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

Finally, after Xu Mingyue’s repeated requests, the Xu family agreed.

However, the Xu family only provided wardrobes, boxes, quilts and other dowry.

The remaining twenty yuan dowry was given by Xu Mingyue, who gave it back the twenty yuan dowry money her parents left for her.

As for the letter of severance of relations, it has not been signed yet.

Old Man Xu said that the night before Xu Manyue married into the Shen family, he would personally invite the team leader to come as a witness, and then they would sign.

Xu Manyue thought about it and agreed.

They did this simply because she was afraid of regretting it.

However, she still had to rely on the Shen family to survive this year of famine, and she absolutely could not regret it.

The matter of exchanging brides for marriage has been preliminarily decided.

Xu Manyue also breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer cared about the people in the house. She turned around and went back to rest.

Originally, I only had half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge every day, which was barely enough to make me 40% to 50% full.

I had used up most of my energy working during the day, and I had just been busy with the Xu family for a long time. Now I was starving and had no strength left.

It’s better to go to bed early. You won’t be so hungry when you fall asleep.

Tomorrow I have to remind my second uncle and second aunt to make early plans for the disbanding of the collective cafeteria, and I also need to find out what I need to know about the Shen family.

After all, only by understanding the enemy first can we think of ways to defeat them.

Xu Manyue had just left.

The next moment, Xu Mingyue was severely scolded by Old Man Xu, "Look at you, you had to fall in love with someone else's fiancé when you could have fallen for someone else. Now look, you've pissed off Xu Manyue and you've caused such a mess at home."

Xu Mingyue wiped her tears and said, "Grandpa, it's my fault. Please punish me."

She didn't expect Xu Manyue to give up her family so easily. If she had known this earlier, she would have made careful plans.

Fortunately, the issue of the substitute marriage was resolved. Xu Manyue would replace her in the future and suffer in that hellish husband's family. She would eventually be abandoned by the man and die alone in the thatched hut.

And she will marry Lu Huaiyuan in her place, and the couple will love each other and eventually become the wife of the richest man.

Mrs. Xu sighed and waved her hand, "Now that things have come to this, let's not talk about it anymore. Mingyue, go back and rest first."

Ever since the decision to sever ties was made, the people in the first house have been completely silent.

Especially Tian Lanfang and Xu Xiangyang, they didn't say a word. When Old Man Xu asked for their opinions, no one answered.

But he was very angry.

After all, Xu Manyue is the daughter of their eldest wife, but from beginning to end they did nothing but cause trouble.

night.

Lying on the bed, Xu Shanping tugged at Tian Lanfang's hand and suddenly spoke after a while, "... Tell me, did we do something wrong..."

No matter what, Mingyue is just his niece, while Manyue is his biological daughter.

Tian Lanfang remained silent and said nothing.

She didn't know whether it was right or wrong, but she guessed that this girl would become alienated from them in the future.

the other side.

Xu Xiangyang and Xu Xiangbei returned to the room and lay on the bed.

At first, neither of them spoke, but by midnight, they were still awake.

Xu Xiangbei tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of today and the emotionless look Xu Manyue gave their family.

It was as if they were strangers.

This look made him start to panic.

"Brother, what should we do? She seems to be serious..." Xu Xiangbei turned his head to look at the people around him, and finally asked.

Xu Xiangyang turned over and opened his eyes, but there was no trace of sleepiness in them.

"Sleep well, you have to get up early for work tomorrow."

After that, he closed his eyes and ignored the people around him.

Whether she was serious or not was no longer important. From the moment she said she wanted to break up with them and none of them tried to stop her, the matter was settled and could not be changed.

He no longer has this sister.

Xu Xiangbei looked at his back, clutched the quilt tightly, and said nothing more.

I suddenly felt a little regretful.

But this little bit of regret disappeared when I thought that Sister Mingyue didn't have to marry him.

In any case, the matter of substitutionary marriage was finally resolved.

Early the next morning.

Everyone gets up early to go to work.

The production team leader assigned the task for today's work to be the same field where the seeds had just been sown yesterday.

He was wearing a tattered straw hat, his face was sallow, and his beard was untidy. His already short stature made him look even shorter.

But when he stood in front of the members, no one dared to refute him.

The production team leader looked at the number of people and made sure that everyone was present before speaking.

"As everyone knows, there are droughts every year now. Many rivers have dried up. The crops in the fields can't survive without water, and people can't survive without food either."

"The piece of land we had yesterday is our last hope. We have to grow food on it no matter what."

"Today our production team's task is to carry water to irrigate the fields. We must ensure that the crops in these fields survive."

After Captain Liu finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

After a while, someone said, "Captain, every household is running out of drinking water, so where is the water for irrigation?"

This is true.

A few days ago, there was still some water with yellow mud in the village river, but there was not much water, not even enough for drinking, let alone watering the fields.

Now even the little bit of muddy water is carried home by the villagers.

Old Man Xu was silent for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "There's still some water in the well at my house. Why don't you go to my yard and fetch some?"

As soon as he said this, others also spoke up, "There is some water in the well at home, let's use it to water the fields."

"My family is the same."

In fact, needless to say, they knew in their hearts that they had been drinking wild vegetable porridge these days, and the warehouse of the brigade was probably running out of food.

If this continues, everyone will starve to death.

……

The production team leader and his own members felt both relieved and sad.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. Yesterday, the captain led his men up the mountain and found a small ditch."

"There's a spring under that small ditch. The team leader has taken people up the mountain to dig a well, and there's a lot of water coming out of it. What we have to do today is go up the mountain to fetch water and bring it back to irrigate the fields."

"But the well is halfway up the mountain, and the path is difficult to walk on. The old men, women, and children will be responsible for sowing the other field, while the others will come with me up the mountain to fetch water."

The members were all excited. "Really? There's water! We've finally found a new water source."

"The crops in the fields are saved."

The production team leader waved his hand and said, "Everyone, be quiet. Don't let this matter get out to anyone."

It has been several years since the last rain. Now there is not much water in the wells of every household. If the water is really used to irrigate the fields, people will probably die of thirst before the crops grow.

He looked up at the sky and prayed again that it would rain soon to give his fellow villagers a chance to survive.

Xu Manyue stood in the crowd, feeling a little complicated.

In the previous life, I also carried water from the mountains to irrigate the fields, but I still couldn’t withstand the cruelty of this drought.

Someone secretly went to the well on the mountain to fetch water to drink in the middle of the night.

Unexpectedly, the team leader and the team accountant had already anticipated that someone would steal water.

So he just stood guard next to the well.

The man who went up the mountain to steal water found something wrong as soon as he reached that place.

While fleeing in a hurry, he missed a step and rolled down the cliff, his body disappeared.