At this time, Wang Yuqiao also came back, and was sweeping the dry leaves and dust on his body with a kang broom in the yard.

The target issued by the state requires the village to plant some cotton, and in winter, after the cotton is picked, there will be some unopened cotton peaches left on the cotton plant, and the brigade will ask the villagers to pick these cotton peaches back and break out the cotton petals inside.

The cotton petals are all cotton that has not yet grown, and cotton can be produced by drying it.

Although the quality of such cotton is not good, it can also be used. Many farmers can't afford to use good cotton, and they can use this, and they don't need tickets if it's cheap.

But the amount of such cotton is also very small, and not everyone can take turns in such a good thing, let alone spend money to buy it.

It is also a centimeter to go to the brigade to break cotton petals, although it is very little, but earning a point is a point. A lot of women who have nothing to do in the winter go to do this.

Lunch was still gruel and not dry. It's the winter slack season, and you have to wait until the farm is busy and hard work to eat. Now it's a little bit to be able to save a little.

After dividing the porridge, each room went back to each room to eat. Of course, the second room is still the thinnest porridge, and there is not much dry in it.

Wang Yuqiao looked at the gruel with clear soup and little water that could shine into the human figure, and begged her mother-in-law Liu Cuilian: "Mother, you can scoop two spoonfuls of dry, the two children are hungry after picking up firewood all morning." ”

Liu Cuilian glared at the triangular eyes and scolded: "If you don't eat it, if you don't eat it, you can put it here, and you still pick the fat and thin ones, some of them are good to eat, and it's good to starve to death." ”

Liu Cuilian's face is full of horizontal flesh, high cheekbones and triangular eyes, and the older she gets, the more obvious she is.

Wang Yuqiao reluctantly went back with a small pot of gruel in her house with red eyes.

She was aggrieved and unhappy in her heart. The family is the most angry in their second room, and the man is the most honest, and he can't say anything, but the children have suffered with them, and they have never eaten enough.

The eldest daughter is fifteen years old, but she still looks like a teenager. The three sons were similarly skinny, each stunted.

The youngest son cried out hungry every night. Several of the children also had frequent cramps, and they were all hungry.

Wang Yuqiao returned to the wing room where she lived with red eyes, Du Yuhan took the porridge basin in her mother's hand, looked at it and said, "Mother, if our family is always like this, the three younger brothers will be starved to death sooner or later."

I'm fifteen years old, and I'll get married soon, and I'm fine, but if the three younger brothers continue like this, they will all be villains if they don't starve to death in the future, and they can't even talk about daughters-in-law. ”

Wang Yuqiao was stunned by her daughter's words, and she found that since her daughter woke up after being pushed down by her sister-in-law and bumped her head, she became more daring to speak, and she was not as timid as before.

Wang Yuqiao glanced at her husband who was sitting at the kang table waiting for dinner, sighed and said, "What can I do? ”

Du Yuhan snorted while serving porridge and said, "If there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather." My grandmother is my father's stepmother, of course she will not care about our life or death, and use our family's rations to subsidize her own children and grandchildren. In the end, the unlucky one was our second room. ”

Wang Yuqiao didn't know this fact, sighed and said, "Then what's the solution?"

Du Yuhan glanced at Du Lianqiao, who lowered his head and didn't speak, and said, "There is a way, split up and live your own life." ”

Du Lianqiao and Wang Yuqiao both looked up at Du Yuhan in surprise when they heard this.

Wang Yuqiao wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I always wanted to split up, but your grandfather and your grandmother would not agree." ”

Du Lianqiao lowered his head again. Du Lianqiao, who was only in his thirties, was very thin because of hunger, his face was wrinkled, and his hair was gray, making him look a little old. The body suffers serious losses due to long-term starvation.

Du Yuhan looked at his honest adoptive father and felt very uncomfortable, and said with red eyes: "My grandfather and my grandmother don't agree to split the family, can we just endure it?

Dad, mother, look at my three younger brothers, how thin they have become. Let's take a look at the children in the other rooms, which one is not as long as the three younger brothers. If you don't have enough to eat, you won't grow tall, will you let my three younger brothers be bullied by them in the future?

Why can't we find the team leader to evaluate and evaluate the reason, the stepmother and stepmother are so harsh that they are not their own children, why can't we separate them?"

Wang Yuqiao listened to her eldest daughter's words and looked at her husband expectantly.

Du Lianqiao raised his head and said with a bitter expression: "Yuhan, my father knows that what you said is right, but we broke up and broke up, not to mention the damage to our reputation, your father will not agree." Daddy is your grandfather's son after all. ”

Du Yuhan stared at Du Lianqiao and asked, "Dad, tell you the truth, do you want to split up and live another life?" ”

Du Lianqiao looked at his eldest daughter's shining and determined eyes and couldn't help but say, "Why don't you want to, Dad is not a fool." We adults can endure starvation, but watching you children starving dad is like a needle prick.

Dad and your uncle discussed the separation, but your uncle did not approve of the separation. ”

Du Yuhan pursed his lips and snorted when he heard this: "Of course he doesn't agree with the separation, his daughter is about to get married, the bride price is all controlled by my grandmother, and my grandmother has to spend money on doing things."

My aunt is not in good health, she can't do any work, she basically can't earn any centimeters, and she has to spend money on medicine.

My lobby brother is about to talk about his daughter-in-law, of course he still has to point to our family to fill in the holes for their family, of course he doesn't want to split the family. Dad, I ask you, if there is a chance that you will break up, will you back down. ”

Wang Yuqiao looked at Du Lianqiao expectantly and said, "Dad, you should be tough this time, for the sake of our children to live." ”

Saying that, Wang Yuqiao wiped away her tears and stopped talking, silently expressing her sadness.

Du Lianqiao sighed and said, "If we suddenly propose to split up like this, no one will agree." ”

Du Yuhan's eyes flashed and said, "Dad, there is a chance now." ”

Du Lianqiao looked up at his eldest daughter and asked curiously, "What chance?"

Du Yuhan walked to the kang table and sat on the edge of the kang and said: "My brother in the lobby and my uncle said that the daughter-in-law is a matter of the front and back feet, which requires a dowry. My grandmother is already looking for someone for me, and she will use me to exchange the bride price money for my uncle, who they call daughter-in-law. ”

Du Lianqiao and Wang Yuqiao were shocked when they heard Du Yuhan's words, "What, you are only fifteen, and you are so young, how can you get married?"

Du Haifeng also hurriedly said anxiously: "Dad, I won't let my sister get married." We didn't live with them when we split up. ”

Du Lianqiao hurriedly asked again: "Who did you listen to?"

Du Yuhan knew that now her grandmother had contacted the matchmaker and talked about the conditions, but she was still behind everyone's back, and she didn't want to give them any time to react in the second room, so she quickly settled the family affairs.