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

Inside the house, Xu Manyue and the old lady pressed their ears against the door, hearing everything outside clearly.

After Aunt Liu outside left cursing, the old lady raised her chin and smiled triumphantly.

"Look, what am I saying? It's true that your sister-in-law is a fool, but sometimes she can be a little clever."

"Except for your eldest brother, it would be difficult for ordinary people to make her suffer a big loss."

"Even if her own mother comes, it's no exception."

Xu Manyue nodded, she understood.

"Mom, based on what my sister-in-law just said, I guess Aunt Liu won't come to our house in the short term."

The old lady sighed, clutching her chest, wanting to cry but unable to. "Tell me, with your sister-in-law's intelligence, what if my precious grandson is also an idiot when he's born?"

Xu Manyue was stunned. It should be... no way?

Qingqing is quite normal and there is nothing wrong with her.

It’s just that Xiaoshan… is indeed a little abnormal.

A teenage boy should be at the peak of his naughty life, especially when the old lady is pampering him, but this child is too quiet.

The old lady sighed again, "Are you thinking about Xiaoshan too?"

Xiaoshan was spoiled by his eldest brother.

How can a mother who beats her child in front of her child over and over again not leave a shadow?

Xu Manyue nodded and said, "Mom, Xiaoshan is usually too quiet and doesn't like to go out."

"If I had known earlier, I should not have agreed to let the eldest son's wife marry into the family. Otherwise, my eldest grandson would not be like this." Tears seemed to be welling up in the old lady's eyes.

Xu Manyue didn't say anything. Before she decided to marry him, she still learned some of the Shen family's past.

I heard that Boss Shen already had someone he liked, but in order to annoy the old lady, Aunt Liu designed a plan to have the two of them lie together and made a big deal out of it.

Because of this incident, the woman that Boss Shen liked married another man in anger. Later, the woman was pregnant and was beaten to death by the man.

From that time on, although Boss Shen didn't say anything, he would beat and kick Mrs. Shen whenever he was unhappy.

At first, people from the Shen family also tried to stop them, but Mrs. Shen would rather be beaten unconscious than let others intervene, so no one tried to stop the fight.

Xu Manyue didn't know what to say, so she gently patted the old lady's hand and changed the subject.

"Oh right, Mom, my eldest and second brothers are going to explore the mountains today. Maybe they've already found the place. We should prepare some sweet potatoes in advance. It's better to plan for some things early."

The old lady thought about it and said, "I still have some sweet potatoes in the cellar. We can use them when the time comes."

She actually knew that in this family, except for the third daughter-in-law who had just married in and the fourth daughter-in-law, everyone else secretly hid some food.

Although I don’t know where they got it from, it’s good at least in this year of famine.

night.

Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen are back.

The Shen family sat together to discuss this matter.

Mrs. Shen, who had just had a tantrum today, was still sitting next to the old lady as if nothing had happened, and she even smiled at Xu Manyue.

Xu Manyue: “…”

Apart from anything else, this person has a really good attitude and is worth learning from.

The old lady acted as if she didn't see Mrs. Shen and looked directly at Mr. Shen and his brother.

"Boss, you two, tell me, we went exploring the mountain today. Did you find anything?"

Boss Shen thought for a moment and said, "Today, before daybreak, my second brother and I secretly went up the mountain. We walked around the edge of the deep end and found a place that is suitable for growing sweet potatoes."

"It's just that it seems that someone goes to that place often, and there are some footprints there."

Xu Manyue looked at Boss Shen and asked, "The place you mentioned is not the bottom of the slope at the back of the mountain, right?"

Boss Shen was stunned for a moment, "Third sister-in-law, do you know that place?"

Xu Manyue nodded. "I've been to that place before and picked some herbs there. Those footprints must have been left by me."

"Since you think that place can be used to secretly grow sweet potatoes, then we will plant the sweet potatoes there."

"However, just in case, we can find some other suitable places and plant some more sweet potatoes."

The old lady also thought it was a good idea. "What the third daughter-in-law said makes sense. Eldest and second sons, besides this place, is there any other place suitable for growing sweet potatoes?"

Boss Shen touched his head, thought for a long time, and shook it. "Mom, this is the only place. The others are either easy to be discovered or the soil is too dry to grow sweet potatoes at all."

Shen Lao Er suddenly said, "No, there is another place that is very suitable for growing sweet potatoes."

"Where?"

Everyone's eyes fell on him.

Xu Manyue's mind flashed with inspiration, and her eyes lit up instantly. "Second brother, are you talking about our yard?"

"Yes, I'm talking about our yard." Shen Lao Er looked at her in surprise.

Shen Jianping was a little puzzled. "Second brother, Third sister-in-law, you are not mistaken, right? Planting it in your own yard, wouldn't it be easy for people to find it?"

The others were also a little confused. "Yeah, isn't this just walking into a trap?"

If they were discovered, someone would have to run into their yard in the middle of the night to steal food.

Xu Manyue shook her head. "There's a saying that the most dangerous place is also the safest place."

"After the Xu family stole our chickens last time, they not only paid a large sum of money but also apologized to everyone. Basically, no one dares to steal from us anymore."

"Everyone is poor now. They can't afford to pay compensation, let alone pay a centimeter. They won't come. Besides, we can't just plant it casually."

The old lady thought about it and asked, "Second brother, third daughter-in-law, since you two came up with this method, it must not be something you came up with casually. Tell us in detail how to plant these sweet potatoes so that no one can find them."

Shen Lao Da patted Shen Lao Er's shoulder and said, "Lao Er, tell me quickly. You and your third sister-in-law can come up with a solution. As long as the method is suitable, I will take the others to plant it together. You don't have to worry about it."

"Okay, big brother, that's what you said." Shen Lao Er nodded.

"Then let me tell you what I think."

"We already have several plots of private land in our yard. We usually dump dirty water here. It's not as dry as the land outside. The probability of sweet potatoes surviving here is at least 60-70%."

"As for being afraid of being discovered, there's no need to worry about that at all. Just like the third daughter-in-law said, everyone learned a lesson about how powerful our Shen family is after the last chicken theft, and they don't dare come here again."

After saying that, Shen Lao Er looked at Xu Manyue and said, "Old Third Wife, tell me what you think."

Xu Manyue nodded, "Second brother is right."

"Besides all this, our courtyard wall is already quite high. Ordinary people from the outside can't see what's going on inside, let alone worry about being seen."

"If we are really worried, we can cut some small branches to cover these areas."

"Sweet potato vines are not very tall to begin with, so with something to hide them, they will basically not be discovered."