Hearing that there were outsiders coming, Chen Xuanxuan quickly locked all the good things in her hands into the cupboard.

Then, she stuffed the four little ducks that were circling around her in the room every day directly into her pocket.

Chen Xuanxuan worked very quickly. After Gu Yu'an opened the door for the people outside, they saw as soon as they entered that everyone in the room was staying in the dark stove room.

At this time, Gu Yanzhang was using the sickle at home to slowly cut wood.

"Fourth brother, what did you just do? Why does it smell so good?"

Gu Yu'an heard this, and a trace of discomfort flashed across his face.

What can I do?

Didn't my daughter-in-law make some delicious food?

However, thinking that she had just locked all the food in the house in the cupboard, Gu Yu'an thought about it and could only pretend that he didn't hear it and continued to smile foolishly.

Gu Yu'an's eldest sister-in-law, Gu Huang, saw that he was pretending to be deaf and dumb and didn't even know how to entertain guests. She had a lot of opinions about him in her heart.

After she brought her three sons and two grandsons into the house, she began to cry.

"Oh my God, how can we live like this?"

"The few things on the beach have been snatched away by people from the village and outside. Fourth brother, you don't know that yesterday evening, I saw with my own eyes some people fighting for a few fish..."

Hearing what Gu Huang said, Gu Yanzhang tightened the sickle in his hand, "Aunt, this matter has nothing to do with us anyway!"

"Every time my family goes there, we can't get anything good. So, we haven't been there for several days."

Gu Huang didn't believe it.

After drinking a sip of hot tea, she couldn't help but search everywhere in the kitchen and Gu Yanzhang's bedroom.

Finding that there seemed to be no trace of fish bones in this house except for a lot of snail shells and clams, Gu Huang thought for a moment and asked with a smile.

"Fourth brother, what have you been eating recently?"

Gu Yanzhang replied seriously, "We eat snails at home every day."

"No matter what, snail meat is still a delicious dish, but it's a bit troublesome to eat."

Gu Huang heard this and felt a little unwilling. So, she suddenly sat next to Chen Xuanxuan.

I couldn't help but touch her clothes and shoes, "My nephew's wife, your clothes and shoes look quite warm. They must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Chen Xuanxuan smiled and replied, "I don't know about that."

"Because these were given to me by my family. If you are curious, you can ask my mother."

When Gu Huang heard that all the good things Chen Xuanxuan was wearing were given by her family, she was envious, but suddenly felt that her fourth brother, his wife, and her nephew were all good-for-nothings!

If the woman in front of her was her daughter-in-law, she would definitely force her and her son to sell all these good things.

She kept part of the money for herself. Then she used the other part to buy food for the whole family.

Thinking of this, Gu Huang couldn't help but encourage Gu Yu'an, "Fourth brother, you married a great daughter-in-law. Her family is so rich, why don't you ask them to help?"

"The Chen family is doing no worse than before!"

Gu Yu'an heard this, and before he could say anything, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but retort, "Aunt, my daughter-in-law's family is willing to lend a hand to help them. That's a favor they give us. If they don't want to, we can't force them, right?"

"What exactly do you want to do by coming to our house today?"

"As long as we think about the fact that things might change in a few days, and we have nothing to eat and nothing to wear, we wish we could use ten people as one. I wonder what the situation is like in your family..."

Gu Huang couldn't help but burst into tears as she heard this.

"What else can we do?"

"Isn't it still the same as before, slowly enduring the hardship?"

"...Fourth brother, I'm just shamelessly asking for your help. Can your family lend us 20 kilograms of food?"

"Lend us 20 kilograms of food?!" Gu Yanzhang was stunned when he heard this number.

He felt that his aunt was really asking for too much.

20 kilograms of food,...where would he get it from?

He knew the situation of his family best.

A few days ago, the several dozen kilograms of food sent by his brother-in-law's family had already been eaten by his family.

A family of ten people now has to eat two meals a day. One in the morning and one in the evening.

Every time his wife cooks food, it takes about 5 to 8 kilograms of food. In this way, the whole family can eat enough.

Gu Yanzhang knew the situation in his family, so he didn't plan to pretend to be rich.

"Aunt, even if you sell me, do we have 20 kilograms of food?"

"We eat wild vegetables from the mountains every day. Dandelions, mushrooms, and wood ears growing on dead tree barks..."

"Of course, there is also half a pickled cabbage sent by my wife's elder brother."

"..."

Gu Huang heard him say this, and she felt an indescribable disappointment in her heart.

His family only had so much, if she asked to borrow, she could only borrow a few kilograms at most.

Thinking that a mosquito is still meat, Gu Huang couldn't help but speak up and made a request.

"Okay then."

"Seventh nephew, can you give me the half pickled cabbage in your house?"

"Also, give us some of your mushrooms and other wild vegetables..."

Seeing his sister-in-law like this, Gu Yu'an couldn't help but raise his head and look at his daughter-in-law eagerly.

The kitchen key and the things in the kitchen were all managed by his daughter-in-law.

She knew best what food was left at home.

Under the eager gazes of the crowd, Chen Xuanxuan smiled at them calmly as usual, "Aunt, my husband and my parents-in-law have no idea what food is available at home."

"In order to borrow some food from my mother's family, I brought the pickled cabbage, mushrooms, and wild vegetables at home. You are asking me for these now, but I can't give them out at all... Instead of borrowing from me now, you might as well take your sons and grandsons, and those daughters-in-law to the mountains while the sun is out, and pick more wild vegetables."

Hearing that Chen Xuanxuan was unwilling to lend anything, Gu Yu'an, as her father-in-law, felt particularly guilty.

They are all relatives, and seeing that they can't make ends meet, but not lending them anything,... this is too heartless.

Gu Huang was very angry and unwilling at the same time.