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

In the evening, it gradually darkened.

The old lady led the whole family to secretly dig wild vegetables.

In order to avoid being discovered, they went out one by one according to the groups they had formed last time.

Shen Jianping had also become addicted to digging wild vegetables. He followed Xu Manyue excitedly, "Sister-in-law, I'm such a great digger of wild vegetables. I'll help you dig yours today, too. How about you lend me your bike for a couple of days?"

The bicycle in their family is the only one of its kind in the whole village. It would be so cool to ride it around the village.

By then, Xiaoyun will be completely fascinated by him.

Xu Manyue smiled and said, "Sure. If you go to work with Big Brother and the others every day, you can ride my bike however you want when I don't need it, as long as you don't break it."

Shen Jianping's face instantly lit up with joy, and he almost wanted to jump up and down on the spot. "Really, Third Sister-in-law, you are so kind. My brother is so lucky to marry you."

"Don't worry, I will go to work with my brother and the others. When the work is divided at the end of the year, I will use the money to buy you a gift."

Xu Manyue's eyes curved, "Okay, sister-in-law is waiting for your gift. If you can get eight work points tomorrow, I will give you a gift in the evening."

A strong laborer can usually get ten work points for a day's work, which is the full work points. Women usually get five to eight work points, and very few people can get the full work points.

For someone like Shen Jianping who has basically never worked, it would be good if he could get seven work points on the first day.

Shen Jianping patted his chest and said, "No problem. Eight work points are nothing. Just wait and see, sister-in-law. I will definitely earn ten work points tomorrow."

How could he, a grown man, only get eight work points? His third sister-in-law looks down on him too much.

The old lady walking in front noticed that the two had not caught up yet, so she turned around and glared at them, "What are you mumbling about? Hurry up and catch up."

Really, the fourth son is ignorant, and the third son’s wife is also ignorant.

It's late at night, why don't you just finish early and go home early? Why do you have to dawdle?

Xu Manyue trotted forward and took her hand, "Mom, the fourth brother just said that he will go to work with his eldest brother tomorrow, and he will also earn ten work points for you."

The old lady was confused. She subconsciously grabbed Xu Manyue's hand and asked hurriedly, "Wait, who are you talking about? Are you sure you are talking about my lazy old son?"

Her old son is just like a pig. He eats and sleeps all day long, and can't even get out of the pigpen.

Xu Manyue nodded, "Of course it's the fourth child in our family, who else could it be except him?"

After saying that, Xu Manyue turned around and looked at Shen Jianping with a smile, "Right, Old Four."

Shen Jianping was stunned for a moment, "Sister-in-law, I..."

Xu Manyue interrupted him, "Don't worry, fourth brother. No matter what the result is tomorrow, mother and I are optimistic about you. Roll up your sleeves and work hard tomorrow."

The old lady also expressed her support, "Old Four, listen to your sister-in-law and work hard tomorrow. When you get off work, I will give you something delicious to eat."

Shen Jianping's eyes lit up instantly, and everything else was forgotten.

"Really, mother, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will work hard tomorrow and use my work points to buy you gifts at the end of the year."

The old lady let go of Xu Manyue's hand and wiped her tears repeatedly with emotion, "Old Four, you have grown up. You have really grown up and know how to respect your mother."

Shen Jianping panicked and quickly ran over to wipe her tears. "Mom, don't cry. I will be filial to you in the future, so you should be happy."

Xu Manyue stood aside and explained, "Fourth brother, mother is touched. You must work hard tomorrow."

"Don't let my mother down again."

"Mom, sister-in-law, you can rest assured."

Shen Jianping was so moved that his mother loved him so much and his third sister-in-law thought so highly of him.

It’s just ten work points, what’s the big deal? If he earns full work points every day in the future, they will cry to death.

In Xu Manyue's mind, the system prompt sounds rang again one after another:

"Ding, the lazy uncle is determined to change. Transformation value +6, which can be exchanged for a large meat bun."

"Ding, the doting mother-in-law is determined to change her lazy son. Transformation value +15, which can be exchanged for one kilogram of rice."

The host's current transformation value is 365, and the system upgrade progress is 18.25%.

Please cheer up, host. After upgrading, you will get a chance to draw a lottery.

Soon, the old lady led Xu Manyue and Shen Jianping back after digging wild vegetables.

Others also came back with wild vegetables one after another.

Everyone put the wild vegetables together, and only Xu Manyue looked at them and sighed silently.

Due to years of drought and famine, there are not many wild vegetables nearby. The few wild vegetables I picked today are not enough for the whole family to have one or two meals.

The old lady looked at the wild vegetables and said, "The eldest and his wife, the second and his wife, the fourth, the five of you, clean up the dirt and grime off these wild vegetables."

"Third daughter-in-law, come with me to pickle these cleaned wild vegetables."

Wild vegetables are difficult to preserve, so they either have to be pickled or dried.

After assigning the tasks, the whole family started to work.

Xu Manyue went to the yard and brought half a bucket of water into the house.

When I was drawing water, the bucket almost touched the bottom and there was not much water in it.

In order not to waste water, these wild vegetables were hardly ever washed.

When she was fetching water, Mrs. Shen brought the cleaned wild vegetables to the kitchen. The two of them happened to meet, "Third sister-in-law, do you know how to pickle sauerkraut? If not, let me do it."

Xu Manyue took the wild vegetables from her hand and said, "No need, sister-in-law, I still know how to pickle sauerkraut."

They are all rural girls who learned everything when they were young. Maybe her skills are not that good, but she can still do it.

What's more, there is an old lady guiding us.

Put the pot on the fire, and when the water is boiling, blanch the wild vegetables until they are softened, then put them into an oil-free and water-free jar and seal it.

Xu Manyue stood in front of the stove, bending down from time to time, standing up, and bending down again... She repeated the movements over and over again. Soon, countless fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She was hot and tired.

Seeing that she worked neatly and efficiently, the old lady simply found a stool and sat there to take a rest with her eyes closed.

It’s good to have a daughter-in-law come home. There is someone to do all the housework, and she can just lie back and enjoy herself.

Just as we were about to finish the last bit of wild vegetables.

Suddenly, bang bang bang, someone was knocking on the door outside.

This was a big deal, and everyone in the room stopped what they were doing immediately.

Mrs. Shen rushed in hurriedly, "Mom, Third Sister-in-law, could it be that the people next door smelled something? Put the things away quickly and don't do it anymore."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll go open the door."

When Xu Manyue heard the knock on the door, she quickly hid the jars of vegetables she had prepared tonight, took the pot off the stove, and hid it in another hidden place.

She also quickly opened the window to ventilate and get rid of the smell.