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

Xu Manyue picked up the debris on the ground and said, "It's nothing, actually. I just picked up a few herbs when I was digging wild vegetables tonight. When Aunt Liu came over just now, I replaced the pot on the stove with a clay pot and put the herbs in it."

"In this way, all Mrs. Liu sees is the smell of the herbs and the clay pot, which diverts her attention and covers up the smell of the blanched wild vegetables."

Lin Luoxia smiled and stepped forward to help her clean up the debris on the ground. "Third sister-in-law, it's all thanks to you for what happened tonight."

If it weren't for her, things would have been even more troublesome tonight.

Shen Jianping touched his head and said, "Sister-in-law, why did this bowl break? The sound just now scared me so much. I thought something happened."

Xu Manyue looked at the fragments in her hand and smiled helplessly, "I was afraid that Aunt Liu wouldn't believe that what was stewing on the stove was medicine, so I specially made a bowl for her. After she finished drinking the medicine, she accidentally lost her grip on the bowl and dropped it on the ground."

Shen Lao Er patted Shen Jianping's head and said, "With your current condition, forget about earning ten work points tomorrow. It would be good if you don't become a burden to me and my elder brother."

They are obviously brothers, but why is the fourth brother so stupid and can't understand anything?

Xu Manyue looked around and asked, "Why is Mom gone? Did she go to sleep?"

Mrs. Shen also looked around and said, "Hey, Mom really isn't here. Could she have gone back to sleep?"

Just when everyone was about to go look for it.

The old lady came out of her house wearing a coat and leaning on a cane. She couldn't help coughing a few times and her face looked pale.

"I'm here, why are you yelling? Stop it, it's late at night."

Xu Manyue immediately noticed the old lady's abnormality. She walked over to support her and looked at the old lady's face carefully, "Mom, are you feeling unwell?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Shen family gathered around. It would have been fine if they hadn't looked, but once they did, they noticed that the old lady's face was slightly pale and she looked listless.

Boss Shen thought he was hungry.

In years of famine, the first to die of starvation are usually the elderly and children. He also thought that his mother always gave most of the food rations to him and his brothers.

I feel depressed and uncomfortable.

"Mom, wait a minute, I'll get you something to eat." After saying that, he immediately turned around and left.

Shen Lao Er also planned to go back to his room and take out his private possessions.

Even Shen Jianping hurriedly said, "Mom, I still have some food. I'll get it for you."

Everyone ran back to their rooms and took out their hidden things.

Only Xu Manyue carefully examined the old lady again and finally came to a conclusion.

"Mom, you're overworked and not getting enough nutrition. It seems like you need to take a good rest for a while."

Old Man Xu is a famous barefoot doctor in the brigade. His medical skills are passed down from his ancestors. He has a lot of medicinal herbs at home, and people often come to him for treatment.

When he was a child, he took Xu Manyue and others to the mountains to dig herbs, taught them how to identify medicinal materials, and also gave them some pharmacological knowledge.

So she knows a lot about this aspect.

With the help of Xu Manyue, the old lady slowly sat down on the chair and said, "Old Third Wife, I didn't expect you can treat illnesses."

Xu Manyue took out a piece of fruit candy from her pocket, peeled it, and fed it into her mouth. "I know a little bit, but just in case, I'll take you to the town health center tomorrow to have a look."

The old lady ate the sweet candy in her mouth and smiled, "Where did you get this candy? I'm so old, why should I eat candy? I'll save it for you to eat later."

"As for the health center, it's a waste of money to go there."

Having said that, I felt warm in my heart.

After all, it is the daughter-in-law who is filial.

Xu Manyue finished examining the old lady and smiled, "There are two left from the previous wedding, but no one is eating them."

The old lady felt a little uncomfortable, and the candy in her mouth was no longer as sweet. "...So it was extra."

Xu Manyue said nonsense seriously, "It really is extra. I didn't intend to give it to you. But since you were sick, I had to bear the pain and give it to you."

The old lady realized instantly that it was not something left over at all, it was clearly just a joke.

She lowered her head slightly and pretended to wipe away tears. "Oh, I'm old now. All I have to eat is what others have left. My husband passed away early, and my daughter-in-law is perfunctory. I, an old lady, have a really miserable life."

Xu Manyue couldn't help laughing and shook her head helplessly.

Shen Qingqing, who was standing by, thought the old lady was really complaining, so she quickly went up to explain, "Grandma, Third Aunt didn't mean that."

How could grandma misunderstand Third Aunt, who is such a good person?

The old lady immediately stopped talking, looked at Shen Qingqing unexpectedly, and curled her lips, "Old Third Wife, see, this little girl has been bribed by you."

Her eldest granddaughter has been dull since childhood and doesn't like to get close to adults at all.

I didn't expect that the third son's wife had only been married for a short time, and this little girl was already protecting her like this.

Just as Xu Manyue was about to speak, Boss Shen and the others ran over, peeled a sweet roasted sweet potato, and personally fed it to the old lady.

"Mom, come and try this sweet potato and see how it tastes."

"If that's not enough, I have a sweet potato here. I'll ask my wife to roast it."

Shen Lao Er took a boiled egg, peeled it, and fed it to the old lady. "Mom, you should try mine. Eggs are nutritious."

Shen Jianping looked at what his eldest and second brothers had brought out. He lowered his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Mom, I only have two peanuts here."

These two peanuts were given to him as a reward by his third sister-in-law last time.

I don’t know if my third sister-in-law will be angry.

Thinking of this, Shen Jianping secretly glanced at Xu Manyue.

Xu Manyue guessed what he was thinking, smiled faintly, and signaled him that he was fine.

The old lady looked at the thing next to her mouth, swallowed, turned her face away and waved her hand.

"Take it, take it. There's nothing wrong with my health. I'll eat everything I can now. When the cafeteria closes, I'll be starving and dying, right?"

Mrs. Shen advised, "Mom, your health is the most important thing. You are the backbone of our family. A little bit of money is nothing. Your health is the most important thing. If something happens to you, what will happen to our family?"

Lin Luoxia also said, "Yes, mother, if something happens to you, what should we do?"

Ever since they got married, the old lady has been in charge of the household. She makes decisions on everything, and there has never been any chaos.

Even if there are some contradictions and conflicts between sisters-in-law and brothers on a daily basis, the old man is still there, so even if there is a quarrel, it cannot get that serious.

Now the famine outside is getting worse. If something really happens to the old lady, this family will break up.