Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

44. Du Mei (3)

"Du Mei, if you are hungry, you can come to me anytime. I can give you a bowl of porridge, but that's all I have. I don't have much food left."

Qi Zhengyang was hoping that Du Mei's husband would starve to death so that he could be with Du Mei legitimately. This dream would come true in a month, so he would never give her the food to take back to Cheng Xiao.

"But if I come here every day, what if other people see me? That might not be a good impression!"

Be careful!

"Going back and forth like this is tiring, Zhengyang, can you give me some? Can I buy it from you?"

Qi Zhengyang: "Even if you have money, you can't buy food now."

Du Mei: "I can buy grain, Zhengyang. You don't have to give me rice, but could you lend me some money?"

"I have no money left; I bought food with all my money."

"Then give me some grain, and that will be enough to offset the thirty dollars."

Qi Zhengyang said with difficulty, "Du Mei, I don't have much food here. I have enough for you, but that's all I have."

Du Mei: "But I can't just stand by and watch my three children starve to death!"

Qi Zhengyang felt somewhat irritated.

Since the production team ran out of food, he has been taking care of his brother's family, preventing them from suffering the tragedy of his previous life.

So every afternoon, his older brother and sister-in-law would come to his place to have porridge, and then take some back for the children.

But he never considered whether Du Mei had food to eat or whether she would go hungry.

Because in his previous life, after the three-year famine ended, Du Mei was still alive and well, but her husband Cheng Xiao starved to death and her two-year-old son also starved to death, so Qi Zhengyang didn't care much about whether Du Mei had anything to eat.

He was just waiting for Cheng Xiao to starve to death so he could marry Du Mei.

But in this life, Du Mei unexpectedly took the initiative to come to him ahead of time.

For food.

Qi Zhengyang remained unmoved when his beloved woman pleaded for help.

He can only protect Du Mei. As for her husband Cheng Xiao and their three children, what does that have to do with him?

He said coldly, "Du Mei, I've already promised you that I'll save a little food from my own meager resources to feed you, to make sure you don't starve. As for anything else, I really can't do anything else."

"Zhengyang, relief food might arrive in a while. The most important thing for us is to get through this period."

"I heard that there is a famine all over the country right now, and even if there is relief food, it won't reach us."

"Zhengyang, what if it were your own children? Could you just watch them starve to death?"

Qi Zhengyang: "My children are with their mother. I went to see them yesterday, and they are alright for now."

Du Mei: "I'm not talking about your child with Su Jinru, I'm talking about my child with you."

Qi Zhengyang was shocked: "What do you mean by 'me and your child'?"

"It means that Erni and Xiaobao are your children."

Qi Zhengyang calmed down.

"Du Mei, please don't make such a joke. I know you love your child, but you can't tell such a big lie for a little bit of food."

“I’m not lying, the two children really are yours. Think about it carefully, before I got pregnant with these two children, we had sex.”

Qi Zhengyang thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed possible, but he still didn't believe it. In his previous life, Du Mei had never mentioned this matter. If the two children were his, why didn't she say so after they got together in their previous life?

Xiao Bao was one thing, he starved to death when he was just over two years old, but what about Er Ni? Why didn't she say anything?

She must have said that to get him to save her child.

Qi Zhengyang shook his head.

"Impossible. We can talk about anything, but why did you keep this matter of the two children a secret from me until this crucial moment?"

Du Mei's eyes were red.

“We are a pair of star-crossed lovers, destined to be together but not to stay together. We loved each other so much, but we were separated by a twist of fate. After I married Cheng Xiao, you got married too. At that time, I thought that this was probably the only way we could be together in this life, so I never had any improper thoughts about you again.”

"But we teach at the same school, and we see each other all the time. We can't help but fall in love with each other. We couldn't help ourselves, and later we secretly got together and had Erni and Xiaobao. The two children are innocent! I can't let this matter get out of the public eye, otherwise the two children will never be able to hold their heads up high for the rest of their lives."

"Then why did you say it today?"

"Isn't this a matter of life and death? If I don't tell you the truth, I wonder if you'll blame me when you find out later."

As Du Mei spoke, she leaned against Qi Zhengyang's chest, her hands roaming over his body.

Under her teasing, Qi Zhengyang's breathing gradually became heavy.

Soon after, the two of them rolled onto the bed.

The two were rolling around in bed when there was a knock on the door.

Du Mei jumped up in fright: "Who is it? What do we do? What do we do?"

Qi Zhengyang sat up angrily, put on his clothes, and walked to the courtyard gate.

"who is it?"

"Second Uncle, it's me, Anfu. Second Uncle, open the door."

"What do you want to do?"

"Second Uncle, I'm starving. Can you give me something to eat?"

"No, go back."

Anfu stood there, terrified.

In his memory, his second uncle was always gentle and polite, never speaking harshly or yelling at them.

Now, he's telling him to get lost.

"Have your dad come tonight, and no one else should come."

Anfu gave a meek reply and ran off.

Qi Zhengyang returned to the room, where Du Mei was already dressed.

Hearing that the people outside had left, she hesitated and said, "How about we start over?"

As she spoke, she began to take off her clothes.

Looking at Du Mei, who was emaciated, he realized that when she took off her clothes, her thin frame made him very uncomfortable.

He waved his hand dismissively.

"Never mind, someone might knock on the door again later."

Du Mei: "So, my coming every day might not have a good impact on you."

Qi Zhengyang didn't say anything more. He took the cloth bag that Du Mei had brought, went into another room, and scooped two small bowls of rice from a bag into the room.

Du Mei was overjoyed. These two bowls of rice, when made into porridge, would last the family for another seven or eight days.

Qi Zhengyang handed her the cloth bag containing rice.

"Are Erni and Xiaobao really my children?"

"It's yours, absolutely true. If I'm lying, may I be struck by lightning."

Qi Zhengyang frowned.

"It's either yes or no, why make such a solemn oath?"

Du Mei slung the cloth bag over her shoulder and said with a smile, "I was just afraid you wouldn't believe me!"

"Well... I'm leaving!"

"Be careful on the road, don't let anyone see that you have food on you."

Du Mei nodded.