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

The last time he came back, it happened to be his wedding. Although the house was clean and tidy, it didn't have any life in it.

When I came back this time, the place was almost filled with the scent of another person.

At this time, Xu Manyue pushed the door open and saw Shen Jingming holding the book of quotations from great men and flipping through it.

She paused and did not walk over. Instead, she stood at the door and looked up at the tall and straight figure of the man.

"You must be hungry. I'll make you some noodles."

"Don't bother. Just make me whatever you usually eat. Save the fine grains for mother."

Shen Jingming put down the book in his hand and looked around the room again. His eyes fell on a basket filled with various needles, threads and soft fabrics.

Xu Manyue followed his gaze, her heart skipped a beat and her ears felt hot.

He hurried over, put the small underwear in the basket into the closet.

"The noodles are ready. Mother even told me to make noodles for you and put two eggs in them to nourish your body."

She was in a hurry doing needlework last night and forgot to put this away. She didn't expect Shen Jingming to come back suddenly and be seen by him.

Shen Jingming caught a glimpse of the woman's slightly red ears from the corner of his eye, and paused, "One egg is enough, two is too many."

Along the way, he saw many people fleeing famine and starving to death on the roadside. Although his home looked better, he still tried to save as much as possible.

After Xu Manyue finished taking care of the wardrobe, she forced herself to suppress her emotions, turned her back to the man and nodded, "Okay, I'll go and give you a blowjob right away."

After saying that, she turned and walked out.

To be honest, perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for a year, even though they communicated almost every month, she was still very unfamiliar with Shen Jingming, and felt more uncomfortable than the first two nights she shared a room with him.

Fortunately, she usually doesn't put things that shouldn't be put into the house, so Shen Jingming shouldn't find anything.

Fine grains are more valuable than coarse grains. One pound of fine grains can be exchanged for four or five pounds of coarse grains on the black market.

Poor families are reluctant to eat fine grains. Only those with better conditions will exchange coarse grains for some fine grains to improve their meals.

But it is almost impossible to eat refined grains every meal.

The Shen family got half a bag of fine grains on the black market last time, all of which were Fuqiang flour, but the old lady was almost reluctant to eat it on weekdays.

in the kitchen.

Xu Manyue had just rolled out the noodles and was about to boil water to cook them. When she scooped water from the water tank, she found that the tank was empty.

Yesterday she told her family about the well in the back mountain. This morning, the men in the family had not had time to fetch water.

Without water, the noodles cannot be cooked. Xu Manyue was just about to pick up the bucket and go out to fetch some water.

As soon as I lifted the curtain and walked out of the kitchen, I bumped into Shen Jianping who was walking in.

"Third sister-in-law, give me the bucket, I'll go fetch some water."

"It was my turn to fetch water today, but I forgot."

Xu Manyue handed him the wooden barrel.

This man had just gone out in a fit of rage, and just a few minutes later he hurried back to help fetch water for his family.

Judging from the sweat on his forehead and his heavy breathing, he must have been running very fast, probably because he was afraid of delaying the family's water supply.

She sighed, "Jianping, don't take what happened this afternoon to heart. We have all seen what you have done for the family these days and how you have changed."

"Don't keep things to yourself. You can talk to me or talk to your third brother."

Shen Jianping's depression was swept away and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

He knew that not everyone in this family disliked him.

"Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law. I know exactly what kind of person the eldest sister-in-law is. I'll just treat her as a fart and let it go in one ear and out the other."

"I'm going to fetch some water now. Let her see for herself that I'm not just for free."

After saying that, he hurriedly picked up the shoulder pole, carried two buckets of water and rushed out.

When Shen Jingming entered the room, he just saw Shen Jianping leaving.

He was a little surprised that his younger brother, who had always been lazy and gluttonous, would actually take the initiative to fetch water.

He walked over to Xu Manyue and said, "Jianping has changed a lot during the time I was away. Did mother teach him a lesson, or did he get hurt?"

Xu Manyue shook her head and briefly told him what happened at the dinner table today.

After listening to the whole story, Shen Jingming said in a deep voice, "He is not suitable for being a soldier."

First, his physical condition does not meet the requirements; second, his personality is not suitable for the family; third, and the most important point is that his mother will never agree.

Although his mother treats all of her sons the same, in fact, the one she loves the most is this son who came to her late in life.

The army is not a place to play around. Once you go on a mission, you will be sacrificed if you are not careful.

Xu Manyue also guessed that Shen Jianping definitely could not join the army.

She suddenly remembered something, "By the way, in a couple of days, can you accompany me to visit my second uncle and his family?"

Since marrying into the Shen family, Xu Manyue would go back to visit Uncle Xu and his family from time to time.

After all, they were the few relatives she cared about in this world, and when she got married, it was her second uncle, second aunt, and two cousins who personally sent her off.

They also gave her ten dollars to keep as a safe deposit.

For this reason alone, she couldn't just leave them alone.

Therefore, in order to help them survive during the famine, Xu Manyue taught them how to raise rabbits and grow sweet potatoes at home, and occasionally secretly put some cornmeal into their homes.

Although Uncle Xu and his family had a hard time over the past year, they did not starve to death, nor did they have to flee from famine.

But Shen Jingming left on the third day after getting married.

She had been gone for a year and had not returned. Her second uncle and second aunt were always worried about her, fearing that the Shen family would be dissatisfied with her and that she would suffer injustice in the Shen family.

No matter how much Xu Manyue explained, although they didn't say it, they still felt that she was not living a good life and was wronged.

Now that Shen Jingming is back, Xu Manyue wants to take him back with her so that they can see it with their own eyes and feel at ease.

"Okay, let's go the day after tomorrow."

"Tomorrow I'll take you to the county town to have a look around, buy some things for you to buy, and then I'll go to the commune primary school to help you register."

Before, Shen Jingming had also heard Xu Manyue mention his second uncle's family, and they were indeed nice people.

Last time he was in a hurry to return to the army and didn't have time to accompany her back home.

This time, his vacation is long, so he has to make up for what he owes.

Xu Manyue smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go back the day after tomorrow to take a look."

The two chatted for a while, and after a long while, Shen Jingming looked outside the door a few times and saw that Shen Jianping had not returned from fetching water. He thought something had happened to him.

"Where do we usually get water for our family now? I'll go check on Jianping."

He remembered his younger brother, who used to be too lazy to even sweep the floor, but now he took the initiative to fetch water and would not cause any trouble.

Xu Manyue glanced at the time. It was time for him to come back, but he was still nowhere to be seen. She guessed that he had really encountered some trouble.

"Everyone is carrying water now, all at the foot of the back mountain. I'll go with you to take a look."

The two of them arrived there quickly.

The small well was crowded with people carrying buckets to draw water. There were even some refugees from other places, all scrambling to get water to drink.

Shen Jianping couldn't squeeze in at all, and just as he did he was pushed out again.

He couldn't help but squeeze in while shouting at the top of his voice, "Queue, queue, do you know how to queue?"