"That's right, the only way we have now is to borrow it from the third brother's family, I have already inquired, his family has a lot of food, you are an elder, I think if you open your mouth, they will definitely not refuse."

Xu Weichuan originally wanted to go to the door to borrow it in person today, but now that Xu Weishan is here, he will definitely encourage him to go.

"Our relationship with his family was so stiff before, I don't think they would lend it to us."

What's more, Xu Weishan didn't want to whisper in front of his younger brother and nephew.

Xu Weichuan didn't expect Xu Weishan to be so stubborn, it seems that things have to rely on himself.

Xu Weishan finally returned to his home without a harvest, and saw his wife's "I knew it was like this" eyes, ashamed and annoyed.

The Jiang clan had long expected that he would definitely not get any food from Xu Weichuan, with obvious mockery on his face,

"The second brother's family has no food, so I ......" Xu Weishan saw his wife Gao Gao. The cheekbones were extremely guilty, she was originally a woman with a round body, but after this period of drought, all the flesh on her body was gone, and now she is almost skin and bones.

"You trust your second brother so much, he must have lied to you." The Jiang family has always disliked Xu Weichuan very much, "He has so many eyes, and he will definitely not give you surplus food at home." ”

Xu Weishan still didn't want to believe it, and when he heard Jiang's words, he couldn't help frowning, and retorted, "How could he lie to me?" And when I went, he was lying in bed hungry, and he didn't even have the strength to get up. ”

Jiang knew that it was useless to talk to him about it now, so he took out a silver hairpin from under his box.

"This is the last bit of dowry I have left, you can take it out and sell it to see if you can get some food."

Xu Weishan recognized that this was his wife's most beloved hairpin, and he was reluctant to wear it on weekdays, but now he wanted to take it out for food, and suddenly his whole heart was like being soaked in bitter water.

I have to say that Xu Weishan is not qualified as a brother, but he is still very qualified as a husband.

But with the severity of the disaster, the food became more and more expensive, Xu Weishan took the silver hairpin and asked a lot of questions, but no one was willing to exchange food with him, only someone was willing to exchange a small load of sweet potatoes for him.

"How can it be? This is pure silver, you just take a small load of sweet potatoes and exchange them with me, isn't this clear that it is blackmail? ”

The person who was willing to exchange sweet potatoes was not happy when he heard this, "I was willing to exchange with you because I saw that you were pitiful, now that the price of food is so high, and you have been a hairpin for so long, what do you think you can exchange?" ”

Xu Weishan wandered around outside, and he also knew about the current grain prices, and knew that what he said was true, but when he thought about it, this was his wife's most beloved hairpin, and it was really not cost-effective to exchange it for a small load of sweet potatoes, and he was extremely reluctant in his heart.

At this time, someone hurried over, "Big brother, do you sell this load of sweet potatoes?" I'm willing to pay ten taels of silver to buy it. ”

Seeing that the sweet potatoes were about to be bought, Xu Weishan made up his mind and handed the hairpin to the person who sold the sweet potatoes, "Okay, I'll buy it." ”

The sweet potatoes he bought were too few, so Xu Weishan took a bag of cloth and carried it home directly.

When passing by Xu Huaiqing's house on the road, it was time for dinner, Xu Weishan had been hungry for a long time, and he was particularly sensitive to the aroma of the food. Feel. I sniffed outside his house for a long time, my stomach was rumbling, and I didn't want to leave.

He couldn't save this face and went in directly to beg for food, but he hoped that the people of the Xu family would go out to see him, and then invite him in, so that he would not seek peace first, and it would sound much better to say it. But his legs were numb when he stood outside, but the people of the Xu family did not come out.

"It's good that you are so ruthless, you eat and drink spicy food at home, and you don't care about the life or death of your brothers." Xu Weishan scolded and left, and spat heavily from the gate of Xu's house before leaving.

When Bai Jiujiu was eating, he vaguely saw a person standing at the door of the house, the figure was still a little familiar, and he wanted to go out to take a look, but he was stopped by the Wang family on the side.

"You're eating well, what are you doing out?"

"I saw someone standing in front of our house just now, trying to see who it was."

"There must be someone in the village who is hungry, smelling the smell of my family's rice, so come and smell the fragrance, if you go out at this time, they will definitely come in to eat with a thick skin."

The Wang family was not a generous person in the first place, but now that the disaster is so serious, there is not much food at home, and she is reluctant to share the food with others.

Bai Jiujiu felt that what Wang said was quite reasonable, so he no longer cared about the people outside.

Old Man Xu listened to Bai Jiujiu's words and thought for a while, "I don't know how the eldest brother and second brother's family are doing now?" Is there enough food to eat? ”

The Wang family has been following Old Man Xu for so long, and he knows his temper clearly, and as soon as he hears this, he knows that he must be thinking about those two wolf-hearted brothers.

"They used to do that to us, and I told you that even if they came to borrow food, I wouldn't allow you to lend it to them."

Old Man Xu glared at him, a little angry, "They are all their own brothers, they really want to come to the door to borrow food, if I don't save them when I die, I will be poked in the back if I say it." ”

Although Xu Weishan and Xu Weichuan had done some bad things to them before, Old Man Xu felt that the matter was over and should not be kept in mind all the time.

Hearing this, Wang put down the bowl heavily, "I'm not as generous as you, and the food at home is not enough, I don't know when the drought will be this day, and now the food outside is more expensive than gold, although there is still some money at home, but I can't buy much, the rest of the food is our life-saving food, if you dare to give them, I will fight with you." ”

She has respected Old Man Xu all her life, and she has never spoken to him so loudly, and for a while, Old Man Xu was also frightened by her, and he was stunned and did not speak.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law quarreled, Bai Jiujiu was embarrassed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, but seeing that the two of them stopped talking, he was worried that they would hurt the estrangement because of this incident, so he secretly gave Xu Huaiqing a look.

Xu Huaiqing knew his father's temper, and after this while, he would be fine, so he didn't care, but just gave Bai Jiujiu a slightly calming look.

But how could Bai Jiujiu not hear anything, so he had to persuade him, "Actually, the eldest uncle and the second uncle haven't come to our house to borrow food yet, so it can be seen that they still have food at home, and my father and mother don't have to quarrel about this kind of situation that doesn't exist at all." ”