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

Chapter 176 The Kitchen Burned

On the first day of work this year, more than 20 people from the Qingshan Brigade, young and old, came to work.

Among them are many elderly people in their sixties, children in their early teens, and women. Almost everyone who can work goes to work.

As the team leader, Hong Quan was the first to carry a hoe and walk in front wearing a straw hat. Beside him were his wife and accountant Guo Dashan.

The old lady led the Shen family and followed closely behind them.

When they arrived at the field, everyone took their hoes and started digging the ground, carrying manure, and carrying water... Among this group of people, the Shen brothers were the best at work, with both strength and ability.

There is also an old lady, who is almost sixty years old, but she picks up a hoe and bends down to dig the ground, and she is no worse than some young people.

This was the first time that many people looked over, and they all had a different opinion of the Shen family's past practices, and they were talking about it in a low voice.

"Didn't the Shen family love to slack off when working before? Why are they working so hard this time? And that old lady Shen, she used to be so cunning and sly, but this time she's like a completely different person."

"And she actually has the ability to help our team get seeds from the commune."

Some elderly people glanced at the old lady who worked the hardest.

"You young people don't know, but she was the hardest-working woman in our village. Many men couldn't compare to her. She could work in the fields with a big belly, and then she had to raise four or five children when she got home."

"It was only later, when the Shen family's financial situation improved and her son became successful, that she started to slack off and cheat."

More importantly, the Shen family has a son who is an officer in the army. No one in the entire Qingshan Brigade can compare to him in this respect.

If the Shen family didn't have a bad reputation, many girls would probably want to marry into the Shen family.

Among women, they only respect the old woman Wang Wanhua.

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Xu Manyue walked into the classroom. Yang Erming, who had not attended class for a long time, finally came to class. His leg injury had not healed yet, so he could only come to class on crutches.

After class, he leaned on his crutches and found Xu Manyue alone and bowed to her.

"Sister Man Yue, thank you for what happened that day. If it weren't for you and Uncle Hong's help, I would probably be dead."

"I will always remember this kindness in my heart."

Xu Manyue took a look at the wound on his leg, squatted down and carefully examined the wound for him. It seemed to have healed well. Fortunately, the wound was not very deep. It should be no big deal if he rested well.

"Erming, don't go up the mountain these days, otherwise your wound will get worse."

Now that every household has received some relief food, the Yang family should be able to hold on for a while.

Yang Erming nodded, "Don't worry, Sister Manyue, I won't joke with my body."

If he fell down, grandma and sister would have no choice but to wait for death.

The money they earned from the things they got from the mountains before could keep them going for a while, so he didn't plan to go up the mountain again for a few days.

As for Sister Man Yue's life-saving grace, he is not able to repay her now, but he will definitely repay her in the future.

When I ride my bike again and get home from get off work.

Suddenly, Xu Manyue saw a burst of black smoke rising from the kitchen from afar.

There was also the sound of a frightened child crying, which was clearly Shen Baozhu's voice.

Her heart skipped a beat, thinking something was wrong. She rushed into the yard, but only saw Shen Baozhu standing in the yard, facing the kitchen, crying with red eyes.

"Aunt, please save Sister Qingqing quickly. She...she said she went to put out the fire, but she never came out."

"It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, the kitchen wouldn't have burned down..."

Xu Manyue asked her to stay here and not run around, and observed the fire again. It started from the kitchen. There was a lot of black smoke, but the fire was not big.

She wet a handkerchief, covered her mouth and nose with her hands, and ran in with her head down. She immediately found Shen Qingqing still in the kitchen, putting out the fire with water.

The people were fine, but everything in the kitchen was almost burnt.

Xu Manyue also joined in the fire-fighting, and soon the fire in the kitchen was finally extinguished.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Qingqing, what's going on?"

It would be disastrous if the old lady came back and found out about this.

But fortunately, no one was hurt, which is a blessing in disguise.

Shen Qingqing's hair was burnt, her body was covered in gray, and her face was pitch black.

She lowered her head, not daring to meet Xu Manyue's gaze, "Aunt, I...I didn't take good care of Baozhu and accidentally let her burn down the kitchen."

Originally, the two of them were cooking, one was responsible for watching the fire and the other was responsible for cooking. She really didn't expect that Baozhu would end up like this just by watching the fire.

Xu Manyue met Shen Qingqing's guilty and self-blaming gaze, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Forget it, let's clean up the kitchen first and cook dinner early."

When Shen Baozhu saw that the fire was out, she subconsciously wanted to run into the house.

But then he thought about himself and how he had gotten into so much trouble, his face turned pale, and he turned around and ran out of the house in a hurry.

After Xu Manyue and Shen Qingqing cleaned up the kitchen, Shen Baozhu was no longer in the yard.

"Aunt San, where is Baozhu?" Shen Qingqing searched the whole house but couldn't find her.

Xu Manyue saw that it was almost time to get off work, but the dinner had not been prepared yet. It was getting dark and Shen Baozhu was nowhere to be seen.

She was also very confused at this moment.

But the most important thing now is to calm down.

"Qingqing, go cook first. I'll go find Baozhu."

There are people fleeing famine everywhere now, and it's extremely chaotic. What if a child runs outside and something happens?

Shen Qingqing felt a little uneasy, but she remembered something else and looked at Xu Manyue cautiously, "Aunt, the food grandma gave us today was just burned."

The family's daily food supply was rationed, not more, not less, and the rest was locked in her grandmother's room. Only her grandmother and her third aunt had the key.

Xu Manyue didn't bother to think about it anymore. She turned around to get the key and said, "I'll go get you some food."

After giving the food to Shen Qingqing, she began to look for Shen Baozhu. She first searched the house, but didn't see anyone. Then she ran to the places she often went to and searched again and again.

The dry riverbed, the back mountain, the old house, and several nearby homes.

She searched everywhere she could, but couldn't find Shen Baozhu. Gradually, it got dark, but she still couldn't find anything.

"Baozhu, Baozhu, where are you..."

Xu Manyue shouted until her voice was hoarse, but no one responded to her.

Thinking that the child might have returned home, she hesitated for a moment and ran back to Shen's house to see if he had returned.

At this time, they happened to run into the Shen family who were returning from work.