However, with Wang Dingxiang's silence, the village became quite peaceful.
This finally put Ning Jing at ease, who was worried about rumors spreading.
Like Ning Jing, Wang Guihua also breathed a sigh of relief and was beaming with joy.
She went back to her parents' home again, and this time, she was even more satisfied with the girl.
After returning home and inquiring with her eldest son, she prepared to present the betrothal gifts and hold the wedding before the Lunar New Year.
"Sister-in-law Guihua, so fast?"
Ning Jing was somewhat taken aback when she saw Wang Guihua, who had come to borrow sugar coupons.
Zhao Genlin and the girl met only once, and that's how they decided to spend their lives together?
Wang Guihua took the candy coupons from Ning Jing and sighed.
"It's all because we don't have anything to eat."
You wouldn't believe it, but our Xishan Village is considered good now. At least, no matter how bad things get, we can still have a bowl of sweet potato porridge.
Some people outside are already eating tree bark, grass roots, and even clay in some places.
I heard that several families in Genlin's girlfriend's village have starved to death.
I've inquired, and Wei Chunyu's family consists of six people.
She has one younger brother and one younger sister, along with her parents and a grandmother.
The family is small, unlike other families with many brothers and sisters, which could cause unnecessary trouble.
The bride price they asked for wasn't high, but it wasn't low either—two hundred catties of coarse grains. That just happened to be something our family could afford.
With this dowry, the Wei family can at least get through the New Year.
Otherwise, the whole family would probably starve to death.
At this point, Wang Guihua couldn't help but sigh.
If she hadn't found out that Wei Chunyu was quite skilled at managing household chores, she would have hesitated about whether she should marry such a girl from her family as her daughter-in-law.
However, Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Taohong, two women in the village, were eyeing their eldest son with covetous intent, and they almost dragged Xiuhua into the mess.
If something really happens to Xiuhua, wouldn't that mean it's her family's fault?
The two families will surely become enemies!
Just in case, after learning that Wei Chunyu was very capable, Wang Guihua returned home and consulted her son before immediately making a decision.
However, even though the other party only wanted 200 jin of coarse grains, she couldn't just do nothing.
First, we need to clean up Genlin's new house; besides, the new house can't be completely empty.
So, they also had the village carpenter make two boxes for them.
In addition, he asked someone to buy a red shirt as a betrothal gift for the newlyweds.
On the wedding day, there's no banquet on that side, but when you go over here, people always give you a few pieces of candy as a token of good luck.
However, very few people in the countryside had sugar coupons.
Therefore, Wang Guihua went to Ning Jing's house to borrow candy coupons, at least to buy half a pound of candy so that Genlin could use it when he went to pick up the bride.
Even if it's simple, it's still good to have some fun.
Hearing Wang Guihua say that, Ning Jing felt a mix of emotions.
"The drought is severe today. If we hadn't fought with the people of Dongxi Village to get this water source last time, it would have been a question whether the crops we planted before would have yielded any harvest."
"The farm is so lucky to have you come up with the idea of artificially raising earthworms; otherwise, even if we got chicks, they'd probably starve to death."
Wang Guihua thought for a moment and sighed.
Over there, not only are there no animals, but there aren't even any people left to eat.
In Xishan Village, at least before, each household kept a few chickens and ducks at home to lay eggs, which they would then take to town to exchange for goods.
There are so many chickens and ducks at the farm now. Once they start laying eggs, how much can you exchange them for?
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