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

Chapter 299 Someone comes in the middle of the night

As winter gradually approached, after paying the public grain tax, most of the grain collected in the Qingshan Brigade's warehouse was suddenly emptied, leaving only less than 600 to 700 kilograms.

But now the brigade has a population of about forty or fifty people, young and old.

This amount of food is actually not enough to last for a year, so we still have to endure.

Hong Quan discussed with Accountant Guo and decided to distribute grain to everyone according to their work points the day after tomorrow.

After the discussion, Hong Quan took the brigade's loudspeaker and began to announce the matter in the brigade office.

Xu Manyue and Lin Luoxia were at home and soon heard the news.

Sharing food is a good thing, but it’s a pity that there are so many things going on at home now, and there is not even a grown man.

If Xiaoshan hadn't been at home, I guess they, a pregnant woman with difficulty walking, wouldn't even be able to fetch water for cooking every day.

It's getting cold.

Xu Manyue didn't like going out, and there was nothing to do at home every day, so she could only do some needlework, or close the door and make some delicious food for herself in private to nourish her body.

Lin Luoxia's leg was still the same. She was asked to go to the clinic, but she refused to go. She could only delay and let the wound heal on its own.

When she had nothing to do, she liked to sit in Xu Manyue's room and do some needlework.

"Third sister-in-law, tell me, my eldest brother and the others have been gone for several days. Mom...isn't her condition getting worse?"

Xu Manyue paused in sewing and shook her head gently, "Second sister-in-law, you should know more about this than I do."

After these words were spoken, Lin Luoxia froze slightly and accidentally inserted the needle into her finger, causing blood to flow out and stain the clothes in her hand red.

But she quickly recovered and calmed down. "Third sister-in-law, what do you mean? I've been at home with you the whole time. How could I possibly know about Mom's condition?"

Xu Manyue glanced at her, a little puzzled, "Second sister-in-law, didn't Second Brother come back yesterday? I saw you two talking in my room."

"Didn't he tell you about the hospital?"

"I said it." Lin Luoxia's face changed slightly, feeling hot and a little unnatural.

What I said yesterday was actually heard by the person involved.

Even the most thick-skinned person would find it difficult to remain calm.

Moreover, what she said yesterday was not good for her sister-in-law.

Xu Manyue looked at her again and always felt that this person was a little strange, especially after the old lady entered the hospital.

"Second sister-in-law, have you been worried about something recently?"

Lin Luoxia forced herself to suppress the emotions in her heart, shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's just that too many things have happened at home, and I always feel a little uneasy."

This was the truth. She was indeed a little uneasy. Although she was not the one who pushed the old lady, in the final analysis, she was the one who was angry.

If this matter were to be exposed, Shen Jianyun would probably be the first one to not let her go, not to mention Boss Shen and the others.

Xu Manyue pursed her lips and said nothing more.

There have been too many things going on at home lately.

"Oh, Second Sister-in-law, the food will be distributed the day after tomorrow. If Big Brother and the others haven't come back yet, Xiaoshan will be the only one left in our family who can go and distribute the food. He probably can't handle it all by himself."

Lin Luoxia thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. My leg should be almost healed the day after tomorrow. After paying the public grain this year, there isn't much food left. Although our family gets more than other families."

"But it won't be too much. Xiaoshan and I are enough."

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County hospital.

After confirming the old lady's condition with the doctor again, Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen's second brother arranged for Mrs. Shen to stay in the hospital to take care of the old lady.

Although the busy farming season is over, there are still many things to do in the brigade, such as the upcoming grain distribution.

They can choose not to go for other things, but they must go for this one. It is related to the hard work of more than a year and there is absolutely no room for ambiguity.

Soon, Boss Shen and the others came back. Shen Jianping was just an apprentice and was very busy, so he had no time to come over.

This one trip to the hospital cost him almost all the money he had saved over the past six months.

He was just an apprentice, and his salary was barely enough for food and accommodation, so his family didn't need to hand over any money. But after he was officially hired, he had to hand over a portion of the money home every month as household expenses.

The same goes for his third brother. Even though he doesn't live or eat at home, he still has to send money back every month. Although his third sister-in-law didn't pay any money, she gave all her food coupons to the family.

The day when Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen came back happened to be the day for distributing grain at the end of the year.

Now that I have a man in the family, I no longer have to worry about some things at home.

This time when the food rations were distributed, the Shen family received the most because they had the most work points.

But even so, they only got 70 or 80 kilograms of coarse grains, which was not enough for the Shen family to eat. It can only be said that it is better to have something than nothing.

As the days passed, the weather gradually became colder, and the Chinese New Year was just two months away.

Xu Manyue put on thick clothes. Calculating the time, the baby in her belly would be born around the New Year, and it would be cold then.

In order to make some thick clothes for her child, she bought some cotton from the system mall and made a few small cotton coats, quilts and cotton shoes for her child.

As for the fabrics, she didn't use all new ones, as that would be too conspicuous.

After all, cloth was hard to come by those days, especially since you needed cloth coupons to buy it. Many families probably didn't have a new piece of clothing throughout the year.

Even though she and Shen Jingming both have jobs, it would not be good for them to be so conspicuous.

Therefore, Xu Manyue found some slightly old clothes and altered them to make new clothes for the children, but she only made one or two pieces, and the rest were new clothes made of new fabrics.

The nights have been really cold lately, and Xu Manyue can't stand it anymore. She simply took apart her old clothes, stuffed them with fluffy and soft cotton, and made a warm and sturdy cotton coat.

Halfway through, it was getting dark and the dim kerosene lamp went out.

Xu Manyue faced the light of the kerosene lamp, and her eyes gradually became sore and she felt more and more sleepy.

She looked at her watch and saw that it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, so she didn't stay up any longer. Winter days were very idle anyway, so she had nothing to do and could only do some needlework to pass the time.

So Xu Manyue put away the half-finished cotton-padded jacket, boiled some water in her own small kitchen, and then went to bed.

It was midnight. Xu Manyue was sleeping in a daze. She seemed to hear some sounds, as if a door was opening, clothes were being taken off, or someone was jumping out of the window.

She suddenly woke up and felt a chill on her back.

During famine years, there were people who had nowhere else to go and who would break into other people's homes and rob them.

Generally speaking, in this kind of situation, you absolutely must not provoke the other party, otherwise, there is a high possibility of loss of life.

Xu Manyue did not dare to open her eyes and look. She forced herself to calm down, moved her body carefully, and slightly opened her eyelids to look.

In a trance, she only saw a tall and straight figure taking off his clothes with his back to her.