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

Chapter 293: The Handkerchief

Xu Manyue was stunned for a moment, "Xiaoshan, you have been to the county town, do you know where the hospital is?"

As long as you are in the countryside, not to mention children in their teens, even some adults in their forties have only been to the county town a few times in their lives. If they go there, it is only to do important things and they have no time to wander around.

Shen Xiaoshan shook his head. "I haven't been there, but I roughly know which way to go. I can also ask someone for directions."

Xu Manyue hesitated for a moment and looked at Lin Luoxia, "Second sister-in-law, what do you think about this?"

It's not easy for her to make the decision alone, after all, she is not the only one at home.

Lin Luoxia nodded, "Let Xiaoshan go and take a look. I guess my brother and the others won't be back for a while. I'll make some steamed buns and flatbreads tomorrow morning and let Xiaoshan take them to them."

“It also saves us from wasting money and tickets to eat at state-owned restaurants.”

In fact, most rural families don’t have food coupons. Only people with urban household registration or those who have jobs have them.

The only people in the Shen family who have formal jobs are Shen Jingming and Xu Manyue.

In addition to Shen Jingming sending money and tickets back every month to subsidize the family, Xu Manyue would also take out some food coupons and exchange them for food to subsidize the family.

If you count carefully, the couple are the ones who contribute the most in the Shen family. After all, it is a year of famine, and even if they work hard in the fields all year round, they can't earn much money, let alone eat.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people starving to death in rural areas.

Xu Manyue also thought it was okay, as the family didn’t actually have many food coupons.

If you keep eating in state-owned restaurants, it won’t be enough for a few meals.

She looked at Shen Xiaoshan and said, "Xiaoshan, it's getting late now. You should go and rest first. Your second aunt and I will prepare the rations tomorrow morning. You can take the rations and go to the city to visit your grandma and your father."

"Okay." Shen Xiaoshan had worked all day today and finally got a break. He didn't even have a few bites of food before he had to go look for someone again. He was really tired now.

After everyone left, Xu Manyue and Lin Luoxia went back to their rooms to rest.

I have been busy all night today and I am already sleepy.

The sky gradually brightened, and the faint morning glow slowly spread across the sky.

Mrs. Shen was not at home, so the pig she was responsible for feeding fell on Xu Manyue and Lin Luoxia. After all, this pig was related to the Shen family's work points and meat distribution at the end of the year.

But now, one of them is almost seven months pregnant, and the other has injuries on her legs and can't walk at all.

Therefore, the task of going to the field where the brigade usually grows sweet potatoes, cultivating sweet potato vines and cutting grass for pigs can only be given to Shen Xiaoshan, the only labor force in the family.

As for Shen Baozhu, she has to go to school today and can't help.'

Shen Xiaoshan didn't say anything. He put on his backpack and went out early in the morning.

It's autumn now, and with the famine going on, there's actually basically no pig grass around.

Whatever pigs can eat, humans can also eat. In recent years, everything edible has been eaten by humans.

As the team leader, Hong Quanquan was under a lot of pressure to get the team to agree to raise this pig.

Because the food this pig eats is basically the sweet potato vines in the field, which are also a good thing even in years of famine.

But now the brigade has no money and urgently needs something to fill the brigade’s bills. After thinking about it, the only option is to raise pigs.

Xu Manyue always gets up early, but when she got up, she found that Lin Luoxia had also gotten up early. She dragged her injured leg, limped over, and smiled at her.

"Third sister-in-law, I want to get up early and cook breakfast for Xiaoshan before we go to the county town, but I don't have the key to my mother's room, so I can't get any food."

Xu Manyue glanced at Lin Luoxia, whose right leg was still unharmed, and said, "Second sister-in-law, go to the clinic first. Leave the kitchen matters to me."

For some reason, she always felt that there was something unusual about this person.

But I don’t know what the abnormality is.

Lin Luoxia shook her head. "No, why spend that money? It's only a few cents a trip. I can heal my leg injury. It won't be a big deal except that it makes walking a little more difficult."

"It won't delay cooking. It's my turn to cook today, so let me do it myself."

Xu Manyue didn't say anything when she heard it, but just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get the key."

The Shen family had two handfuls of grain in the old lady's room, one with the old lady and the other with her.

Usually when the old lady is not at home, she is responsible for going to her room to get food.

Soon, Xu Manyue took the key, opened the door, and went into the old lady's room. Just as she was about to get some food, she accidentally found a handkerchief on the ground with an orchid embroidered on it.

She slowly bent down and picked up the handkerchief on the ground.

This handkerchief looks like it belongs to Lin Luoxia. Could it be that it was accidentally dropped by her sister-in-law when she came in with her when she called for help yesterday?

Xu Manyue didn't think much about it, but just picked up the handkerchief and planned to return it to her later.

On the other side, some blood was oozing out of the wound on Lin Luoxia's leg. She subconsciously reached into her arms, but her movements froze.

She instantly remembered the handkerchief, which had fallen to the ground after the old lady slapped her yesterday, and she forgot to pick it up.

Lin Luoxia lowered her eyes. The slap she received yesterday was really painful. She hadn't been hit like this in a long time.

Especially after marrying Shen Jianyun, this was the first time she was beaten.

If she hadn't used a special method to conceal the redness and swelling on her face, Xu Manyue would have noticed it yesterday.

As for the handkerchief, it doesn't matter where it is lost.

"Second sister-in-law, is this handkerchief yours?" Xu Manyue handed the cornmeal and sweet potatoes in her hands, as well as the handkerchief embroidered with orchids, to Lin Luoxia.

"I just found it in Mom's room. It looks like the one you usually use, so I picked it up and gave it to you."

Lin Luoxia took the handkerchief, looked at it, and nodded with a smile, "It is indeed mine. Thank you, Third Sister-in-law. I was just wondering where I dropped the handkerchief, and I didn't expect you to bring it to me the next second."

"It's okay, second sister-in-law, you cook. I'll go out and see if Xiaoshan is back." Xu Manyue said.

Not long after, Lin Luoxia finished cooking, and Shen Xiaoshan came back with a basket full of sweet potato vines. After feeding the pigs, he finished his meal, took the rations prepared for Boss Shen and the others, and went out directly.

Before leaving, Xu Manyue stuffed a dollar into his pocket. After all, they were going to the city, where money would be required everywhere, so it was always good to have some money in their pocket.

Shen Xiaoshan confiscated it and avoided Xu Manyue's attempt to stuff the money in. "Aunt, you don't need any money. I can walk there and it won't cost any money."

One dollar is not a small amount of money. His sister's living expenses at school are only fifty cents a month, and this money is equivalent to her living expenses for half a semester.