On her first day at work, Wang Yingxue's appetite was only slightly larger than usual. At the time, no one paid much attention and kept urging her to eat more.
But things got increasingly wrong; Wang Yingxue ate more and more, and her appetite grew larger and larger.
In just one month, they finished off all the food that the family had planned to use for another six months.
However, believing that they couldn't let their children suffer, Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang had no choice but to spend money to buy grain from the villagers.
Wang Yingxue gradually realized that she seemed to be eating too much, so she started picking more green vegetables or wild vegetables to cook every day.
Later, Wang Yingxue controlled herself to eat more vegetables and less rice. Her condition improved slightly.
But the good times didn't last long; even wild vegetables need time to grow. After one harvest, there was a period of time when there wouldn't be any to eat.
During that period, the Wang family always ate their food exceptionally quickly.
This cycle repeated itself, and the Wang family's wealth was gradually depleted.
Even though Wang Yingxue and her uncle could earn full work points, the grain they received wasn't enough to feed their own family.
They even have to spend money to buy food every year.
This year, the situation has become even more severe.
The Wang family was facing a life-or-death crisis; they had no money left. They hadn't even eaten meat during the Lunar New Year.
They took the pork and fish that the village received at the end of the year and exchanged them for grain.
Wang Yingxue felt guilty about having emptied her uncle's house. But she couldn't control herself!
She tried eating less, but the result was that she fainted from hunger in the field the next day.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the village knew what kind of people Uncle Wang and his family were, they would all know.
In addition, on one occasion, when someone in the village held a banquet, they saw Wang Yingxue eat several large bowls of rice by herself and finish all the leftovers on the table.
That time, Wang Yingxue became famous overnight.
As a result, no one in the entire village dared to marry her.
No matter how beautiful she was, how strong she was, or how many work points she earned, no one dared to come to her door to propose marriage.
Later, someone gave Aunt Wang some advice.
They said Wang Yingxue was pretty and that city people might like her. Later, when Wang's aunt went back to her parents' home, Wang's maternal aunt mentioned it to her.
Originally, Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang didn't plan to ask for a bride price, since Wang Yingxue really had a huge appetite!
They were afraid that after accepting the betrothal gifts, Wang Yingxue would be returned because she ate too much. Furthermore, their family no longer had the means to provide a proper dowry for Wang Yingxue.
However, Wang Yingxue insisted on a dowry of fifty yuan because she knew that her uncle's family had already been emptied of money by her.
This has even led to the fact that Wang Yingxue's two cousins are still unmarried.
Although the bride price in the village is not much, ten or eight yuan is still required.
Wang Yingxue felt she couldn't just leave like that, so she insisted on a dowry of fifty yuan.
Seeing Wang Yingxue's insistence, Wang's aunt, looking at the already impoverished house, also acquiesced to the bride price.
However, in order to protect Wang Yingxue's reputation, Wang's aunt claimed to the public that she insisted on the bride price.
Although the villagers didn't know the truth, they all thought the dowry she asked for was reasonable.
Because they did a rough calculation and knew that Wang Yingxue had eaten more than fifty yuan worth of food at her uncle's house!
They even tacitly helped the Wang family conceal the fact that Wang Yingxue had an exceptionally large appetite.
So when Aunt Wang came over not long ago and said that Chen Zhaodi was very satisfied with Wang Yingxue and was willing to pay a dowry of fifty yuan, the whole family was very happy.
It's been several days since Aunt Wang came, and she hasn't come to tell them when to look at the property.
Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang were worried, thinking it was probably hopeless. That's why they were sighing at Wang Yingxue just now.
Wang Yingxue, who went out to pick wild vegetables, was also worried!
She was overjoyed, thinking that someone from the city had taken a liking to her, but there was no follow-up for several days.
After wandering around the foot of the mountain, Wang Yingxue didn't pick many wild vegetables. Because her family's food supplies were running low, she picked wild vegetables more and more frequently.
As a result, she picked almost all the wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain. She didn't dare to go up the mountain, not because she was afraid of something happening.
Rather, she hadn't eaten her fill for many days, and she was afraid she wouldn't have the strength to climb the mountain.
When Aunt Wang came over, she saw that Wang Yingxue looked pale and thin, but in fact, Wang Yingxue was the one who ate the most in the Wang family.
Because of her large appetite, her family is almost out of food, and her changes are the most noticeable.
On the way back, the villagers saw Wang Yingxue and kindly picked some vegetables for her.
Everyone knows that Wang Yingxue's uncle's family is about to run out of food, and there's not much else anyone can do to help, except give them some vegetables or something.
Wang Yingxue thanked them one by one, then carried her basket home.
She had just arrived at her doorstep when she ran into Aunt Wang, who had come looking for her.
Wang Yingxue's eyes lit up. Aunt Wang was coming over now, so she must be planning to arrange a marriage?!
"Yingxue!"
Aunt Wang saw from afar that Wang Yingxue was a thin, small person carrying a large basket on her back.
I sighed inwardly: Poor child! Look how badly her uncle's family has bullied her, sigh~
"I'm telling you, they've decided to come and meet you this week. Is that convenient for you?"
"It's convenient! Aunt Wang, would you like to come in and sit down? My uncle and his family are home too."
Aunt Wang didn't really think much of Uncle Wang and his family, feeling that they were too harsh on Wang Yingxue.
She felt that Wang Yingxue had lost even more weight than a few days ago, poor thing!
Wang Yingxue pushed open the door and called out excitedly, "Uncle, Aunt! Aunt Wang is here!"
After Wang Yingxue left, Uncle Wang and his wife, who hadn't moved since, excitedly got up to greet Aunt Wang when they heard she was coming.
"Hello, Aunt Wang, please come in and have a seat!"
Looking at Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang felt that they seemed to have lost weight, but she didn't know if it was just her imagination.
"No need for a seat, I'm in a hurry to get back to the city. I just came today to let you know that the groom will be coming to visit in a couple of days."
"You should prepare yourselves well. They are a very easy family to get along with, so you don't need to be too nervous."
"Okay, okay! No problem, we'll definitely prepare well."
"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer. I'll head back now."
After seeing Aunt Wang off, Aunt Wang excitedly grabbed Wang Yingxue's hand: "It seems the man's family is quite satisfied with you!"
"This time it might work out!"
Then, with some worry, she asked, "Yingxue, if you two get married, do you really have to tell the man's family that our two families will no longer have any contact?"
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