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

"Your Uncle Li has a stubborn temper and doesn't like to take in apprentices. Even if it's his own son, if he doesn't like him, he won't teach him. Otherwise, our family wouldn't be living in such a tight spot."

"However, since I already took your things yesterday, I won't let you go for nothing."

"How about this, I compensate you with those things at twice the market price?" Aunt Li smiled embarrassedly.

Xu Manyue glanced at the tightly closed door of the Li family's house and pursed her lips. "Auntie, you know that meat is not easy to get. The four ounces of meat I brought to your house yesterday took a lot of effort and I had to use my connections to get it."

"It's not good for you to do this, is it?"

What's there to look down on? I guess it's just that this person doesn't have much strength.

He just wanted to take advantage of her by taking her things for free.

If you want to buy meat now, it’s not a question of whether you have money or tickets, but whether you can get it.

Twice the price?

If she were a sensible person, she wouldn't say such outrageous things.

If she were to sell this piece of meat somewhere else, the price would at least triple.

Aunt Li's face stiffened slightly, as she knew that this young man from the countryside was not easy to fool.

She simply spread her hands and said, "Then tell me, what do you want me to do to let this go?"

"We agreed in advance. I've done my best to help with the apprenticeship, but my man refuses to agree. There's nothing I can do. As for the meat you brought yesterday, it's already in our stomachs."

"Now, either I pay you more and convert the things into cash, or you go to the brick factory and find my husband to see if he's willing to give you an apprenticeship."

Xu Manyue's face turned cold, and she waved her hand to interrupt her, "Auntie, we don't want the quota anymore."

"That 100g piece of meat from yesterday, along with the coarse grains I brought, would be worth at least four times as much on the black market. But we're not a black market after all, so just triple the price and give it to me."

The other party was obviously not sincere, and she had no intention of continuing the transaction with him.

Otherwise, even if things succeed, there will probably be a lot of trouble in the future.

Aunt Li was stunned. "You...what did you say? You don't want this spot?"

Seeing that Xu Manyue had no intention of continuing the conversation, she continued speaking.

"Don't you know that this apprenticeship can be converted to a regular employee in the future? If you are successful, you will have a city household registration, eat commercial grain, and receive a fixed salary every month?"

"Are you sure you don't want to continue with this apprenticeship position?"

There is famine everywhere now. Once food is separated from formal trade, people will still want it even if the price increases sixfold, let alone threefold.

But now it's the end of the month, and the family has no money or tickets left, so they can't come up with so much money.

Xu Manyue's expression faded. "Aunt, to be honest, I really wanted this spot from the beginning."

"For this spot, even before things were confirmed, I trusted you so much that I bought the meat at a great price and left it directly at your house."

"But from what I've seen today, it seems like you don't take this matter to heart. In that case, we'll take it back, and we won't take your place."

Aunt Li couldn't help but panic, and she pulled Xu Manyue's hand, "No, how about I help you get it again?"

"Maybe it will work this time."

Xu Manyue glanced at her and sighed, "Forget it. I don't want any money either. Just return the things I gave you yesterday intact."

"This way I can explain to my family."

Sister Li's eyes widened. "No, the meat has already gone into your stomach. How can I return it to you?"

She forced herself to calm down, pulled Xu Manyue aside, and said in a gentle voice, "How about I fight for that spot for you again, and let's just forget about the meat. If you still can't get the spot, then I'll return the thing to you at three times the price."

"Manyue, what do you think?"

Xu Manyue shook her head and sighed, "Aunt, it's not that I don't trust you, but you clearly haven't shown your sincerity today. Looking at you like this, I guess you definitely didn't tell Uncle Li about this yesterday, right?"

"Look, you took the things but didn't do anything about it. How can I trust you?"

Sister Li was dumbfounded. "How...how did you know?"

Her husband didn't come home yesterday and stayed at the factory the whole time. She really hadn't told him about this yet.

She had a chance to talk about it today, but her husband left in a hurry and she didn't mention it.

Seeing Xu Manyue coming, she could only make up an excuse to get away with it.

Xu Manyue said calmly, "I knew it originally, but from what you said just now, I guessed a little bit."

This person obviously didn't care about her affairs, so there was no need for her to get involved with her.

It’s better not to take this position, otherwise with this person around, there will probably be a lot of trouble in the future.

Sister Li's face turned blue and red. She opened her mouth to explain, but she had no idea how to do it.

In the end, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and pay three times the market price to compensate Xu Manyue.

But her heart couldn't help but bleed.

There are still ten days until the beginning of next month, but after compensating Xu Manyue, there is not much money left. This family can't last for a few days.

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have been craving that piece of meat yesterday.

……

After Xu Manyue left Li's house, she took Shen Jianping back home.

Not long after the two returned to the brigade, they heard the brigade's loudspeaker blare, "I've caught the man who collaborated with Xu Mingyue to steal seeds a few days ago."

"This man is Lu Huaiyuan, the second son of the Lu family who fled last year. He secretly brought Xu Mingyue back this year. The two of them stole seeds together, and then he went into hiding again."

"After discussion within the brigade, we decided to arrange for Lu Huaiyuan and Xu Mingyue to carry manure and fertilize the fields."

"Until their work points can compensate for the soybean seeds he stole."

When Shen Jianping heard these two names that he hadn't heard for a long time, he couldn't help but be stunned.

My goodness, these two guys are so wicked. The team was desperately looking for seeds, but they just stole them. They are so shameless and despicable.

"'Third sister-in-law, the captain's punishment is too light. It's too easy for them to just carry manure. Wouldn't it be better to send them directly to the Public Security Bureau prison?'"

Xu Manyue shook her head. She could understand the captain's approach.

"Our brigade is in dire need of labor right now. If we let them do their job and atone for their mistakes, we can recover some of the losses. If we send them in, all those seeds will be wasted."

What's more, when Lu Huaiyuan and the others go to work, the people in the team will definitely target them when they see them, and their future days will not be easy.

This is also a punishment.