Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Chapter 301 Military Coat

Xu Manyue was startled for a moment, then quickly came to her senses and lowered her head to take another bite of the egg.

When Shen Jingming saw her eating, he also picked up a pancake and started eating.

The flatbreads in their area are made of corn flour, but these days corn flour can only be ground with a stone mill.

It is not very thin, but big in size. If you eat it, it will get stuck in your neck and may even be difficult to swallow.

However, this thing is still a rare dry food nowadays, and it is much better than those thin porridges that are so thin that you can't see any grains of food.

Shen Jingming hadn't eaten this kind of pancake for a long time. He felt a little uncomfortable when he took the first bite.

There was famine everywhere, and even in the army, food was in short supply. He often ate coarse grains, such as black flour steamed buns, wild vegetable steamed buns, and cornmeal steamed buns, which were all coarse grains.

But no matter how coarse the grains were, they seemed to be softer than those at home.

After eating a few bites, Shen Jingming did not touch the remaining pancake. Instead, he took the thermos beside him, poured two cups of hot water, and handed one of them to Xu Manyue.

"Did my second sister-in-law make this pancake?"

Xu Manyue looked up at him and said, "Well, it was done by my second sister-in-law. What's wrong?"

Shen Jingming shook his head, "Nothing, just asking casually.

"By the way, I brought you a new military coat from the army. It's just right now as winter is approaching."

He stood up and walked to the luggage bag beside him, took out a thick army green military coat and put it aside.

Then, he took out a small woolen blanket, walked in front of Xu Manyue, and unfolded the blanket.

"I unexpectedly met a man from out of town on the train. He was planning to take this wool blanket to visit his relatives."

"But when I got to my relative's house, I had a falling out with him, so I decided to sell the blanket."

"I thought it was suitable, so I spent a little money to buy it. When the baby is born, I will use it as a blanket."

"It looks really good. Let me touch it." Xu Manyue looked at the wool blanket and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. She subconsciously reached out to touch it, but accidentally touched the man's hand.

The cold and rough touch startled both of them slightly, and their eyes fell on each other's faces.

The moment her gaze met the other person's, Xu Manyue reacted quickly, moved her hand away and changed the subject.

"I plan to get a small bed for the child. My eldest sister-in-law was going to make one for me, but she is still in the hospital taking care of my mother."

"I guess I won't be back for a long time, so I want you to ask Uncle Ge if he can make one for you."

Shen Jingming withdrew his gaze from her unnatural face. He thought for a moment and said, "Let me do it. We seem to have some wood at home, which should be enough."

"I can do it in one afternoon tomorrow."

Xu Manyue looked up at him in surprise, "You can do it too?"

Judging from the man's appearance, he doesn't look like someone who can do carpentry work.

Shen Jingming nodded, "I know a little bit. When Dad was still alive, although my brothers and I were still young, he often taught us some things."

"Among them is carpentry. Some of the wood in the house was left over from when he was here."

Xu Manyue remembered that her father-in-law had also fled from famine. In order to have a way to make a living, he seemed to have learned a lot of skills, the best of which was hunting.

This is also the reason why Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen are not afraid of wild beasts at all when they go up the mountain.

Xu Manyue smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll leave this to you."

With ready-made labor, she can save more than a dollar.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. "Third brother, I heard you're back?"

Just by listening to the voice, Xu Manyue knew who was outside. She stood up and wanted to open the door, but was stopped by Shen Jingming, "You sit down, I'll go."

It just so happened that this time he came back, in addition to visiting the old lady, he also wanted to investigate the cause of the old lady's serious illness.

Before going home, he asked the doctor at the hospital, who said that the old lady's condition was most likely due to some great shock, which caused her to become so angry that she fell seriously ill and fell into a coma.

Xu Manyue sat down obediently. Shen Jingming walked over to open the door. Outside the door were the two brothers of Shen Lao Da. When they saw their younger brother whom they had not seen for a long time, they were full of extraordinary temperament and their eyes were cold and intimidating.

"Brother, brother, long time no see."

Although the men of the Shen family all look somewhat similar, when they stand in front of Shen Jingming, they obviously do not look like people of two different levels.

For some reason, Boss Shen suddenly felt a little uncomfortable facing his younger brother who had just returned from the army, as if he was facing a stranger.

He raised his hand and tugged at his collar, and the cold wind hit his face, and he relaxed a little.

"Third brother, when did you come back last night? You didn't even tell me."

Shen Lao Er raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Jingming, took a step forward towards him, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

"Yes, we are all brothers. You came back without even telling me. If your second sister-in-law hadn't seen your wife this morning and asked a few more questions, my brother and I probably wouldn't have known you were back."

The aura surrounding his third brother was getting stronger and stronger. Even when facing his family, he had no expression on his face. If you didn't know them, you would think they were strangers.

Shen Jingming's eyes dimmed slightly. "I came back in the middle of the night yesterday, but when I saw everyone was asleep, I kept quiet."

"Oh, big brother, second brother, I learned from the doctor this time that Mom was provoked and that's why she was admitted to the hospital."

"I plan to call all the family members together at noon to have a good look at what happened that day. What do you think?" He raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them, and paused.

The eldest and second oldest Shen were stunned when they heard this, their eyes widening involuntarily. "What? Mother became like this because of something she did to her?"

When they were in the hospital, they were so focused on how to raise money to save the patient that they didn't consider this point at all. They thought that the old lady became like this because she was old.

Shen Jingming nodded slightly, a complex expression flashing in his eyes. "Well, Mom was indeed upset. I came back this time not only to check on her but also to investigate this matter."

Boss Shen and Second Boss Shen were silent.

If this is the case, then the person who caused the old lady to go to the hospital must be a family member, and one of their daughters-in-law.

After all, the men were busy outside at that time, and there were only a few women at home. Shen Qingqing and Shen Baozhu were at school. After thinking about it, there were only three women in the family.

After a long silence, Boss Shen looked up at Shen Jingming and slowly said, "Jingming, do you have someone you suspect?"