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

Chapter 272 Learning

Xu Manyue smiled. She was also looking forward to the autumn harvest.

This time, the harvest of crops in the fields will be at least 60% without any accident. This 60% is not only due to the special seeds provided by the system, but also due to the hard work and sweat of everyone.

This winter, as long as we can harvest the grain well, the number of people who starve to death in the brigade will definitely be reduced by more than half.

After winter comes the next year, when it will rain, the drought will gradually ease, and the famine will slowly be resolved.

Xu Manyue and Mrs. Shen were sitting under the eaves. They had just been talking for a while when suddenly, Shen Qingqing ran over.

"Oh no, oh no, Shen Minghua knocked over the bucket and all the water spilled out."

"The team leader happened to see it, and he asked her to write a self-criticism and also banned her from fetching water for the next month."

Xu Manyue raised her hand, rubbed her forehead, and sighed softly.

Now everyone in the team depends on that well for survival. Originally, the well didn't produce much water every day, but now, even though she asked Shen Qingqing to look after it, Shen Minghua still got into trouble.

Mrs. Shen was extremely angry and her face looked extremely ugly.

"Look at you, I told you to keep an eye on people, so how could you make such a big mistake?"

"Water is more expensive than oil these days. That's two big buckets of water. I'm so heartbroken."

Shen Qingqing explained aggrievedly, "I didn't know she couldn't even carry water at such a big age. People younger than me in our team can use a shoulder pole to carry water. Shen Minghua is two years older than me, and I... I thought she could do it."

"Besides, she didn't tell me she didn't know how to do it. If she had, I would have taught her long ago."

Mrs. Shen was completely dumbfounded. "What did you say? She can't even fetch water?"

She turned to look at Xu Manyue, "Third sister-in-law, did I hear correctly, or did Shen Minghua really act stupid after she bumped into me today?"

Xu Manyue shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, you should teach her first before letting her do any work, so as to avoid any more accidents."

In fact, she could understand it. After all, this Shen Minghua was no longer the Shen Minghua who grew up in the countryside. It was normal that she didn't know many things.

Mrs. Shen patted her thigh and her mind became active again.

"Or, we should marry this girl off quickly. As a girl who grew up in the countryside, she can't even carry water. If we keep her here, she'll probably just have to eat plain rice."

"While Shen Minghua has no memories right now, marry her off to Liu Ergou's family. Once the matter is settled, she'll accept her fate."

She did it right away and got up to go outside.

Xu Manyue saw that something was wrong and quickly stopped her, "Sister-in-law, don't..."

She was about to stop him, but she found that Shen Minghua had been standing at the door, looking at them.

"Sister-in-law, are you planning to marry me off?"

Xu Manyue paused. Judging from her expression, she had probably heard everything she should have heard.

Mrs. Shen simply didn't hide her feelings. She glared at Shen Minghua fiercely and said, "Isn't it better to get married? If you get married, you won't have to stay in our Shen family so shamelessly, and you won't have to work like fetching water, washing clothes, and cooking."

"If you were capable, maybe I could keep you here for a few more days, but you can't do anything and just eat for free."

"Tell me, what's the point of us keeping you as a burden?"

Shen Minghua's body stiffened, as if... it was indeed the case. If it were her, she would not support an outsider in this year of famine.

Thinking of this, her tone softened, and she ran over and grabbed Sister Shen's arm and begged, "Sister, you know, my head was hit and I can't remember a lot of things."

"But I didn't do it on purpose. As long as you teach me, I can do anything and I'm willing to do anything."

"Please don't chase me away yet, okay? I'll leave after I find a place to go. If that doesn't work out, even if I find a man to marry, I won't keep pestering you."

If she really left the Shen family, she would definitely have no way to survive.

Mrs. Shen rolled her eyes at her and said, "Hmph, no way. I'll give you one night. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to see Liu Ergou. If there are no problems, we can settle your matter right away."

"Of course, if you dislike Liu Ergou's age, I have another candidate. His name is Lu Huaiyuan. He's only in his early twenties, handsome, and a high school graduate..."

"Who? Sister-in-law, you are talking about... Lu Huaiyuan. Does he have a girlfriend named Xu Mingyue?"

Hearing this familiar name, Shen Minghua's eyes widened suddenly.

If it was really what she thought, then she had traveled through time and space in a book.

Mrs. Shen looked at her suspiciously, "Have you recovered your memory?"

Otherwise, how would we know that Lu Huaiyuan and Xu Mingyue are involved.

Shen Minghua got a positive answer again, and was completely certain that she had really traveled through time and space in a book.

Before she came here, she had read a period novel.

The heroine is Xu Mingyue, who was originally an orphan in the city whose parents died. Later, because she could not keep the family property, she was forced to live with her grandparents in the countryside of Qingshan Brigade.

She also has a cousin named Xu Manyue, who was originally engaged to the male protagonist Lu Huaiyuan, but the male protagonist didn't like her at all and only treated her as a younger sister.

Until Xu Mingyue came back from the city, Lu Huaiyuan gradually fell in love with the beautiful and kind girl, but because they were both engaged, they never broke the window paper.

They had all planned to accept their fate, but their vicious cousin Xu Manyue discovered that something was wrong between the two.

Therefore, they kept targeting Xu Mingyue. Gradually, everyone saw Xu Manyue's true face and became more and more annoyed with her.

Xu Mingyue could no longer tolerate her cousin's targeting, so she forced her cousin to marry someone else, and she married Lu Huaiyuan.

Unfortunately, the vicious cousin was not willing to marry him and threatened to commit suicide if he agreed.

By forcing her like this, she exhausted the last bit of affection that the Xu family and Lu Huaiyuan had for her.

Therefore, when the great famine came, the vicious cousin Xu Manyue was left behind and starved to death on the way to escape the famine. Her body was not even intact and was cut into pieces.

However, the male and female protagonists Lu Huaiyuan and Xu Mingyue lived a happy life.

That’s what that novel is about.

Shen Minghua was very sure that there was no one named Shen Minghua there.

But there is a family with the surname Shen, and that is the family that Xu Mingyue originally wanted to marry into, the Shen family, which is known as the most scoundrel in the entire brigade.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. Suddenly, she discovered that the Shen family she was in now could actually match the Shen family in the novel.

To confirm further, Shen Minghua quickly took Sister Shen's hand and said, "Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law, do you have a brother-in-law who is a soldier? He is the third child in the family?"

Mrs. Shen became even more impatient, shook off her hand and pointed at Xu Manyue.

"Why are you asking me this? Your third sister-in-law is here. You even threatened to commit suicide before, asking your third sister-in-law to take you with her to join the army."

"You haven't forgotten even that now, have you?"

"Shen Minghua, are you really losing your memory or are you faking it?"