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

Xu Manyue smiled, "Ask the people present here, who would believe this?"

After she finished speaking, her gaze swept over the Xu family, finally landing on Xu Xiangyang's face, and she raised her eyebrows.

"Brother, as the person who personally helped them cover up, you should be quite clear about this, right?"

Xu Xiangyang opened his mouth, but remained silent for a while. "...They didn't cross the line, nor did they do anything to offend you."

He was watching them personally to prevent these two people from doing anything irreparable.

As these words came out, everyone present fell silent.

Xu Mingyue's face turned pale instantly, and she hurriedly grabbed Old Lady Xu's hand, crying pitifully.

"Grandma, I was wrong. I was really wrong, but my brother Huaiyuan and I really didn't do anything that crossed the line, and we didn't do anything to let my cousin down."

Old Mrs. Xu glared at Xu Mingyue with some disappointment, opened her mouth to say something, but since it was not a good opportunity, she had to shut her mouth.

Xu Mingyue cried even more pitifully.

Although Huaiyuan is a good person, he is still her future brother-in-law in name only. How could Mingyue be so confused? The matter of marrying in place of someone else was already unfair enough to Manyue, and now this has happened.

Old Man Xu was annoyed by the crying. He frowned and sighed, "Don't cry, it's just right, let's exchange the kiss."

"She's marrying into the Shen family, and you're marrying Huaiyuan."

"It just so happens that you two are both high school students. Maybe you can go to college together in the future. You are also a good match in terms of social status."

Xu Mingyue's eyes lit up and she stopped crying. "Thank you, Grandpa."

Although grandpa usually has a bad temper and doesn't get involved in family affairs, in fact, as long as he opens his mouth, no one in the family can refute him.

Old Mrs. Xu wanted to say something but stopped herself. She looked at Xu Manyue, then at Xu Mingyue, and finally sighed.

Alas, even if it is a marriage exchange, she is still the daughter of the Xu family after all.

Xu Manyue curled her lips and said, "Go to college?"

Oh, in a few months, the collective canteen will be closed, and it will be difficult to go to school, let alone survive.

In their previous lives, Xu Mingyue and Lu Huaiyuan were unable to go to college. When they were able to attend university, the college entrance examination was stopped, and a large number of educated youth were sent to the countryside, which lasted for ten years.

After the college entrance examination was resumed, both of them were almost 30 years old. They had four or five children and elderly people at home. In addition, they had not touched a book for more than ten years. How could they pass the exam easily?

Especially since Xu Mingyue's grades were average to begin with, and she had children and elderly parents to support her, and she was also old, so she didn't even have the mindset to take the college entrance examination.

Lu Huaiyuan took the exam once or twice. He failed the first time, but was admitted to an ordinary normal university the second time. However, for some reason, he did not go to study there.

Mrs. Xu said: "After the full moon, it's settled. You marry into the Shen family, and they will give you two basins and a box as a dowry as compensation."

"Don't even think about anything else. Your family doesn't have the conditions. Your brother and your younger brother will have to get married in a few years. You have to be considerate of your family."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Tian Lanfang and said, "The eldest daughter-in-law, the marriage is scheduled for the full moon, and you should teach her some rules of being a daughter-in-law."

Xu Manyue looked at the Xu family, who had arranged her marriage in no time, raised her eyebrows, and suddenly took out a kitchen knife from her pocket and shook it in her hand.

But the people present were so scared that they stayed away from her.

Tian Lanfang's eyes widened. "Xu Manyue, you're crazy! Put down the kitchen knife!"

Xu Manyue smiled and looked at the sharp kitchen knife in her hand. "You said, I will run out now and tell the whole village that the Xu family forced me to marry in a substitute marriage. Then I will run to the team leader and say that you forced me to die."

"How will it be?"

"By then, the marriage will be a failure, and the Xu family's reputation will be ruined. No one will dare to marry their daughter into the family, and the Xu family's roots will probably be cut off."

Her tone was light, as if she was joking, but the seriousness in her eyes made everyone present shudder and feel cold all over.

For some reason, Tian Lanfang suddenly remembered the last time she forced her to drink wild vegetable soup.

Her body trembled. Is this... is this still her daughter?

Old Man Xu looked deeply at Xu Manyue for a long moment, his fists clenched. "Are you threatening us, the people who gave birth to you and raised you?"

"Whatever you think, I only have three requests." Xu Manyue curled the corners of her mouth and spoke seriously.

"First, a twenty-dollar dowry."

"Second, a wardrobe, a chest, two basins and a bucket, and a quilt."

"Third, find the captain and write a letter of severance in duplicate. Sign it. From now on, I will have no further relationship with the Xu family."

"These three requirements are all right. If you agree, I will marry Xu Mingyue into the Shen family. If you don't agree, then I will fight to the death. The worst that can happen is that we will all die together."

As she spoke, Xu Manyue moved the kitchen knife in her hand closer to her neck.

Come to think of it, she had also escaped being married off in this way in her previous life.

It’s not that the Xu family cares about her that much. In the final analysis, they are just afraid that it will affect the reputation of the Xu family and affect Xu Xiangyang and Xu Xiangbei’s future search for wives.

Of course, there may be some emotions involved, but these emotions are so small that they can basically be ignored.

"Man Yue, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, let's talk it over nicely." Tian Lanfang reacted and subconsciously took a step forward, trying to snatch the kitchen knife from her hand.

"If you don't want to marry in a substitutionary marriage, then forget it. Don't hurt yourself. If anything happens to you, how will I live..."

Xu Shanping nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, Man Yue, don't do anything stupid, put the knife down quickly, if you don't want to marry, then don't marry, we won't force you."

After watching for a long time, Old Man Xu also realized the purpose of his eldest granddaughter. She was not unwilling to get married, but she was unwilling to have nothing.

He closed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and waved his hand, "Put down the knife. I don't have twenty dollars, so I can give you ten at most."

"You don't have a wardrobe or a suitcase, but as for everything else you need, your family will not give you less."

"As for severing ties, don't even think about it."

The Xu family would never allow such a shameful thing to happen.

In difficult times and years of famine, making a wardrobe and boxes as a dowry was not a small amount of money.

"Old man, you are confused..." Old Mrs. Xu looked at him blankly.

The family now has only a little over fifty yuan in total, and more than half of it is used as coffin money for the old couple.

Originally, the family had more than one hundred yuan in savings, but due to famine in recent years and hunger, all the money was used to buy food privately and subsidize the children in the family.

Part of the fifty-plus yuan was reserved for the two Xiangyang brothers to get married.

If they had given Man Yue ten yuan, and added some quilts, basins, buckets and other things, it would have been a huge loss for the Xu family.

Xu Shanping wanted to say something, but Tian Lanfang grabbed him and said, "Since Dad has said so, then listen to him. Man Yue is your daughter. Do you really want to watch her die?"

Xu Shanping paused and said nothing more.