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

Chapter 276 Forgiveness

"But didn't these people flee the famine together? Why is he the only one left now?"

Xu Manyue shook her head. "Maybe they got separated while fleeing the famine."

Before fleeing the famine, the three of them, mother and son, actually came to see her privately.

He wanted to ask for her forgiveness and said he was sorry to her. If they had a chance to survive in the future, they would definitely come back to see her.

As for Mrs. Xu, after the three fled the famine, she starved to death while lying on her bed. It was not until her body began to stink that anyone noticed anything unusual.

Later, it was the team leader who ordered people to bury Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Shen looked carefully at Xu Manyue's expression and felt relieved when she saw that she didn't seem to care about those people at all.

She patted her chest and said, "Third sister-in-law, I didn't want to tell you about this because I was afraid it would affect your mood. But I can't keep secrets. I just couldn't help it, so I told you."

Xu Manyue smiled and said, "It's okay. He's not an important person anyway."

She had long regarded these people as strangers.

Even if it was mentioned again, there was no ripple in her heart.

As the two were chatting, the old lady and her friends finally came back from work.

They were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their backs. Water could be wrung out of their bodies, and they were in pain here and there.

But there was no fatigue in their eyes, instead they were full of excitement.

Especially the old lady, after sitting down to eat, she kept talking about today's autumn harvest.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, third daughter-in-law, you didn't go to work today, so you definitely don't know. We carried a lot of corn today. There were more than ten or twenty people, and we were too busy to handle it. We carried it bag by bag to the roadside."

"This is just for today. We have two or three more plots of land waiting for us tomorrow. With our family's work points, we will definitely have a good year this year."

"Finally, there's hope for this day."

Hearing that the harvest was good this year, Mrs. Shen was very excited. "Mom, really? Then we don't have to go hungry anymore, right?"

She hadn't had a full meal in several years and had long forgotten what it felt like.

If she could eat a good meal now, she would be willing to do so even if it meant she had to live ten years less.

Xu Manyue was also very happy and couldn't help laughing.

People are not afraid of difficult days, but they are afraid of having no expectations and no hope.

Although the grain harvested this year cannot feed everyone, it will definitely keep them from starving to death.

Boss Shen, who was always taciturn, nodded and said, "Of course it's true. People from the neighboring brigades were standing by the roadside today, watching us harvesting crops in the fields. They wanted to come over to help, but the brigades leader refused."

"Don't think we don't know what they're up to. They just want to fish in troubled waters and steal some corn."

"But we don't need their help at all."

Shen Lao Er raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Did you see the captain of the Red Flag Brigade next door today? He tried to trick us and asked how we grow so much food. He really thinks we are stupid."

Mrs. Shen grinned and couldn't stop laughing.

"Mom, when we get our share of food, we'll have a good meal. We haven't had meat in our family for a long time."

The old lady rolled her eyes at her and said, "But eggs aren't meat, and rabbit meat isn't meat, right?"

"You're already over 30, why are you still so greedy?"

Mrs. Shen smiled awkwardly, "It's been a while since I had a good meal."

After dinner, the old lady's eyes fell on Xu Manyue's belly, and her brows softened.

"Third daughter-in-law, if you calculate the time, you are seven months pregnant, right?"

In just a few months, the baby will be born.

She looks like a man with a penis.

Xu Manyue lowered her head and touched her belly, pursed her lips and smiled, "Well, seven months."

The old lady was in a good mood today, and she felt even better when she saw that her daughter-in-law was about to give birth.

She took Xu Manyue's hand and patted it gently. "After you give birth to the baby, I will personally take care of you during the confinement period, and then kill an old hen to nourish your body."

The Shen family members paused and looked at the old lady, trying to figure out whether she was telling the truth or just talking nonsense.

Xu Manyue was also a little surprised. These were unusual words.

She was about to refuse

Mrs. Shen was the first to get anxious and interrupted him, "Mom, that's an old hen that lays eggs. If she takes care of my third sister-in-law during her confinement, what will we eat in the future?"

She has always been someone who can't hide things. She says whatever she wants and doesn't try to hide anything.

Lin Luoxia glanced at Xu Manyue and nodded to the old lady, "Mom, it's still early for my third sister-in-law to have her confinement period, so let's talk about this later."

When she was in confinement after giving birth, the old lady didn't even give her a hen or a few eggs.

The difference was too big. Shen Jianyun couldn't stand it anymore, so he went straight to the old lady and asked for a few eggs to nourish her body.

The smile on the old lady's face faded. She ignored the two daughters-in-law and touched Xu Manyue's belly.

"The child hasn't been bothering you lately, has he?"

She noticed the abnormal atmosphere in the room and the looks of her two sisters-in-law on her face.

Xu Manyue knew in her heart that she was making people jealous.

She shook her head gently, "No, the child is very well behaved."

Very well behaved? A hint of disappointment flashed in the old lady's eyes.

No one noticed the old lady's strange behavior, except Lin Luoxia. She lowered her eyes to hide her emotions.

When she was pregnant with Baozhu, Baozhu was very well behaved in her belly.

The men in the Shen family could not see through the twists and turns between the women at all.

No, or rather, he saw it, but felt there was no need to delve into it, so after dinner, he went back to his room early to rest.

The old lady took Xu Manyue and talked to her for a while, telling her some things to pay attention to when getting pregnant, and also told her some family matters.

Only then did he let the man go back into the house.

Xu Manyue had just left the old lady and was about to go back to the house when she was stopped by Shen Minghua, who had always been keeping a low profile.

"Third sister-in-law, what do you think of Lu Huaiyuan?" Shen Minghua mustered up the courage and asked directly.

Xu Manyue turned around and looked at her, a little surprised that this person would ask her this question.

but……

Xu Manyue thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how to answer this question. Why don't you ask someone else?"

After all, she and Lu Huaiyuan were engaged, and in Shen Minghua's perspective, she was still a vicious female supporting role who harassed Lu Huaiyuan, so it was really inappropriate for her to answer this question.