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

Lu Huaiyuan frowned slightly, his voice extremely indifferent.

"You know clearly how the child in your belly came about."

"Because of you, I watched Man Yue marry another man. You not only owe her, but also me."

"Since you chose to scheme, you should bear the consequences."

Xu Mingyue lowered her head and touched her belly. Her heart ached. She laughed in a daze and tears couldn't stop falling.

"Lu Huaiyuan, you are so cruel to me..."

For a moment, she began to doubt herself. Was it right to put everything on a man who didn't love her?

In the dream, even the Shen family, at least during the famine years, did not ignore her, nor did they let her starve to death like those people outside.

But if Lu Huaiyuan didn't care about her anymore, she and the baby in her belly would really starve to death.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingyue hurriedly grabbed the man's hand and placed it on her belly. "Brother Huaiyuan, feel it. These are our children. Grandpa said they are twins. It's been so long, and you haven't touched them yet."

"I don't ask for much. Please don't involve the children in what I did. They are innocent."

"Can you... give them a complete home?"

Lu Huaiyuan remained silent and let Xu Mingyue hold his hand and place it on his bulging belly.

This child was not the one he expected, nor the one he liked.

What's more, now is not a good time to have a baby.

In the pitch-black night, it was impossible to see the man's expression.

"Mingyue, beat the child."

Xu Mingyue was completely stunned and gradually let go of his hand. She felt as if all the strength had been drained from her body.

"You...what did you say?"

How could they abort the child? This is their child.

How could he be so cruel?

Lu Huaiyuan didn't look at her, "I will marry you, but we can't have children now."

Their brigade is relatively well off, as most of the people who starved to death are elderly people and children.

The other brigades next door were already empty; the members had either starved to death or had long since left their homes and fled the famine with their families.

There was no food at home, and the children in his eldest brother's family were all starving. They were skinny and had no meat on their bodies. It was heartbreaking to see them, but also helpless.

Xu Mingyue quickly protected her belly, her eyes red, "No, I won't abort them."

"This is not just your child, it's also my child. I'm the child's mother, and only I can decide whether the child lives or dies."

At the beginning, she did regard the child as a tool to get to the top, but the child had been in her belly for so long that she had already developed feelings for the child and was reluctant to abort them.

Lu Huaiyuan looked up at her and paused, "If you don't want to, I won't force you, but if you do, our marriage will be invalid."

He didn't want his child to face such a difficult and harsh time from the moment he was born, with no food to eat every day.

Xu Mingyue's face turned pale and she shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, absolutely not, I won't abort the child."

After saying this, she turned and stumbled away.

Lu Huaiyuan watched her disappear quietly and sighed.

……

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past half month, a major event happened in Qingshan Brigade.

The team leader died. He had been guarding the warehouse for more than a month, and finally died of starvation last night.

I don’t know who stole the last bit of grain seeds in the warehouse.

The captain had guarded the thing for so long, but in the end he still couldn't keep it. After he died, those people no longer had any scruples and ate the last bit of seeds.

This incident shocked the entire Qingshan Brigade, and the remaining survivors rushed to see him for the last time.

In the entire Qingshan Brigade, the only person everyone truly admires and respects is this person who actually does practical things for them.

When Xu Manyue heard the news, she had just gotten up. Mrs. Shen, who was well-informed, ran in from outside and told everyone about it.

Everyone in the Shen family fell silent.

During that day, the old lady's health had improved a little. When she heard this, her eyes became slightly red.

She leaned on her crutches, looked up in the direction of the warehouse, and couldn't help sighing.

In the years of famine, natural disasters were merciless.

The captain is more than ten years younger than her, but he is ahead of her.

Xu Manyue felt depressed, as if something was tugging at her heart, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Those two wild vegetable steamed buns helped the team leader live another month, but still couldn't save his life.

There are some things she can't do anything about.

The other members of the Shen family also felt uncomfortable. Even Mrs. Shen, who always loved to stir up trouble, felt uncomfortable at this moment.

The old lady waved her hand and said, "Let's go and see the captain off for the last time."

Xu Manyue nodded and walked to her side, "Mom, I'll help you go together."

Soon, the Shen family and their group arrived at the captain's house.

There were already many people gathered outside the Yang family yard, with red eyes. Some people, even if they were too hungry to get up, asked their family members to carry them here to see the captain for the last time.

Without exception, these people raised their hands to wipe away their tears, and there was a sense of sadness all around them.

The sun was scorching and the wind was blowing gently, as if bidding farewell.

Xu Manyue helped the old lady into the Yang family's yard.

As soon as I stepped in, I saw a thatched shed, a thin coffin, and a simple mourning hall in the yard.

The captain's wife lay on the coffin and fainted several times from crying. She woke up and cried again, then fainted again and woke up again.

Her face was pale, without a trace of blood.

"My child's father, why did you leave me? How could you bear to do that? How could you bear to do that..."

The captain's two sons were dressed in mourning and knelt in front of the coffin. They wiped their tears again and again, but they still couldn't stop them from falling.

Xu Manyue supported the old lady and stood aside, watching quietly. She felt a pang of sadness in her heart and her eyes turned red.

Suddenly, someone came over and said, "Man Yue, can you come with me? My mother... wants to talk to you."

Xu Manyue looked up and saw that it was Mrs. Yang, the captain's eldest daughter-in-law.

The mother she was referring to was naturally the captain's wife.

Xu Manyue looked at the poor woman in the mourning hall who was still crying while hugging the coffin, and nodded.

She probably knew why the other party was looking for her.

As soon as Xu Manyue arrived there, the captain's wife climbed up from the coffin, raised her hand to wipe her tears, and looked at her with a choked voice.

"Manyue, thank you, auntie."

"If it weren't for you, I don't think your Uncle Yang would have been able to hold on until last night..."

"There's no way my grandson would survive."