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

The eldest and second oldest Shen nodded, "Don't worry, Mom. You and your third brother's wife can go back first. We brothers will take care of this place."

If they were to ask who the person they admire most in the entire Qingshan Brigade is, it would actually be Uncle Yang.

Uncle Yang was a soldier when he was young. Later, he was injured on the battlefield and could not hold a gun, so he chose to retire.

Later, in order not to cause trouble to the country, he hid his name and information and ran back to his hometown without taking a penny.

Later on, because he had no money, he couldn't get married and had no children. If the former team leader hadn't asked him to raise cattle for the team, he would have died long ago.

Now that he has passed away, regardless of anything else, at least he can be buried in peace, and someone can pay tribute to him when they visit his grave in the future. This is still possible.

In the evening, the atmosphere in the entire Shen family was not very good. Xu Manyue went back to her room without even eating.

The old lady originally wanted to ask her to eat a little, but then she thought that this girl had received kindness from Old Man Yang when she was a child, so it was normal for her to be sad, so she didn't say anything.

He just turned around and whispered to Lin Luoxia, who was cooking today, "Leave a few sweet potatoes on the stove for the third wife later. She can come out and eat them whenever she wants."

"Don't call her, let her be alone for a while."

Lin Luoxia nodded. Seeing that everyone was in a bad mood, she felt uncomfortable too.

Although some people had little contact with him, they could still respect him just by hearing about his deeds. Now that such a person is gone, they still feel a little complicated.

……

Xu Manyue closed the door tightly and turned to enter the system mall which had not been opened for a long time.

She hasn't used the system since Shen Jingming came back, but she can feel that there is a steady stream of transformation values entering the system, and more than before.

Today in the bullpen, she once again triggered the system's extra reward.

Another bag of corn seeds, about one pound, the same seeds as last time.

Along with this comes the basic information about this packet of corn seeds.

Corn seed No. 1, exclusive to Qingshan Brigade, can only be planted on land within the Qingshan Brigade.

Given the current drought level and soil conditions, the survival rate of No. 1 seeds can reach 55%, and the grain yield is predicted to be 40%.

If soil moisture is increased and proper fertilizer is applied, it is predicted that grain production can reach 60%.

After digesting this information, Xu Manyue was stunned at first, and then she was excited.

She held the packet of seeds tightly in her hand, as if she were holding some treasure, and placed the seeds close to her heart.

If what the system said is true, then as long as they plant the No. 1 corn seeds, even if the land is still dry, as long as they plant it carefully, they can grow 60% of the food tomorrow.

Although the output is not much, it is better than nothing.

This way, there won't be more people like the team leader and Grandpa Yang who will leave forever...

Xu Manyue felt depressed and her eyes turned red.

It’s a pity that, including the corn seeds she had last time, she only had a little over one pound in her hands, which was far from enough for the entire Qingshan Brigade.

The excitement that had originally been there gradually subsided.

It seems that we can only take one step at a time for the time being.

The next day when Xu Manyue went to the commune primary school, she just walked into the classroom and found that there was one less child in the classroom. There were originally four or five children, but now there were only three or four left.

The number of people is decreasing.

Everyone knew what was going on and no one was surprised.

Xu Manyue stood on the podium, patiently teaching the children, while her eyes couldn't help but fall on the empty seat several times.

She remembered that this student was in the same team as her, and according to seniority, he had to call her sister.

The matter of corn seeds popped up in her mind again.

If Qingshan Brigade can grow crops, even if the yield is not high and even if it requires careful cultivation, it is still a hope.

At least before this winter, we will see food appear.

After Xu Manyue got off work in the afternoon, she walked to the door of the first-grade classroom and rode her bicycle home with Shen Baozhu.

Although it was a little inconvenient to take care of a child, she had become much more skilled in the past few days. Shen Baozhu was also very well behaved and did not cause her any trouble.

"Aunt, my deskmate didn't come today. I heard that his grandmother died of starvation last night in order to save some food for him. Can I give him some of my food tomorrow?"

Xu Manyue was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything. She just touched her little head and sighed.

"Can you ask your parents about this when you get home?"

A trace of disappointment flashed in Shen Baozhu's eyes, "Okay."

My parents will definitely not agree.

Xu Manyue had just left the school on her bicycle with Shen Baozhu when she looked up and saw a familiar person.

It was Hong Quan, the new captain of the brigade who took office after Uncle Yang's death.

He had just come out of the commune office and looked a little unhappy. But when he saw Xu Manyue, Hong Quan still managed a smile and greeted her, "Teacher Xu is off work."

Xu Manyue smiled and nodded, "Well, Uncle Hong, are you here to do some business at the commune?"

She was not familiar with the newly appointed captain, but she knew him somewhat.

When Uncle Yang was the captain of the Qingshan Brigade, this man was always dissatisfied and made trouble several times, causing Uncle Yang a lot of trouble.

But when Uncle Yang died later, he was the first to discover that Uncle Yang died at the door of the warehouse. Later, he personally led people to bury Uncle Yang on the mountain.

These days, although Hong Quan became the team leader as he wished, there are only dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the Qingshan Brigade, and his life is not easy.

Hong Quan looked back at the commune office and sighed. He seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

"Oh, forget it. I wanted to ask the commune leaders for permission to give me some seeds so I could grow some food. But when they saw our incredibly dry land, they just shook their heads and said it was impossible."

"Tell me, how are the villagers going to get through this winter?"

He also knew the reason given by the other party, which was that it was absolutely impossible to grow crops on the land of their team.

Tell him to stop struggling. Grain seeds are precious, so let the teams that have a better chance of growing grain plant them first.

But...but if we continue like this, once this relief food is finished, we don’t know when the next one will come.

Could it be that they can only wait to die?

Xu Manyue was silent for a moment, "Uncle Hong, have you ever thought that even if our team has seeds, we don't have enough manpower."

"Besides, farming requires water and fertilizer, which is another problem for the Qingshan Brigade today."