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

Xu Manyue took some hay and gave it to Shen Qingqing and Shen Baozhu, "Rabbits usually eat hay. Just find some hay to feed them every day."

"It's almost noon. You two stay here and feed the rabbit while I go to the kitchen to cook. Don't open the door no matter who knocks. If someone keeps knocking, hide the rabbit and run into the kitchen to call me."

After giving the two of them instructions, Xu Manyue went into the house and started cooking.

She first went to the old lady's room to get food, which was still half a bowl of corn flour every day, plus half a small sweet potato for each person.

Just as she was about to take the food, the old lady lying on the bed suddenly said, "Third daughter-in-law, cook an extra bowl of rice porridge today. Your eldest sister likes it."

"Don't let her go hungry."

Xu Manyue was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses, "Okay, Mom."

So she added some rice to her original rations.

There was only half a bag of rice in the house, which came from the black market. Only a small portion of it was stored in the cellar by the old lady.

There was quite a lot of cornmeal, a total of two or three hundred pounds, and there were also dozens of pounds of sweet potatoes.

After Xu Manyue returned to the kitchen, she started to light a fire and cook. She first boiled the water, added cornmeal, stirred it and cooked it. Then a pot of cornmeal porridge was ready.

Next is steaming the sweet potatoes and making rice porridge.

Considering that the old lady was still sick, Xu Manyue also made a bowl for her.

As soon as she finished cooking, Shen Qingqing rushed in. "Aunt San, there's been someone knocking on the door. Baozhu and I listened to you and quickly hid the rabbit. Now we're running in to call you."

Xu Manyue thought for a moment and said, "Take Baozhu back to the room and don't come out. Wait until your aunt calls you."

The person who kept knocking on the door was definitely not a refugee from outside the area, but was definitely coming for the Shen family.

After Xu Manyue arranged for the two sisters, she walked to the gate of the yard and listened carefully through the door.

In addition to the knocking sound, there was also the sound of a woman breathing tiredly. The voice sounded very familiar, but no matter how hard Xu Manyue tried, she couldn't figure out who it was.

In less than a moment, the knocking on the door became louder and louder, but the person knocking on the door never spoke.

Not knowing the purpose of the person outside or who he was, Xu Manyue did not dare to open the door rashly.

She found a stool, stood on tiptoe, leaned against the wall of the yard, and looked out quietly.

It would have been fine if she hadn't looked at it, but once she did she was stunned.

Xu Mingyue held her bulging waist with one hand and kept knocking on the gate with the other.

After not seeing her for a few days, she had become pale and pale, with dull eyes. She was extremely thin, and looked even more malnourished than before.

She doesn't look like she did before at all, and doesn't even look like a girl who just came back from the city a few years ago.

Xu Manyue couldn't understand why the person outside the door was Xu Mingyue. Didn't she hate the Shen family? Moreover, with her personality, she wasn't the type to come up to them on her own initiative.

At this time, the knocking on the door continued and became louder and louder. Seeing that no one opened the door, Xu Mingyue became more and more impatient and simply shouted.

"Xu Manyue, I know you are here. Come out and let's talk."

"Don't hide away. I came here today specifically to find you. Come out quickly. I have something to tell you."

Xu Manyue thought about it and realized that according to this man's temperament, if he didn't go out to see her, who knows what would happen.

So she got down from the stool and took it back into the house.

Then he opened the door and looked up at Xu Mingyue outside, "Does the Xu family know that you came to my place? Does the father of your unborn child know?"

Xu Mingyue also looked Xu Manyue up and down, and saw that her current complexion looked much better than her own.

She couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes.

"they do not know."

"If they knew, I wouldn't be the only one here today."

Xu Manyue was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had an uneasy premonition in her heart.

"What do you mean?"

Xu Mingyue glanced towards the Shen family's courtyard and said, "It was a famine year. The brigade warehouse was empty, and every household had no food. But from what I can see, not a single person in your Shen family was so hungry that they couldn't get out of bed."

"Each of them can even pick up sticks and go to the Lin family to settle accounts."

"Xu Manyue, could it be that when your Shen family was eating from the communal pot and handing in their grain, they secretly hid a lot of grain?"

Some days ago, she actually neglected this important matter.

In the dream, the reason why the Shen family was able to survive the famine was not only because of the subsidy sent back by Shen Jingming, but also because the old lady secretly hid some food before the big pot meal began.

Even though she married into the Shen family, everyone in the Shen family was wary of her and didn't even tell her where the food was stored.

Every time they cooked, it was usually the old woman who would take out a ration of food and give it to the daughters-in-law to cook.

The most hateful thing was that every time that old man distributed food at the dinner table, she, as the daughter-in-law of the third wife, basically got nothing to eat.

They could only watch helplessly as the sons of the Shen family got the most and ate the most.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingyue felt even more disgusted with the Shen family's behavior.

This time, she must successfully replace Xu Manyue, marry Lu Huaiyuan, and live a good life without worries about food and drink.

After hearing these words, Xu Manyue's face turned completely cold.

It seems that this person came here today just to cause trouble.

"Xu Mingyue, tell me, what exactly do you mean by coming to see me at this time today?"

He didn't come earlier or later, but chose to come when Boss Shen and the others were all out. It is obvious that his purpose is definitely not as simple as food.

Xu Mingyue lowered her head and gently touched her slightly bulging belly. Her tone changed and slowed down a lot.

"Cousin, you know I like Huaiyuan. Although I don't want to admit it, you should also know that he has always had you in his heart."

"He even hesitated to marry me because of you. I'm pregnant with his child now, and it's hard to survive in this famine with so little food and clothing."

"As long as you help me talk to him and ask him to marry me as soon as possible, I will definitely keep the matter of your Shen family's hidden grain a secret."

Xu Manyue's eyes darkened slightly as she looked at Xu Mingyue's belly again. According to the time calculation, it was more than four months old, but it looked bigger than a normal four-month pregnancy.

It seems very likely that it is twins. I don’t know if Old Man Xu has told her about this.

"I can't help you with this. If you think you can use this to threaten me, go ahead and try. Let's see who will regret it first, you or me?"