The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 26 Li Xiaoyan Borrows Food
The dinner was exceptionally sumptuous.

Two eggs are beaten and mixed with white flour to make egg pancakes. Bird eggs are boiled, shelled and placed on a plate. There is also a stir-fried vegetable, a fried lotus root ball, and a large bowl of white rice in front of each person.

Although they had been full for several days, the five little guys still couldn't help drooling.

Jiang Wan placed a bird egg at the bottom of each person's bowl, and finally placed the extra one in front of Gu Xiaohui.

Gu Xiaohui was somewhat flattered: "Mom, one is enough for me, this is for you..."

"One egg per person, very fair." Jiang Wan glanced at her belly, "After I'm done with these few days, I'll ask a doctor to come and check you out."

She had never been pregnant and didn't know what to pay attention to during pregnancy, but in modern society, pregnant women have to undergo a prenatal check-up every month, so it would definitely be a good idea to ask a doctor to take a look.

Gu Xiaohui's eyes felt a little hot.

She had been tortured for a year after marrying into the Ye family. If it weren't for Dahe who felt sorry for her and always secretly saved food for her, she would have died long ago.

In the past, the river was her light.

Now, she feels that her mother-in-law is also glowing.

There were seven bird eggs in the house, but she could eat two. She never thought that her mother-in-law would treat her so well.

"Mother, I..."

Gu Xiaohui wanted to say something, but her throat was blocked and she couldn't say the words.

Jiang Wan patted the back of her hand and said, "You are going to be a mother, don't cry, otherwise the baby will cry every day after it is born and it will annoy people to death."

Gu Xiaohui immediately held back her tears.

The family was about to have dinner.

A timid voice suddenly sounded in the yard.

"Brother Erhai, are you there?"

It was a girl's voice.

Ye Erhai didn't even bother to eat. He threw down his chopsticks and walked out of the yard.

Jiang Wan looked over curiously and saw a young girl in lotus-colored patched clothes standing outside the courtyard wall. She looked very graceful, but she was very thin, and it was obvious that she had been going through a famine.

The fire of gossip burned in her eyes: "Sishan, stop eating, look, is that girl your second sister-in-law?!"

With his mouth full of food, Ye Sishan nodded vigorously: "Yes, it's Sister Xiaoyan, I met her once, it turns out she is the future second sister-in-law!"

Ye Sanshu's eyes widened: "Second sister-in-law is so beautiful."

The girl had straight eyebrows and big eyes, and looked really pretty, especially in clean clothes, which made her look even more outstanding.

The orange sunset fell on the girl, the glow of the sunset was reflected in her pupils, and she looked up at Ye Erhai who was standing in front of her.

Ye Erhai didn't dare to look into the girl's eyes at all, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Jiang Wan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

It’s great to be young, love can’t be hidden, and it’s heart-warming just by looking at it.

Then, she couldn't laugh anymore.

Looking at the lustful look on Lao Er's face, you can tell that he is determined to marry her. The fact that the girl took the initiative to find Lao Er means she must be interested in him.

In other words, their family is going to have a wedding soon.

Holding a wedding means spending money.

She was not short of money. She had 150 taels of silver from selling the Ganoderma lucidum, which was enough to last for a long time, but she lacked a legitimate reason to spend it.

How to make the money pass through is a major issue she will face soon. Jiang Wan asked casually, "Dahe, how much money did you spend on your wedding?"

Ye Dahe's face suddenly turned red, and he stammered, "No, I don't know..."

Gu Xiaohui was even more shy, her head almost buried in her rice bowl.

Ye Sishan answered for her: "Mom, I know. Grandma said that my sister-in-law didn't spend a penny when she came home."

As he said this, the memories of his original body emerged before Jiang Wan's eyes.

When Daha went to the town to exchange salt, he fell in love with Gu Xiaohui, who was selling eggs in the town, at first sight. After a few interactions, they became a couple.

The Gu family was not the kind of family who would exchange their daughter for a dowry. Seeing that the Ye family was in good condition and had a father-in-law who had joined the army, they agreed to marry their daughter to them without hesitation. Even the half-dollar betrothal gift from the Ye family was given to Gu Xiaohui as a dowry. Of course, the money eventually went into the original owner's pocket and was sent to the Jiang family.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Xiaohui got married, she began a nightmare-like life.

Gu Xiaohui lived such a miserable life at her husband's house that she never went back to her parents' home to complain, for fear that her parents would rush over and chop Dahe to pieces.

As he was speaking, Ye Erhai walked in from the door.

He grabbed his hair and opened his lips for a long time before saying, "Mother, Xiaoyan heard that every household in Lotus Village has dug up bamboo shoots, so she came to borrow some food."

Jiang Wan asked, "How much do you want to borrow?"

Ye Erhai stretched out two fingers and then folded one back: "Ten pounds."

Ten kilograms of bamboo shoots is not a lot.

It's obvious that Erhai likes that girl, so it's not too much for him to give her ten kilograms of bamboo shoots to help her.

Jiang Wan asked Ye Erhai to go to the cellar to get the bamboo shoots, and then looked at Gu Xiaohui: "You have been married for a year, and you have never been back to your parents' home. Tomorrow you should take ten kilograms of bamboo shoots back to your parents' home to see what is going on with your parents."

The eldest daughter-in-law has married, and the Gu family is a formal in-law, so giving ten kilograms of food is not out of the ordinary.

Gu Xiaohui's eyes almost popped out when she heard Jiang Wan's words.

Over the past year, my mother-in-law had taken countless things from the Jiang family, and she had openly and secretly scolded her for using her family's things to subsidize the Gu family.

I swear to God, after she got married, she never took a grain of rice from the Gu family.

She was particularly careful not to mention the Gu family in front of her mother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law actually brought it up on her own initiative and asked her to bring ten kilograms of bamboo shoots over. This huge surprise made her eyes widen.

But at the gate of the courtyard, Li Xiaoyan's eyes were full of disappointment.

She asked to borrow 20 kilograms of grain, but Ye Erhai only gave her 10 kilograms. How could she explain to her father when she returned?

"Xiaoyan, my family really can't afford more..."

Ye Erhai spoke with some difficulty.

These jade bamboo shoots were dug out by his brothers together. Each of them dug about 30 to 40 kilograms. If he lends out 20 kilograms at once, then what is the difference between him and his mother who used to deliver things to the Jiang family?
"I know, it's not easy for anyone these days." Li Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with mist, "Then Brother Erhai, I'm going back first."

Ye Erhai didn't dare to look into her eyes: "Then I'll give you a ride."

Li Xiaoyan walked in front and he walked behind. There was always a distance between them. Before their relationship was confirmed, he didn't want to ruin Xiaoyan's reputation.

Jiang Wan sat in the room, feeling a little worried.

There are only two rooms in the house. Where will the couple sleep after the second son's wife comes in?
In those days, it would cost about two taels of silver to build four or five adobe houses. She had money, but she couldn't explain where it came from.

After examining the girl's character, you can give her some betrothal gifts and let the two children get engaged, and then marry her after the New Year or the beginning of spring.

(End of this chapter)