Chapter 244 Digging a Rat Hole 6

Chen Jianye didn't understand either: "I don't know what my mother was thinking. What family would complain about having too much food? But my parents have already spoken, so I'll just stay here."

"Yes." Li Chunhua nodded, looking at her youngest son who was sleeping soundly beside her, and smiled broadly again: "This must be another blessing brought by Jinbao."

Chen Jianye nodded in deep agreement. Before the birth of their precious baby, their family had never experienced so many good things happening one after another!

In the next room, Zhou Zhaodi was talking to her husband: "I've gotten such a great deal for free, I'd be laughing in my sleep."

She laughed and hummed a tune with pride.

“That’s right!” Chen Jianye chuckled along. “But I just can’t understand why Mom wouldn’t dig up the rest of the mouse holes.”

Although Zhou Zhaodi also felt it was a pity, she still trusted her mother-in-law: "Mom must have her reasons for making this arrangement. Besides, it won't make a difference if we wait a day or two. I don't believe that the grain can grow legs and run away."

Then she suddenly lowered her voice and said, "Honey, I'm going back to my parents' house tomorrow morning to tell them that there's grain in the rat hole, so they can go and dig it up too."

Although her parents haven't come to borrow food these past few days, it means that the family at least won't starve, but they have still suffered some losses.

It's always good to have more food.

Chen Jiandang nodded in agreement: "We should tell my parents-in-law."

Anyway, the two communes were far apart, so their family wouldn't go that far to dig a mouse hole.

It would be better to give so much grain to my parents-in-law than to let it go to rats or other people!

The main room was unusually quiet.

Zhao Mei and Chen Jianguo were both honest and dutiful; they did whatever their parents told them to do.

However, she was now worried about her family's grain reserves. Her husband's family already had so much grain, but her family still hadn't managed to borrow any.

Zhao Mei's face scrunched up like a bitter gourd as she turned to Chen Jianguo and said, "How about I secretly go and beg Mom to lend my family some grain? They don't have much grain there this year, they're sure to go hungry."

My maternal family has welcomed two more grandchildren this year, and with more than ten people, that little bit of food is definitely not enough.

Seeing his wife's worried face, Chen Jianguo got out of bed, put on his shoes, and turned to her, saying, "Don't ask about this, I'll ask."

Although Ma Xiulian had mentioned several times that she wouldn't lend any grain, she had collected so much grain today that she should be able to lend some out.

Most importantly, Chen Jianguo was afraid that Zhao Mei would be scolded if she asked Ma Xiulian for grain. After all, a daughter-in-law would feel bad if she was scolded by her mother-in-law.

As a son, I can accept being scolded by my mother; after all, there's no lasting grudge between them.

When he arrived, Ma Xiulian and Chen Dazhu had just lain down and were about to turn off the light and go to sleep.

"Mom, could we lend some grain to Zhao Mei's family?"

Chen Jianguo is an honest man, and he speaks quite frankly.

Without even thinking, Ma Xiulian shook her head and said, "No."

"oh."

Chen Jianguo nodded sullenly, then turned and walked towards the door.

But he had only taken one step outside when Ma Xiulian called out to him, "What's the rush? Did I tell you to go back?"

So he obediently turned back and waited for his mother to speak.

“We definitely won’t lend out our grain, but you can have your wife’s family go to the rat holes to dig up some grain.”

I'll update four chapters tonight, and another four around 2 PM.

(End of this chapter)