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

The next day, before afternoon, when the old lady brought the Shen family there, there were already quite a few people guarding in front of the brigade's granary.

Xu Manyue looked up and looked around. The Qingshan Brigade, which used to have many young and middle-aged people, now has almost no young and middle-aged people left.

Most of them are elderly and frail people, or women and children.

But today is different. They walked here unsteadily on crutches, with excitement in their hearts and eyes.

Especially when they saw the bags of grain in front of the granary, their originally pale faces became rarely rosy, and they couldn't help but shed turbid old tears for a moment.

"It's food, it's really food. We are saved."

The children won’t starve to death for the time being, and these old men and women can survive a little longer.

Countless excited voices rang out one after another, as if they saw the hope of life.

Xu Manyue felt indescribably complicated. Although there were not many people in the Qingshan Brigade now, it was only the early summer of 1961. With just these few bags of food, it was still a long way to go to survive these difficult days.

Especially this winter, there is not even any grass roots outside, and most people can only eat Guanyin soil.

There is famine almost everywhere now, and there are few places that are not affected. Even if you flee from the famine, it is difficult to survive.

Xu Manyue searched for Grandpa Yang in the crowd for a long time but couldn't find him. She looked for him several times but still couldn't find him. She suddenly had a bad feeling.

So she ran to the old lady and whispered, "Mom, Grandpa Yang doesn't seem to be here. I'll go to the cowshed to check."

Grandpa Yang was the old man who killed the only old cow left in the brigade a month ago and distributed it to everyone, but did not keep any for himself.

The old lady was also a little flustered when she heard this. She took Xu Manyue's hand and said, "Can you do it alone? Why don't you ask your second sister-in-law to go with you to take a look, so that you can have someone to take care of you in case anything happens."

Today is the day for distributing relief food, no normal person would not come.

Xu Manyue shook her head and said, "No, I can do it alone. Let my second sister-in-law stay and help you."

After saying that, she trotted all the way back to the cowshed.

It was noon, the sun was scorching, and even the wind was hot.

After running for a while, Xu Manyue's forehead was covered with sweat. She kept running forward, towards the cowshed.

But as I was running, I was tripped by a stone on the ground and fell to the ground. My knees hurt so much that I became more and more panicked.

She didn't care about anything anymore.

Finally, Xu Manyue limped to the cowshed. She pushed open the tattered wooden door and rushed in.

When I saw the old man lying on the wooden board with a pale face and a cold body.

She suddenly froze in place, no longer having the strength to move forward. Tears blurred her eyes for some reason, and she felt depressed and extremely uncomfortable.

"Grandpa Yang..."

He was clearly fine a few days ago.

Just a month ago, she told the old man that as long as he could hold on for another month, he would see relief food and there would be hope.

At that time, he was still wiping away his tears and said that he would definitely wait for that day.

Now that relief food has arrived, he has left forever.

Xu Manyue could no longer control her emotions. Her nose felt sore and she rushed to Old Man Yang, leaned over and started crying. Tears fell down her face in big drops, and her heart felt sour and bitter.

"Grandpa Yang, didn't we agree to wait a little longer? The relief food has clearly arrived, but you haven't gone to claim it yet. Why are you leaving empty-handed like this..."

She was powerless to do anything about the captain's death because he was too selfless. If she gave him food, he would definitely give it to others.

She had thought that during this year of famine, she could secretly send some food from time to time to save Grandpa Yang's life.

Unexpectedly, although he did not starve to death, he was already gradually dying in this endless darkness.

Perhaps, when Grandpa Yang killed the old cow that had accompanied him for many years, he could no longer hold on.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Xu Manyue got up from the ground, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and silently suppressed her emotions bit by bit.

She looked around the small, dilapidated cowshed. In the corner, there was still a lot of cornmeal and sweet potatoes left that she had delivered a few days ago.

Xu Manyue felt even more upset. She walked to the basket of grain, squatted down, grabbed a handful of corn flour, and

Then he slowly loosened his grip, letting the cornmeal slip through his fingertips and return to the basket.

There's clearly enough food, but why are people still dying...

Grandpa Yang had always been in good health. She even saw him fetching water a few days ago. But why did he suddenly pass away?

How come the old man who often fed her food when she was a child suddenly disappeared...

The tears that had just been wiped away flowed out again at this moment, blurring my eyes.

Perhaps, he was thinking about the old cow and the captain...

The old lady brought her son, daughter-in-law and the whole family home to take the relief food distributed today. When Xu Manyue didn't come back for a long time, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat and her face turned slightly pale.

Could it be that...something really happened to Old Man Yang...

She waved her hands and said, "Eldest brother, second brother, you two should go to the cowshed and see if something happened to Old Man Yang. Third brother's wife is also there. Come with me and take a look."

Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen also looked serious. They quickly put down the food and walked out.

"Mom, don't worry. Uncle Yang is usually in good health. I saw him fetching water a few days ago. He looked energetic and in good spirits. How could he be in trouble?"

"Yes, mother, Uncle Yang is probably too old to remember to distribute the relief food today, so he didn't go. I'm sure he'll be fine."

The old lady glared at the two of them and hurried out.

"What do you know? He was a soldier for many years when he was young. He probably has many hidden injuries. After he retired, he finally raised a cow to keep him company. They usually have a good relationship like family."

"But he killed the cow himself. Tell me, how could he feel good about it?"

Maybe some things have already been destined.

When they arrived at the cowshed, the man was gone.

The old lady walked over, took out a handkerchief and wiped Xu Manyue's tears. She then looked at the corpse lying on the wooden board and felt a little depressed and uncomfortable.

"Boss, you brothers, go bury him. Remember to dig a deeper hole, don't bury him too shallow."

"He spent the first half of his life fighting on the battlefield, and the second half of his life without a child. When this famine is over, you can treat him as a member of our Shen family and worship him together."