After Gu Mingze finished his meal and cleaned up, he went out to collect rain water and washed his dirty clothes. He walked back to the house for a while, and when the coldness on his body had subsided, he returned to the house to hug his wife and rest.

After Mr. and Mrs. Lu returned to their room, they closed the door and said, "Wake up tomorrow morning and tell Mingze to write a letter home. When it's ready to be mailed, send it by mail."

"Okay, got it." Mother Lu nodded, and sighed while lying on the bed: "I don't know what's going on at home. Can I let my grandchildren starve?"

"No, don't worry about it." Father Lu thought that his son was already that old, and he definitely couldn't let his wife and child go hungry.

"I hope so." Mother Lu stopped thinking about it and covered herself with the quilt, closed her eyes and prepared to go to sleep.

As for the Dongfeng Brigade and the Lu family, Lu Qingshan was so angry that he laughed when he saw his father-in-law and his family coming in the heavy rain.

When he bought the grain, he went to his father-in-law's house and told them to buy more grain and keep it at home.

But what about them? In order to save money, they didn't buy any food. Now that they have nothing to eat, they think of him. Do they really treat him as a sucker?

"My daughter, your parents have no other choice but to come here. Please lend us some food. We won't lend you much, just 200 kilograms." Mrs. Chen held Chen Juan's hand, tears streaming down her face.

"Mom, it's not that I don't want to lend it to you, but there really isn't much food left at home. How about this, I'll get you ten kilograms first, and you can go to other people's homes to find a way to get the rest?" Although Chen Juan felt sorry for her parents, she couldn't lend out all the food at home and let her husband and children go hungry.

"Juan, you can't be so heartless. Dad, mom, your elder brother, your second brother, and your nephews are all starving at home. You can't have food for yourself and not give it to us." When Mrs. Chen heard that her daughter would not lend her food, she slapped the kang, covered her chest and cried.

"Juan, your mother and I are already old. We came to your house in the heavy rain, and you only gave us this little food. You really disappointed us two old people." Old man Chen knew that his daughter would only take soft words and not hard words, so he said with red eyes and trembling lips.

"Mom and Dad, I, I..." Chen Juan was about to say something when she was interrupted by Lu Qingshan.

"Mom and Dad, we don't have much food left at home. If you don't want these ten kilograms, I'll keep them for now. After all, this is enough for us to eat for a few days." Seeing that his wife had softened her heart, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up.

He was afraid that if he spoke up too late, his wife would lend out all the food in the house, and then he would be starving and have nothing to eat.

Especially with the personalities of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, once something is lent out, don't even think about getting it back.

So it’s better to send them away quickly, so that he won’t say anything hurtful and make his wife soft-hearted.

"Yes, yes, these are life-saving food, how can I not want them." When Mrs. Chen heard that her son-in-law wanted to take back the ten kilograms of food, she hugged him and said to Chen Juan: "Juan, these ten kilograms of food are only enough for the family to eat for a few days.

Take a look and think of a way to help your parents borrow some money.

Can you bear to stay at home and eat well and wear warm clothes while watching your parents, your eldest brother, second brother, and nephews starve to death?"

"Mom, I'll think of a way for you, but you two don't have to come over. It's raining so hard, and you'll hurt your health if you keep going back and forth. I'll go home to see you when I find a way for you." Chen Juan was completely softened by what her mother said. She thought that after they left, she would beg the head of the household to give her more food so that she could take it back to her parents' home.

"Okay, okay. I'll wait for your good news." Seeing her daughter agreed, Mrs. Chen nodded quickly, stood up, and took Old Man Chen home in the rain.

"Chen Juan, I'm telling you, don't even think about taking the food from our house." After his father-in-law and mother-in-law left, Lu Qingshan turned against Chen Juan.

"Boss, you've seen what my parents are like. We have so much food at home, just lend them some. I'll eat it every day at home. I feel bad when I think of my parents drinking cold water at home and having nothing to eat." Seeing her husband like this, Chen Juan grabbed her clothes on her chest and said with tears in her eyes.

"Don't try to play tricks on me. I'm telling you this. If you dare to give our food to your parents, then you should stay there and never come back. We in the Lu family can't afford a woman like you who only sides with your parents." After Lu Qingshan finished speaking, he took out a padlock from the house and locked the door of the warehouse. He put the key in his pocket to prevent his wife from stealing food behind his back.

Logically speaking, the family still has three or four hundred kilograms of grain, and could lend some to his father-in-law's family.

But seeing that it was raining heavily outside, he didn't know how much grain he would get in the autumn harvest, so he would rather be scolded by his father-in-law than lend the grain out and let his children starve.

Chen Juan was furious when she saw that her husband did not trust her and directly locked the warehouse.

But no matter how angry he was, there was nothing he could do. The warehouse was locked and he didn't have the key, so there was no way he could take the food.

Then she could only go to the second and third sons’ houses to see if she could borrow it.

Thinking of this, he picked up the straw raincoat hanging on the wall, put it on and ran out.

Lu Qingshan ignored the people who went out. After all, the team was so small that they couldn't get lost. They would come back by themselves after a while.

"The second one's family, the second one's family."

Chen Juan arrived at Lu Qinglin's house and pushed the door, only to find that it was locked from the inside. She could only shout at the door.

"I'm coming, I'm coming, who is it? Why don't you stay at home when it's raining so hard? Come to my house." Zhao Xiaohua was lying on the kang. When she heard someone calling her faintly outside, she got up, picked up her shoes, picked up a straw raincoat beside her and put it on, and went outside to open the door.

"What are you doing at home? Why are you locking the door?" Chen Juan waited for Zhao Xiaohua to come out and open the door, and couldn't help complaining.

"Sister-in-law, I was just about to ask you what you are doing. It's raining so hard, why are you coming to my house instead of staying at home?" Zhao Xiaohua was not happy when she heard her sister-in-law complain.

"I have something to talk to you about. Come into the house quickly, or your clothes will get wet." Chen Juan pushed Zhao Xiaohua aside and ran into the house.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Zhao Xiaohua knew that her sister-in-law was fine and would never visit her. If she came to visit in the heavy rain, it must be something serious.

"I'm here to borrow some grain from you. Can you spare me 50 kilograms?" Chen Juan didn't hesitate. When she heard the second son's wife ask, she said it directly.

Section 44

"What the hell? 50 kilograms of food? What's wrong? You have no food to eat?" When Zhao Xiaomei heard that her sister-in-law came to borrow food, she was immediately surprised.

I thought to myself, that’s impossible, the three of them bought it together, and each person got about 200 kilograms.

Some time ago, we were given about 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes. How could they be eaten up so quickly?