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

She couldn't afford expensive gifts, and given her family's financial situation, there wasn't anything good to give.

Xu Manyue thought about it all night last night and finally decided to spend a few days making two pairs of insoles and a vest for him.

It's summer now and the weather is hot. A vest can be worn to sleep at night, which is perfect.

As for insoles, put a pair in your shoes to make walking more comfortable.

Both of these are practical things.

But these two things alone are not enough.

Xu Manyue opened the collection of quotations from great men that Shen Jingming gave her, took out a piece of letter paper, and used the pen he gave her to copy a few sentences neatly on it.

I plan to put it in the letter and send it to him.

Her handwriting is graceful and elegant, but also has some angularity. It is soft yet sharp, beautiful and elegant, and does not look like the handwriting of an average lesbian.

After finishing writing, Xu Manyue then wrote about some recent daily interesting things at home, as well as her subtle concern and longing for him.

Soon, the letter was written.

Next, there were two pairs of insoles and a vest prepared for Shen Jingming.

Xu Manyue went directly to the system mall and took a look around. Many of the things there were suitable for their era, while many were beyond this era.

However, if you want to buy something that does not belong to this era, the required transformation value will increase significantly, and there will be purchase restrictions.

Therefore, apart from some basic food and daily necessities, Xu Manyue basically would not buy anything extra from here.

After browsing the system mall for a long time, she finally bought everything she needed to make insoles.

She planned to make this insole herself, but the ones she made herself were quite different from the ones sold.

As for the vest, she bought a ready-made one made of white cotton, the same material as the one bought at the supply and marketing cooperative. It must be comfortable to wear close to the skin.

At first, Xu Manyue had no hope for this husband.

She just wanted to use him and marry into the Shen family to achieve her goal so that she could survive this famine.

However, when Shen Jingming came back on the wedding day, he did not embarrass her in public, nor did he decisively reject the marriage. For this, Xu Manyue was somewhat grateful to him.

After he returned to the army, he would usually give her some of the money he gave to his family every month in private. No one in the family knew about this money except the old lady.

I would even send her some things from time to time.

Shen Jingming cares about her, and she will also care about him and help him take care of the elderly and the family.

Relationships between people are mutual.

Although she was not Shen Jingming's ideal wife, he still fulfilled his obligations and responsibilities.

Xu Manyue was also satisfied with this point.

In this age where one can starve to death at any time and anywhere, what she expects is never love or not, but whether she can survive.

Shen Jingming is indeed a suitable partner for her at the moment.

over the next few days.

Xu Manyue began to knit slippers, stitch by stitch, whenever she had time. Every day she would sit in the corner of the wall in the yard, or go back to her room and sit by the window to knit slippers.

Lin Luoxia saw it several times and had a rough idea of what was going on.

The food at home had improved recently, and her complexion had also improved a little, so she simply took some clothes and started mending them.

Lin Luoxia brought a stool, took needlework and clothes, sat next to Xu Manyue, and joked with a smile.

"Third sister-in-law, are you making insoles for Jingming?"

Look at the size, it's obviously a man's.

Xu Manyue pursed her lips and smiled, then nodded, "Yes, I made it for him."

"He's in the army, and he wears the clothes issued by the army. The only things I can make for him are close-fitting things like insoles."

Lin Luoxia took another insole from Xu Manyue's basket, which had just been made. She couldn't help but touch it carefully and her eyes lit up.

"Third sister-in-law, your stitches are really good, neat and dense, and there are some patterns embroidered on it, which looks beautiful. It's no different from the ones you buy at the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Much better than me, Jingming is really lucky."

Xu Manyue glanced at the clothes that Lin Luoxia had mended. "Second sister-in-law, you only know how to coax me with nice words. Look, your craftsmanship is much better than mine. The clothes I make are just barely wearable."

What is advocated now is three years new, three years old, and then three years of mending.

Rural people basically have no cloth coupons, and they can only save up a few in a year. Most of them wear homemade cloth, but it is not easy to make this cloth.

So in rural areas, there are still many families that have only a few sets of clothes for the whole family. Whoever goes out wears clothes, and those who don’t go out lie naked in bed.

Today, Lin Luoxia also took some old clothes that the children could no longer wear, pieced them together to make them bigger. Generally, the traces of splicing can almost be seen.

But she was skillful, and after she mended and modified two or three old clothes, they soon looked no different from new ones. The only difference was the newness of the fabric.

This craft is definitely one of the best in the entire Qingshan Brigade.

Xu Manyue had a clear understanding of herself. At best, she was only decent at making slippers, but she was definitely not as good as the other person in making clothes.

Lin Luoxia smiled and lowered her head to continue mending clothes. "It's nothing. You will become proficient if you do it more. Third sister-in-law, if you want to learn, we can learn from each other when we are free."

"You taught me how to knit and embroider slippers, and I taught you how to use old clothes to make new ones."

Xu Manyue smiled and nodded, "Okay, don't think I'm stupid when the time comes, sister-in-law."

"Look at what you said. Maybe I'm the stupid one."

The two of them were doing their work and chatting, and gradually the afternoon was almost over.

Who knew that it would be night.

Mrs. Shen, who went back to her parents' home to visit her sick mother, has not returned yet.

It's already late at night. She packed up and went out early this morning before daybreak, saying she would come back for lunch at noon, but it has been dark for a long time and there is no sign of her.

The old lady didn't say anything, but she stretched her neck to look at the door from time to time. Boss Shen also secretly glanced in the direction of the door several times.

Xu Manyue also felt puzzled. Nowadays, no one is rich and there is no food. Generally, people will not go to other people's houses for dinner, even if the other party is her parents' family. Even if they go to eat, they will bring their own food.

When Mrs. Shen left this morning, she didn't bring any food with her. She also said that she would definitely come back for lunch.

She usually keeps her word. Could it be that something really happened to her?

But I waited until around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, but no one came back.

In the end, Shen Qingqing couldn't help it, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.

"Grandma, Dad, how about I go down the road and look for Mom? She's pregnant now. What if something happens to her?"