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

Mrs. Xu was slightly surprised when she heard this. "Did Man Yue agree?"

This morning, that girl refused to agree and finally fainted because of this. Why did she change her mind in the evening?

When Old Man Xu, who was lying on the bed, heard this, he turned over and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement over there.

Tian Lanfang hesitated for a while, and finally nodded, "...Man Yue agreed, but she hasn't eaten all day. Mom, do you have anything to eat here?"

As for satisfying Xu Manyue's sincerity, she thought about it and didn't take it to heart at all. She also felt that there was no need to say it out loud and cause trouble for her family.

In this year of famine, it is already good enough to be able to have a meal to keep her from starving to death. What else can she ask for?

It turns out that she has been spoiled over the years.

When Mrs. Xu heard that someone came to ask for food, she was silent for a moment, then turned around and opened the cabinet that she had just locked.

He used chopsticks to divide half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, which was no longer recognizable, into four portions, and finally handed the largest portion to Tian Lanfang.

Although it looks like the largest portion among the four, it is actually just enough to cover the bottom of the bowl.

"Send it to Man Yue. She hasn't eaten for a day and she must be hungry."

Tian Lanfang looked at the porridge, which was already not much to begin with, and saw that it was divided into four small portions, which made it even less.

She didn't reach out to take it, and subconsciously looked at the other three portions of porridge. "Mom, this is not enough. Man Yue didn't eat anything today and has been unconscious until now. Shouldn't her share of food be saved for her?"

Although there was a famine, many people in the village starved to death.

But every day in the cafeteria, each person gets half a bowl of porridge. Today, Man Yue fainted, and her half bowl of porridge was put away by her mother-in-law.

Why is there only so much given to Man Yue now?

Old Mrs. Xu rolled her cloudy eyes, glanced at Tian Lanfang, then looked at the food on the table, and sighed.

"Lan Fang, I know you feel bad for Man Yue," "As a grandmother, don't I feel bad too? Man Yue grew up in front of me. She's more obedient and sensible than the others, so I feel even worse for her."

"But I'm not just Man Yue's grandmother. The two brothers Xiang Yang and Xiang Bei, as well as Ming Yue, are all my grandchildren."

"I have to think about them too, especially Mingyue, who has no parents. She's so pitiful."

"This half bowl of wild vegetable porridge is what your father and I saved today. The full moon portion would have been gone if we had gone too late today."

I thought about the two old people who were reluctant to eat just to save food for the children, and were still hungry in the middle of the night.

Holding the small bowl of porridge, Tian Lanfang opened her mouth, but it seemed as if there was something stuck in her throat, and her heart was depressed.

"Dad, Mom, you have suffered."

"Things will get better."

Old Lady Xu waved her hand and looked out the window at the darkness. Her mood also grew heavy. "Oh, go ahead. Man Yue must be starving."

"Mom, I'll go first. You guys have a good rest." Tian Lanfang wiped her tears and came out of the two old people's room.

I wanted to go directly to Xu Manyue's place, but when I saw the almost light porridge in my hand, I thought about it and turned to go to the yard.

He poured some water from the water tank into the bowl, and then used chopsticks to stir the paste and water into half a bowl of porridge.

There wasn't much wild vegetable porridge to begin with, and after adding half a bowl of water, even the color of the porridge became much paler.

In order to make the color look better, she put this half bowl of soup in a salt vegetable jar that had not been washed for a long time and rinsed it several times.

Finally, a strange smell wafted into the bowl, and it looked a bit like the color of wild vegetable soup.

Tian Lanfang looked at the pitifully small amount in the bowl and wanted to pour some more water into it, but then she changed her mind and gave up the idea.

In years of drought and famine, water is also a life-saving thing. The small half tank of water in the water tank is the only life-saving water left in the family and cannot be wasted.

Man Yue is still young and not that delicate, so she won’t die if she eats one less bite.

……

Xu Manyue was so hungry that her eyes were dizzy and her whole body was weak, even walking was difficult for her.

Because Tian Lanfang was present just now, she didn't want to show her weakness, so as not to let the Xu family take advantage of her.

I sent Tian Lanfang to find food for her, but I didn't actually have much hope.

After all, she had long seen clearly her position in the Xu family's hearts. If she had no expectations, she would naturally not be disappointed.

In this world, relying on yourself is the only way.

After Tian Lanfang left, Xu Manyue turned over and got out of bed.

From a corner of the dilapidated thatched hut, he removed the straw and took out two sweet potatoes the size of a thumb.

She used clean straw to wipe off the dust and dirt on the food, and then began to eat it in big mouthfuls.

The sweetness of the sweet potato spread across my tongue. With something in my stomach, I finally regained some strength and felt like I was coming back to life.

After Xu Manyue finished eating, she wiped her mouth with her hand, secretly hid another sweet potato, and then returned to the bed made of a few rotten wooden boards and straw and lay down.

She found these two sweet potatoes in the field yesterday. She had intended to use them as life-saving food in times of crisis, but now no one's life is more important than her own.

Especially people from the Xu family, they are even more unworthy.

Just as Xu Manyue finished eating the sweet potato and lay down, Tian Lanfang came over with something.

"Manyue, mother has prepared food for you. Get up and eat first, then have a good rest."

Xu Manyue turned over and glanced at the bowl of "clear soup" that didn't even have a single leaf of wild vegetables in it. She didn't reach out to take it immediately. "Is this all I have for my share of food today?"

It is said to be wild vegetable porridge, but it looks even worse than wild vegetable soup. There is no dry substance at all, and it is no different from water.

It seems that it is better to boil water with leaves to resist hunger.

Tian Lanfang felt a little embarrassed and touched her nose uncomfortably. "Because you fainted today, your grandma was late getting food from the cafeteria, so there was no... no portion for you."

"This bowl of wild vegetable porridge... no, wild vegetable soup, was saved by your grandparents. You must be filial to them in the future."

Originally it was indeed wild vegetable porridge, but after adding half a bowl of water, even if she was going against her conscience, she could not say that it was still porridge. At best, it could only be considered wild vegetable soup.

Xu Manyue raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

"Isn't it possible that I'm the only one in the family eating this kind of wild vegetable soup?"

"Is this what my dad and his family eat?"

As she spoke, she slowly stirred the bowl with chopsticks. After stirring for a long time, there was no thick wild vegetable paste, and it was mixed with a strange sour smell.

I don’t know what else was added to it besides wild vegetables and water.

Not to mention giving this kind of food to Xu Mingyue, I guess even Tian Lanfang would find it difficult to swallow it.

You might even get stomach upset after eating it.

These words touched Tian Lanfang's guilty conscience, and she became a little impatient.

"Xu Manyue, what do you mean? There's a famine right now, and even with this bowl of food, many people in the village are scrambling to eat it, but they can't even get it. You should be content."

"You didn't eat when you should have, you pretended to faint when I discussed things with you, and now you're still picky about everything when you have nothing to eat. Can you find a daughter as pretentious as you?"