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

In the blink of an eye, another few months have passed.

It has been almost a year since Xu Manyue married into the Shen family.

A few days ago, Shen Jingming sent a letter back saying that he might come back to visit his family in a few days, but the time has not been determined yet.

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the Shen family became excited.

These days, we have harvested a lot of sweet potatoes from the plants on the mountain, and there is no shortage of rabbit meat and food at home.

The food gradually improved. Few people knew that during this year of famine, the Shen family's lives were getting better and better, and their complexion also improved a lot.

Xu Manyue gradually put less powder on her face. Now she has become much more beautiful. She has a pretty face, eyes like autumn water, affectionate eyebrows, and her figure has become more and more beautiful.

Just like when she first married into the Shen family, she was like two different people.

The old lady couldn't help but joked, "Old Third Wife, when Jingming comes back and sees your pretty face, he will be stunned."

Her eldest grandson is expected.

Xu Manyue pursed her lips and smiled, "Mom, stop teasing me. I should go cook."

In the past few months, Mrs. Shen was discharged from the hospital, and more and more people in the brigade fled to escape famine.

Unlike the Shen family, whose lives have improved, the Qingshan Brigade is now deserted.

Where there used to be hundreds of households, now there are only dozens left. The former bustle is gone, replaced by desolation and loneliness.

The old cow in the brigade was secretly killed last night.

However, after killing the cow, the man did not keep it for himself, but distributed the beef to the rest of the people in the team.

The Shen family also got several kilograms.

The person who slaughtered the cow was Uncle Yang, who had been in charge of raising cattle in the brigade. After slaughtering the cow, he knocked on doors from house to house and delivered the beef.

When Uncle Yang came to the door, it was Xu Manyue who opened the door.

A skinny old man with wrinkled skin like rough bark was pulling a cart in his hand. He looked up at Xu Manyue with his cloudy eyes.

"Man Yue, this is the meat that your Shen family got. Take it back and use it to nourish your family."

Xu Manyue reached out to take the pieces of meat, looked up at the skinny old man in front of her and the sweat on his forehead.

She felt depressed and uncomfortable, so she reached out to pull someone into the house. "Grandpa Yang, you've finished delivering the meat. Come in first, have a drink of water and take a rest."

Grandpa Yang is a cousin of the team leader who is somewhat related by blood. He has no children and is good at raising cattle.

He has been in charge of raising cattle since the commune was established. He personally selected and bought this cow at the market, and has been in charge of it since he brought it back to the brigade's cowshed.

He treated the cows as his own family and had long developed an affection for them. During the years of famine, he would rather starve himself than give food to the cows.

Now, he killed the cow with his own hands and distributed it to everyone, without keeping any for himself.

Uncle Yang didn't move, tears glistening in his eyes. "Forget it, I won't go in. Now the people around me are passing away one after another. I don't think I can hold on for much longer."

It is almost autumn now, but there is still not a drop of rain. The well in the yard has dried up, and people are fleeing from famine or starving to death.

He is old and doesn't want to run away, nor can he run away. He just wants to return to his roots and die on the land that gave him life and raised him.

Xu Manyue's heart skipped a beat, and she instantly had a bad feeling.

This person is clearly determined to die and is seeking death wholeheartedly.

"Grandpa Yang, listen to me, everything will be fine. I heard there's news of relief food arriving."

"Also, the dry well at the foot of the back mountain seems to be bubbling with water again. Maybe it will rain soon."

She was not talking nonsense. According to her memories from her previous life, there would indeed be a batch of food arriving in a month, but the quantity would be small.

Some water did indeed slowly flow out of the dry well in the back mountain. Although it was not much, at least no one in the team was dying of thirst.

Uncle Yang was stunned for a moment, and his numb eyes seemed to light up a little, "Really?"

Xu Manyue nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. You watched me grow up. When have I ever told you a lie?"

"Grandpa Yang, please go back first. I'll come to you in the evening and tell you in detail. But the matter hasn't been announced yet, so please don't tell anyone else yet."

Uncle Yang couldn't help wiping away his tears, and for a moment he could no longer hold back his emotions.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you. I'll wait. I'll go back and wait patiently."

Now there is some hope.

If someone else said this, he would definitely not believe it, but since Man Yue said this, how could he not believe it?

After all, it was this girl who had secretly helped this old man and secretly put food on his bed these days.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, besides this girl, the only other people who would go to the cowshed where he lived were his deceased team leader's nephew.

Now that the captain is gone, this girl is the only one left.

After watching the man leave, Xu Manyue stood there, watched quietly for a moment, then turned around and carried the beef into the house.

inside the house.

The old lady looked at the beef she brought in and knew without hesitation who sent it.

There is not even a blade of grass left around here now, and it is impossible to feed the cow.

She sighed and waved her hand, "Old Third Wife, cook the meat today and roast a rabbit. In the evening, I'll prepare some food and you can take the roasted rabbit to your Grandpa Yang."

Although they didn't have much food at home, the sweet potatoes on the mountain had grown a little, and they had quite a few rabbits at home, so they weren't starving to death yet.

She didn't want to care about other people, but Old Man Yang had been a soldier when he was young. Just for this reason, she couldn't bear to watch him starve to death.

Xu Manyue nodded, "Okay."

She had been planning to go to the cowshed tonight, and now she had even more reason to do so.

Mrs. Shen, who was standing by, instantly guessed that her mother-in-law was going to send food to Old Man Yang. She wanted to say something, but when she thought of the beef that was sent today, she immediately shut her mouth.

Forget it, just give it away. The Shen family’s life is getting better now, and an old man doesn’t need much food.

Xu Manyue was about to enter the kitchen when she suddenly remembered the dry well at the foot of the back mountain and the fact that water was flowing out of it again. She stopped and looked at the old lady.

"When my mother went to the back mountain this morning, she unexpectedly discovered that the well that the team leader and everyone else dug together had water in it again."

The old lady was stunned for a moment, then became excited, "Really?"

For the past six months, they have been drinking water from the abandoned well next to the old house, and there is not much water left in it now.

If they can't find a new water source, they will probably have to endure waterlessness again in less than half a year.

The other members of the Shen family were also very excited.

Especially Shen Lao Da and Shen Lao Er, who followed the team leader to dig a well in the back mountain.

At that time, almost all the young and middle-aged men in the brigade went to dig into that well. Although a lot of water came out, it didn't last long before the water was gone.

Unexpectedly, water is flowing out again.

It’s a pity that things have changed and only a few of them are left among those who dug the well together.