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

Chapter 379 Taking Photos

After coming out of the old lady's house, Xu Manyue rode a bicycle with her child on her back and arrived in town in a short while.

The New Year has passed, spring has arrived, and the weather has become much warmer.

It is not as cold as before when riding a bike. There were two light rains in the past two days. Although the rain was not heavy, it still made everyone very happy.

Since the famine began in 1958, until now, in the spring of 1962, it has not rained in Qingshan Brigade for almost four years.

These two light rains gave everyone hope.

The team leader started preparing seeds early, waiting for a few more heavy rains so that he could get to work.

Xu Manyue was riding her bicycle on the way to the town. Looking at the grass roots emerging from the ground and the mountains, she felt happy.

We finally made it through. In the days to come, as long as everyone is willing to work hard, few people will starve to death like in recent years, and we won't have to flee famine.

In the past few years, half of the people in Qingshan Brigade who fled famine have died, and the rest have either starved to death or are barely hanging on to life.

Fortunately, I managed to get through it all.

Not a moment later.

When Xu Manyue arrived in town, she first found the photo studio and walked in.

There was only a photographer and a young apprentice inside. It was very quiet and no one came.

But if you think about it, it's understandable. These days, taking photos is not cheap. A photo costs fifty cents, and an extra twenty or three cents can buy a pound of meat.

Most people don’t have anything important to do, so they wouldn’t be willing to spend so much money to take a photo of a piece of paper.

Instead of spending money on this, it would be better to use it to buy food.

"Master, please take two photos for me, one of my child and I, and one of the child alone."

The photographer fiddled with the equipment in his hand and nodded, "Okay, it will take a few days to get it after the photos are taken. Just check when you have it and come over to pick it up."

After taking the photos, you have to develop them. It is impossible to get them immediately after taking them.

Xu Manyue held the child in her arms and said, "Okay, I'll come and get it the day after tomorrow."

Soon, the photo shoot was over.

After paying the money, Xu Manyue left the photo studio with her child and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

She hasn't ridden her bike into town since she became pregnant, which has been almost a year.

She looked around holding the child. More than half a year had passed, and the town still hadn't changed much.

Gray streets, short houses, people walking hurriedly, and empty food stores on both sides of the streets.

The impact of the famine on everyone cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. It is not bad in the city, at least there is a fixed supply of commercial grain every month, but the situation in the countryside is not so good.

Even though it rained heavily this year, most of the villages are now empty with almost no people.

Those people either fled the famine or starved to death. There was a serious shortage of labor, and no one was willing to work on the land to increase grain production.

These problems cannot be solved in a short period of time.

Qingshan Brigade is better off. At least they grew some grain during the autumn harvest last year, so they won't be unable to survive after the Chinese New Year this year.

But the neighboring brigades are in a miserable situation. I heard that many people starved to death this winter. There is a serious shortage of labor. Not to mention young people, there are only a few elderly people and children left.

There were also people who saw the situation in Qingshan Brigade and secretly ran here to settle down, just to survive.

But the current Qingshan Brigade has no food to settle these people, so the labor force of Qingshan Brigade has not increased.

Arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Xu Manyue went in and looked around. There was basically no food, only some daily necessities.

She walked around and bought nothing, and finally came out empty-handed.

All these things are available in her system mall. After what happened to Lin Luoxia and Shen Laoer last time, she learned that the transformation value can not only increase, but also decrease.

Because of what happened to the couple, the system deducted 5,000 transformation points from her at one time. She had finally saved up 10,000, but half of it was deducted in an instant.

According to the system, she is now completely bound to everyone in the Shen family and cannot be untied. If she wants to break this relationship, she can only complete the task of transforming the Shen family as soon as possible.

As for the transformation value, it is distributed according to the transformation progress. Normally, it will not be deducted. Only when the transformation value drops seriously, half of the host's transformation value will be deducted.

After returning from the town, Xu Manyue also brought back ten steamed buns. These steamed buns were made by her own in her own small kitchen. They looked similar to the steamed buns sold in state-owned restaurants.

These days, everyone in the Shen family has put in a lot of effort to help her give birth.

It just so happened that she had made some steamed buns, and she could take advantage of this opportunity to go to town and share them with everyone.

In a few days, they will have to go back to work, and these steamed buns can be used to nourish their bodies.

Soon, Xu Manyue returned to the Shen family. When the old lady and other people in the Shen family saw the cornmeal steamed buns that Xu Manyue was carrying.

They felt mixed emotions, but the most important thing was that they were moved.

The last time the old lady fell ill, she almost drained the entire Shen family's assets. As a result, the Shen family's living standards were much worse than before, and they ate much less at each meal than before.

Even the two Shen brothers and Shen Xiaoshan, who are the main labor force in the family, have not eaten dry food for a long time since the Chinese New Year.

The last time he went to the hospital, Shen Jingming and Xu Manyue paid the most. I didn’t expect that Xu Manyue would be willing to pay for food for her family out of her own pocket when she went to the town.

Don’t underestimate this steamed bun. Not to mention the money, the food coupons are a problem.

The old lady was so moved that her eyes filled with tears. She held Xu Manyue's hand tightly and spoke to the other members of the Shen family.

"Look, even though you didn't say it, I know that some people always think that I favor the third daughter-in-law, but don't you see how much the third daughter-in-law has done for our family?"

"Ever since the third brother's wife got a job, she's basically given all her food coupons to the family. Plus the money the third brother sends back every month, tell me, if I don't favor her, who else can I favor?"

Xu Manyue shook her head and said, "Mom, this is what I should do. It's not a big deal. This steamed bun is not too cold. Let's eat it while it's hot."

"It won't taste good once it gets cold. In a few days, you and your brother will have to go to work. You won't be able to do it without some strength."

Mrs. Shen looked at the steamed buns and could not help swallowing her saliva. "Yes, mother, what my third sister-in-law said makes sense. Let's eat first. This is a gift from my third sister-in-law. We can't waste it."

"Everyone come and eat, don't dawdle."