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

Mrs. Shen's eyes lit up instantly. "Yes, if we marry her off, she won't have any reason to cling to our family anymore."

"But there aren't many young guys in the team right now. I'm thinking about finding her someone suitable. If nothing works out, an older one wouldn't be a big deal."

"Older people are more caring and can control Shen Minghua just fine."

Xu Manyue pursed her lips and said, "Sister-in-law, let's discuss this with mother first. If she agrees, we can find a partner for Minghua."

"We can't be careless about the selection of this person. We should try to pick a good one."

She could more or less guess what Mrs. Wu was thinking. The Shen family had lived in Qingshan Brigade for so many years, and by entrusting Shen Minghua to the old lady, the Shen family would be able to protect her in the future.

Unfortunately, she forgot one thing: the old lady would pity Shen Minghua, but the other people in the Shen family would not.

There is only so much food at home, who would be so generous as to add another pair of chopsticks and another mouth?

Mrs. Shen waved her hand and said, "I know, I won't do anything rash."

In fact, she already had a candidate in mind.

There are only a few young men in the team, most of whom are already engaged, and the remaining one or two would never be interested in Shen Minghua, an outsider.

However, there was an older man whose wife died in the famine.

In terms of age, the man was only a dozen years older than Shen Minghua, and had two sons and a daughter, so he just needed a wife to take care of the children.

Xu Manyue didn't know what Mrs. Shen was planning, and thought she had heard it, so she didn't say anything else.

Her belly is big now, and she gets tired easily after standing for a long time. Now she just wants to rest.

After everyone left, Xu Manyue lowered her head and touched her growing belly. Unconsciously, it was almost seven months, and her movements were becoming increasingly inconvenient.

In two or three months, the baby will be born.

At that time, it was just after the New Year of 1962, the new year was about to arrive, the drought would be alleviated, and spring rain and summer rain would come.

Life will be better than it is now, at least there will be fewer people starving to death.

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On the other side, Mrs. Shen told Lin Luoxia her thoughts in private.

"Sister-in-law, isn't Liu Ergou a little too old? He already has three children. How could a young woman like Minghua be willing to be a stepmother to so many children?"

Lin Luoxia thought for a moment and shook her head.

Mrs. Shen rolled her eyes. "Even if she doesn't want to, it's not up to her. It's her fault for clinging to our family so shamelessly."

"Let's wait and see. If she doesn't leave tomorrow, I'll make this a final decision in two days."

"Anyway, she has fallen out with Shen Minghai and the others, so she can only rely on our Shen family. As her sister-in-law, I can naturally take care of her marriage."

Seeing that she insisted, Lin Luoxia didn't say anything else, "By the way, sister-in-law, you told this to your third sister-in-law. Did she say anything?"

If she were to say who she was most afraid of in this family, it would probably be the old lady and Xu Manyue.

Before she, the third sister-in-law, came into the family, the old lady actually treated her and Wang Zhaodi the same way.

But as soon as this person came into the house, within less than a year she had won the old lady over and her heart was completely devoted to her.

This man is resourceful.

This person must have noticed that she wanted Baozhu to have a good relationship with her, otherwise his attitude towards Baozhu would not have changed.

Mrs. Shen shook her head. "My third sister-in-law didn't say anything. She just said that if things really don't work out, she should find a partner for Shen Minghua."

Lin Luoxia lowered her eyes to hide the complexity in them.

In the evening, Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen came back.

When they saw Shen Minghua sitting at her own dining table, eating with her head down, both of them looked a little strange.

But because the old lady was still there, the two of them could only suppress their emotions temporarily, said nothing, and sat down to eat.

after eating.

The old lady asked Shen Minghua to go back to the house and rest first. Shen Minghua timidly glanced at the Shen brothers, shrank back, and held the old lady's hand tightly, "Auntie, I'll go with you."

"I don't want to be alone."

Xu Manyue glanced at Shen Minghua silently and continued eating her meal.

The expressions of the eldest and second brother Shen became even uglier. What did this person mean? Did he think that the two brothers bullied her and didn't treat her well?

The old lady noticed the tense atmosphere at the dinner table and frowned. "Okay, those who need to eat should eat, and those who need to go back and rest should go back and rest."

In a blink of an eye, the night passed and it was noon the next day.

When Xu Manyue and Shen Dasao went into the house to eat, Shen Minghua was still there and had not left at all.

She saw the two of them come in and smiled, "Eldest cousin's wife, Third cousin's wife."

Mrs. Shen rolled her eyes, but she had already made up her mind that if this person didn't leave today, she would introduce her to Liu Ergou as his wife.

Xu Manyue nodded, found a place to sit down and prepare to eat.

After just a few bites, Sister Shen suddenly said with a smile, "Minghua, you are seventeen years old this year, it's time to get married. Sister-in-law has a good candidate here, who is just right for you. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Shen Minghua's face turned slightly pale. She bit her lip and looked at the old lady, shaking her head and said, "Thank you, eldest cousin's wife, but it's not necessary. My mother entrusted my marriage to my eldest aunt."

"My aunt will take care of this matter for me."

Mrs. Shen curled her lips and said, "Mom, there are not many suitable men in the team now. Who are you going to find for Minghua?"

The old lady couldn't find a suitable candidate, and she was racking her brains over this issue for the entire night.

"Big Boss's wife, tell me who you're looking for."

Mrs. Shen's tone changed. "Mom, what do you think of Liu Ergou?"

"I already made an agreement with him this morning. As long as Minghua is willing to marry him, she can directly take charge of the household. Liu Ergou is no worse than those young people except that he is a little older and has a few children."

Shen Minghua's face changed drastically, and even her lips trembled. She quickly shook her head, "No, I don't want it."

"I would rather take care of my aunt all my life than marry that old man."

Liu Ergou is more than ten years older than her. Not only does he have three children, but he is also involved with a widow in the brigade.

How could she marry such a man?

Mrs. Shen glared at her and said, "Don't you see in this brigade, besides Liu Ergou, which other man is willing to marry you? How dare you be so picky? If nothing works, go back and find your brother and sister-in-law."

"See what kind of man they can find for you."

Shen Minghua's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, she realized that Mrs. Shen was not joking.

So without thinking, he ran to Xu Manyue, took her hand, knelt down and begged her crying.

"Sister-in-law, please help me. I don't want to marry Liu Ergou."

"When you go to join the army, take me with you. I can take care of your children and do housework for you."