Life did get better after that.
In addition to food coupons, cloth coupons and some necessities, Zhang Xiaomei sold all the other coupons.
She was torn between the two for a long time, but finally decided to stay. Her daughter was growing up, and she had already been living alone, so she couldn't let her health suffer any more.
Every month, the food coupons were exchanged for grain, no matter whether it was coarse grain or fine grain, no matter whether it could be eaten up or not, all of it was exchanged back.
Food is safest only when it is kept under your own nose.
Looking at the slowly increasing amount of food, Zhang Xiaomei felt a little more at ease.
My son is still young now. When he grows up, the food he will need will only increase, not decrease. I have to help him save food from now on.
Since moving out, Zhang Xiaomei has been interacting with her parents' home more frequently.
Now I can finally invite my family to come over for a meal!
It feels so good to be the boss of your own home.
At first, the Queen Mother thought that her son's claim of eight dollars for rent was a lie.
After knowing it was true, I wanted to come and see where they lived and why it cost eight dollars.
When I came over and took a look, I couldn't take my eyes off it. It was much better than their small yard.
He immediately made the decision to let the couple move out and live with the two money-losing guys.
The large room can be given to a couple with two adults or a couple with a small adult.
This way, the house will be much more spacious if a room is left empty.
Then he was driven away by Zhang Xiaomei.
The Queen Mother was not willing to give up and brought people to seek revenge, but was beaten away by Grandpa Hao and his wife.
He would not allow this person to mess up his own house, thus preserving Zhang Xiaomei's last piece of pure land.
Zhang Xiaomei was also extremely grateful to Zhao Tingting for helping them find this accommodation.
Zhang Xiaomei is living a comfortable life, but the Wang family is not.
Because all the work was done by Zhang Xiaomei before, no one had the awareness of working.
Because she needed to eat, the Queen Mother knew how to cook, but no one washed the dishes after meals, no one washed the clothes every day, and no one kept the house clean.
Wang Mu couldn't call the other two daughters-in-law, so she had to do it herself. After two days, she couldn't do it anymore.
Ever since she had Zhang Xiaomei, she has been living like a queen mother and has never done anything.
So the Queen Mother started to curse and asked the other two money-losing guys in the family to do something.
If I can’t call my daughter-in-law, can I call my granddaughter too?
The Queen Mother had a new target to vent her anger on, and she started cursing all day long again.
The two spoiled children refused to accept this and went to cry to their mother, and the whole family started a big quarrel again.
The final result is that everyone takes care of their own business, so who will do it?
If you don't do it yourself, just let your daughter do it. Your son won't be able to do anything anyway.
After a lot of fuss, the two girls ended up doing the laundry, but they were their own clothes.
It was okay in the summer, but in the winter, when they looked at their frozen and swollen hands, they cried and cursed their aunt's family.
Why are you splitting up for no reason? Wasn’t our life pretty good before?
I also cursed my grandmother in my heart, wondering why she had to do everything.
They still have to go to school, and an old woman doesn't work, so what else does she want to do besides doing housework at home?
The Queen Mother was also cursing the two little bitches in her heart. They were making a fuss, but they still wanted to wash clothes. She just separated her clothes and the old man's clothes for her to wash separately.
The most hateful one is that Zhang Xiaomei. If these things hadn't happened, there would be no conflicts at all.
Just when life was getting better, famine broke out across the country.
Zhao Tingting and others did not prepare any food reserves, but it didn't matter. They had a wide network of contacts, so at most they would not eat as well as before, but they would not starve.
Although those with urban household registration have no fine grains every month, it is good to be able to buy coarse grains, which can at least allow them to have five-tenths full.
Zhang Xiaomei's family has many children. Although her son is still young, she has saved a lot of fine grains for him, so it is okay to eat him mixed with other food.
She had visited her own parents' home. Because they used to run a big canteen, they secretly hid some food with Zhang Xiaomei. Now Zhang Xiaomei brought some back from time to time, so they would not starve for the time being.
But Zhang Xiaomei felt vaguely uneasy, so she went back to her parents' home several times to discuss the matter with them.
Her parents comforted her, saying that God was just not kind to her this year and everything would be fine next year.
However, despite saying this, he still took out some of his savings and asked his younger sister to see if she could buy some food.
No matter what time, as long as you have food in your hands, you will not be worried.
Zhang Xiaomei went to the black market several times and found that there were very few people selling grain. Even if there were, the price had doubled or tripled, and the price changed every day.
Zhang Xiaomei acted decisively and bought all the food she came across. She didn't feel at ease until she had spent all the money she had.
At least, they can have a fixed amount of food every month.
Zhang Xiaomei started to eat less food every day. Anyway, Wang Dazhuang could eat a meal at the factory at noon, and he had nothing to do at night, so it didn't matter if he ate less.
The mothers don’t have to work, so it doesn’t matter if they eat less, as long as they don’t starve. They have gotten through the more difficult days in the past.
No one could have imagined that this famine would last for more than three years.
Although the cities did not run out of food, their supplies were reduced.
The Queen Mother came over and made a fuss several times because the Wang family’s grandchildren were at the age when they were old enough to eat.
The Queen Mother was reluctant to let them go hungry, and after the stored food was eaten, they would not be able to eat enough with just the supplied food.
The ancestors, who had never been hungry, couldn't stand it and immediately started making a fuss at home.
The Queen Mother had no choice but to turn her attention to Zhang Xiaomei. After all, they were all a bunch of money-losing goods and didn't need to eat.
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