has become mostly empty.

The old house is at the back of the village, far away from the few families who have not yet fled the famine.

It's hard to be discovered by those people.

The old lady hesitated a little, "Why are there so many people at home going to that place so late at night? If someone saw them at night, they would probably be suspicious."

Who wouldn't lie in bed at night to save energy for no reason? It's obvious that there's something wrong.

Xu Manyue also fell silent. This was indeed a problem.

At this time, Shen Laoer came out of the house. He had been standing there listening for a long time.

"Mom, how about this? When we go to the old house, we don't all go together. Let's go separately. The first person to go will be responsible for roasting the rabbit, and the rest of you will go one after another and come back in due time."

"It's late at night. As long as there aren't too many people around, even if one or two people see us, it's no big deal."

Xu Manyue thought it was feasible, "Mom, this idea of second brother is not bad."

It's really good to disperse the goals.

The old lady thought for a moment and said, "Okay, it's settled."

"It just so happens that the eldest brother's wife is pregnant and can't eat rabbit meat, so let her stay at home and the rest of us can go."

Mrs. Shen was about to say that she would go too, but then she changed her mind and realized that she already had a bowl of egg custard at home. For the sake of the baby in her belly, it didn't matter whether she ate the rabbit meat or not.

She instantly became excited, "Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of the house, you can go without worry."

After the matter was settled, the old lady said to Lin Luoxia, "Since we are going to eat rabbit meat tonight, just cook some sweet potatoes to fill our stomachs later."

"I'm bringing two rabbits to roast tonight. One rabbit doesn't have enough meat, and it's a hassle to toss and turn."

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