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

Xu Manyue paused and shook her head, "Auntie, this... I don't know either."

Food was more important than money these days, and her food wasn't blown away by the wind. This famine wouldn't improve for at least another year or two, so she had no intention of selling her food for money.

Today was just an accident.

Aunt Liu was a little disappointed. It seemed that she was lucky today, so she didn't stop her.

Xu Manyue carried the basket and walked out of the machinery factory staff compound.

In the corner, Lu Ming watched her leave.

"Brother Lu, I don't think this skinny woman is an accomplice of those two men." said the short man.

Lu Ming didn't say anything, and his suspicion of Xu Manyue was much less. It seemed that she was here to visit relatives.

But he always felt that something was wrong.

Xu Manyue walked out of the compound. Although she looked normal on the outside, she was actually starting to feel nervous.

She is just an ordinary person and would panic if something really happened. She couldn't tell whether Lu Ming was still watching her in the dark.

The only thing Xu Manyue could do was to remain calm and try to reduce the other party's suspicion.

She came to town today to withdraw money and buy steamed buns from the state-owned restaurant.

There was still some time before lunchtime, so Xu Manyue went to the nearby post office first, waited in line for a while, and finally got the thirty yuan in her hand.

To be on the safe side, Xu Manyue put all the money into the system's storage space.

At this time, the state-owned restaurant opened, and there were already many people waiting outside.

The rationed food at home was not enough, so those who had some money and tickets would go to the state-owned restaurant and order some food to satisfy their hunger.

However, due to the famine in recent years, state-owned restaurants actually don’t have much food. There are only a few dishes every day. Even if there are meat dishes, the quantity is limited and it is first come first served.

Xu Manyue mixed in the crowd and quickly got to the front of the line with her agility. It was her turn.

"Comrade, I want twenty... no, I want ten steamed buns."

She wanted to say twenty, but as soon as she said twenty-one, many people looked at her.

Even the waiter looked unhappy.

Xu Manyue was very perceptive and changed her words immediately, and finally those gazes slowly shifted away.

The waiter's expression improved a bit, but his tone was still a little impatient.

"A total of 20 cents, two pounds of food coupons."

Xu Manyue didn't care about it and handed over the money and ticket.

If she hadn't ordered twenty of my steamed buns at the beginning, I probably wouldn't be able to buy even ten now.

After all, food is limited, and there is only so much food every day. If she really has to buy most of it by herself, the people behind her will definitely have objections.

Soon, Xu Manyue took the hot steamed buns and seemingly put them in a basket, but in fact, she had already put the buns into the system's storage space.

As for the basket, she put some bran in it.

Since the system was upgraded, it contains basically everything, including wheat bran and some coarse grains of poor quality.

Although the steamed buns don't look very odorous from the outside, if she carries these ten steamed buns home and meets refugees on the way, someone might be able to smell the odor.

By then, how could she, an ordinary woman, withstand the scramble for her by all those people?

In this year of famine, Xu Manyue has always been skeptical about human nature.

It's already five or six in the afternoon. If we don't go back now, it will get late.

Xu Manyue didn’t have anything to buy, so she just rode her bike back.

Passing by on the way home again.

On the way, many refugees stopped what they were doing and stared at the basket in Xu Manyue's hand, but no one took action first.

These people are waiting for someone to take action so that they can rush forward.

Xu Manyue didn't even look at them, she pedaled hard and fast, and the bicycle left them far behind.

But along the way, almost all the people were refugees who were starving to death. No matter how fast she rode, there were people staring at her all the way.

At this time.

A woman whose true face could not be seen saw a familiar bicycle from afar.

She suddenly became excited, holding a skinny little child, stood in the middle of the road, and blocked Xu Manyue's way with her body.

"Third sister-in-law, it's me, it's me, I'm your eldest sister..."

The woman was so hungry that she had no strength left. As soon as she ran to the middle of the road, she collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.

The child in her arms was only breathing faintly.

It's far away, just a short distance away.

Xu Manyue saw someone rushing up to stop her.

Her face changed, and she subconsciously turned the front of the bicycle, walked around the woman and child on the ground, and left quickly.

He didn't hear the woman's words at all.

When those refugees saw someone rushing up to stop them, many people around Xu Manyue began to want to rush towards her.

"Please, have mercy on us and give us something to eat."

"Quick, stop her. There must be something in the basket in her car. If you stop her, we won't go hungry."

"Yes, we must stop her and not let her get away. She has a bicycle and must have food."

Xu Manyue saw that many people were catching up with her, so she rode her bicycle forward quickly.

These people were very hungry and looked fierce, but in fact they ran out of strength after running a few steps. It was just that there were more of them, so they could not compare with the bicycles.

But to get rid of them.

Xu Manyue poured the contents of the basket onto the ground in front of them.

There is only a tiny bit of wheat bran in it, which is barely edible, but without water, it is easy to choke to death.

Soon, those people no longer bothered to chase her, but rushed to the wheat bran on the ground, scrambling for it, pushing each other. In less than a moment, all the wheat bran on the ground was gone.

The closer we get to Qingshan Brigade, the fewer people fleeing famine there are.

It was getting dark, and in the distance, every house was lighting up.

On the way back to Shen's house, Xu Manyue passed by the brigade's warehouse.

A skinny old man sat alone at the door of the warehouse.

In the gradually darkening night, the moonlight elongated the thin and short figure, and the shadow reflected on the warehouse appeared particularly tall, which was admirable.

It was the team leader, the one in his previous life, Yang Zhiping, the team leader of the Qingshan Brigade, who would starve to death alone in front of the warehouse in less than half a month.

Xu Manyue gradually slowed down and was silent for a moment. She still rode her bicycle and walked in front of the team leader.

"Uncle Yang." She called softly in the night.

The team leader was so hungry that he felt dizzy, but when he heard the familiar voice, he instantly woke up, fearing that it was those people in the team who came to steal food again.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw that it was Xu Manyue standing in front of him.

"Man Yue girl, it's you."