Upon hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Chen Damei couldn't help but curse angrily.
"You know it's dangerous, so how could you bear to let me do it?" Zhang Yuan asked, dissatisfied.
In today's chaotic society, who knows what might happen to a young girl like her running around everywhere?
“Your dad is old and honest, and your brother is still young, isn’t he?”
“Where is he young? He’s 15 years old this year, and I’m only 16, not even 17 yet.”
Zhang Yuan snorted and didn't want to pay them any more attention.
It's not like a few years ago when you could still go out and explore. These days, natural disasters are rampant, and people can't even get enough to eat. If she's not careful, something bad could happen to her. If she were to be taken away as a wife, that wouldn't matter, since she'd eventually get married anyway. The real fear is encountering someone who doesn't treat people like human beings. In that case, she might die a terrible death.
"You are ultimately older than your younger brother. Are you really willing to leave him alone?"
"Anyway, I don't care, I'm definitely not staying." Zhang Yuan raised her chin.
If you really marry into such a family, you'll know how to live your life from now on.
“You…” Chen Damei raised her chin. She really wanted to give Zhang Yuan a good beating so that she would know clearly that she was her mother and that even now, she still had the right to spoil her.
However, Zhang Yuan's face is very important; they still need to use Zhang Yuan's face to exchange for Zhang You's wife.
These days, with limited medical resources, if Zhang Yuan's face is truly injured and there's no medicine available, her face could be ruined.
After much deliberation, Chen Damei finally put her hand down.
Seeing that Chen Damei and her family had left, Zhang Yuan hurriedly followed them. "Mom, should we check what the Ning family has before we leave?"
"Since we still have some time before lunch, shall we take a look?"
After a moment's thought, Chen Damei agreed to the proposal.
They still couldn't quite believe that Ning Hongze wouldn't have money, after all, the gifts he sent included meat, vegetables, and rare pastries. If he really didn't have money, how could he have bought all these things?
Chen Damei wanted to keep Zhang Yuan around because of the money Ning Hongze had hidden.
Of course, they could also check if he had any connections or ways to make money. If he had his own connections, they wouldn't have to worry about money anymore.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yuan refused to stay no matter what.
"That brat!" Chen Damei glared at Zhang Yuan before looking away, her expression anything but endearing.
Ning Hong lay on his bed, listening to the family's discussion outside.
"What a greedy bunch."
She had initially been drawn to the food he gave to Xiaoyu, and thus tried every means to stay at his house. Now that she discovered he didn't have much money and was spending it all on her younger sister, her attitude immediately changed.
"That's really reality."
Upon seeing Chen Damei and her group from afar, An's mother's eyes flickered.
Well, this little rain brother is really amazing.
We don't need to do anything; we can just let these people back down on their own.
After thinking for a moment, she went into the kitchen and hid most of the things, then locked them up.
Ning Xiaoyu was sitting at the door sorting through the wild vegetables that her mother had picked. Just as she was wondering whether she should go back to her brother's house, she heard Chen Damei's voice.
"Xiaoyu, are you picking wild vegetables?"
"yes."
Xiaoyu nodded. "There's not much to eat at home today, so we can only gather more wild vegetables."
The wild vegetables on the mountain have been almost completely picked clean.
I don't know where An's mother picked these.
"Are we having wild vegetable, coarse grain, and meat soup again today?"
Thinking of the meat they had eaten yesterday, Chen Damei and her family couldn't help but swallow.
“Where would we get so much meat? My brother brought it yesterday, just a tiny bit. We usually can’t bear to eat it.”
Ning Xiaoyu said irritably.
I saw Ning Xiaoyu angrily carrying the wild vegetables inside.
Chen Damei and her family didn't feel embarrassed at all; instead, they went inside as well.
Anyway, they decided to stay at Anjia for the time being.
They eat whatever Anjia eats; as long as they don't starve, that's fine.
What if there's still meat?
Thanks to Ning Hongze, her family had a little surplus of grain, and she was willing to lend it to them if they wanted to borrow some.
Yangguo (a type of fruit) has a high yield and is drought-resistant; as long as you are willing to plant it, you will not go hungry.
Didn't you see that other people's relatives are like this?
They rushed over to borrow grain, and happily took a bag of sunflower seeds back with them.
Once they plant these Yang fruits, they won't starve.
But Chen Damei and her family just wanted to get something for nothing.
Of course, they didn't like the taste of Yangguo either.
Ning Xiaoyu has been feeling unwell these past few days.
I always feel extremely hungry.
Her stomach was empty, and even though her mother would always secretly cook an extra egg for her every time she cooked, she still felt hungry.
"I've been so sentimental lately. I can't get enough of eggs; I'm craving meat too," Ning Xiaoyu said self-deprecatingly.
"Should we have a doctor take a look?" An Mingyi asked, frowning. "I'll go with you."
There is an old doctor in the village. Whenever they feel unwell, they go to him to get some medicine.
These days, money and coupons are no longer useful, but food is still acceptable.
"Let's go see." She clutched her stomach. Originally, she wanted to refuse, but then she thought about how her period for changing clothes this month hadn't come yet, and she... she might be pregnant.
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