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

Shen Jingming looked down at her and sighed helplessly, "No, you shouldn't study too late. You have to visit your second uncle's house tomorrow morning."

Xu Manyue breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. I thought I was the one who disturbed your rest."

Over the past year, she has been accustomed to sitting at her desk and reading until midnight. Tonight, she was so engrossed in her studies that she even forgot about Shen Jingming for a moment.

"Then you go to sleep first, I'll read for a while."

After saying that, Xu Manyue ignored the man and lowered her head to continue flipping through the book in her hand.

Shen Jingming stood there and looked at her for a moment. Seeing that she was still immersed in studying and not sleepy at all, he finally lay down on the bed, took out a book and started reading.

For a moment, the only sound in the silent house was the sound of turning pages.

Early the next morning, the sun rose from the east, slowly scattering the morning sunlight.

Xu Manyue and Shen Jingming have already gotten up and started washing up.

The gifts for Uncle Xu's house had been prepared yesterday. Shen Jingming even went to the old lady to explain the situation and brought four eggs and a pound of corn flour from home.

In addition, I bought two taels of brown sugar, a pound of egg cake and some other things when I went to the county town yesterday.

This gift is not light even in the county town.

After packing up her things, Xu Manyue raised her hand and looked at her watch again. It was only a little after seven o'clock, so it was still early.

"Let's go over later. They probably haven't woken up yet."

It’s not about being lazy, but it’s a famine year and there’s no need to go to work, so there’s usually not much work to do at home, so I can only lie in bed to save energy.

Although she taught her second uncle and others how to raise rabbits and grow sweet potatoes, they didn't have much water after all, and it was impossible for them to use most of the water on growing sweet potatoes.

Therefore, although they have not yet reached the point where people will starve to death, their daily life is indeed a bit difficult compared to the Shen family.

Shen Jingming glanced at the men's watch on her wrist, but didn't say anything.

"Alright, let's get some food first and then go over. We don't have to eat at my uncles' place at noon."

Nowadays, no one is rich, so it is common sense to bring your own food when visiting relatives and friends; or to eat at home and then visit relatives at their homes. These are basic courtesy.

Xu Manyue nodded and said, "Then I'll go cook some sweet potatoes now and eat them before going over."

She originally planned to bring her own food. After all, it would take at least the afternoon for her to return, and she would inevitably have to eat at her second uncle's house during the journey.

At that time, given their temperament, they would definitely not take their rations, but would insist on taking out the limited food they had to feed the two of them.

Now most of the Shen family members are awake, but they haven't gotten out of bed yet.

All the food in the house was kept in the old lady's room.

Xu Manyue knocked on the old lady's door and took out a few sweet potatoes. Soon the sweet aroma of the sweet potatoes wafted out.

After they finished eating, seeing that it was almost time, they carried their food and went to Uncle Xu's house.

Although the two families lived some distance apart, they were from the same brigade, so I didn't ride my bike there, but walked there carrying my things.

However, when Xu Manyue and Shen Jingming were halfway there, they happened to pass by a house.

This place was where Tian Lanfang and Mrs. Xu found a new place after they left the Xu family. The brothers Xu Xiangyang and Xu Xiangbei also lived here with them.

A few days ago, Xu Shanping starved to death. Old Man Xu and Xu Mingyue dragged his body to Tian Lanfang's door and knocked on it hard.

But no one came out, and even Mrs. Xu said that they were now two families with no connection to each other, and whether the other party was dead or alive had nothing to do with them.

If they don't take Xu Shanping's body away, don't blame them for losing it.

Old Man Xu and Xu Mingyue thought that they were just talking, so they really threw Xu Shanping's body, which had already swollen beyond recognition, at Tian Lanfang's door and hid in the dark to observe secretly.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiangyang and Xu Xiangbei actually ran out and threw Xu Shanping's body far away, without caring about the father-son relationship at all.

Because of this, the two of them realized that they were serious and would do what they said.

Xu Mingyue and Old Man Xu were completely desperate. Now they started to blame each other at home and simply didn't want to care about each other.

So Xu Mingyue could only take her only surviving son and look for hope of survival everywhere.

Just a few days ago, she wanted to leave the child at the door of the Shen family and let the Shen family adopt him.

Later, she was caught by Xu Manyue on the spot. She also wanted Xu Manyue to adopt her child and give her child a good environment with no shortage of food and clothing.

But who would agree to such a thing?

After being rejected, Xu Mingyue didn't know where she went with the child.

Xu Manyue looked up at the place where Tian Lanfang and the others were living, then looked away and walked towards Uncle Xu's house.

Shen Jingming had just returned two days ago, so naturally he didn't know about these things. He followed Xu Manyue's gaze and looked at the shabby little courtyard, but saw nothing.

He remembered that it had been abandoned long ago and no one lived there.

Little did they know that as soon as the two of them left, the door of the house opened.

Tian Lanfang was carrying a vegetable basket and leaning on a crutch. She was so hungry that she could not stand up. Her face was extremely pale and her body was covered with only a layer of skin. At first glance, she looked like a skeleton.

If it appeared at night, it might really scare people to death.

Xu Xiangyang and Xu Xiangbei were not in much better condition. Their bodies began to swell and they no longer looked like they did before.

Although there is a well in the brigade now, they can barely survive by drinking water and some grass roots and tree bark, but now no one in their family of four can carry a bucket of water.

Every time I drink water, I can only use a kettle or bottles to fill it up and then bring it back to drink.

"Mom, there's no grass around here anymore. How about... we go and escape the famine too?"

Xu Xiangyang hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke.