70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

Zhou Qingwen looked up and said, "Sister-in-law, please tell Mom later that I'm giving away three jin of cornmeal."

The older sister-in-law asked nervously, "Give it away? Give it to whom?"

"Your future sister-in-law!"

The sister-in-law smiled and said, "Didn't you just have someone break off your engagement? Who's going to date you now?"

"Sister-in-law, are you serious? You look down on me?"

"No, no, I'm looking forward to you getting married soon so you can share the housework."

The eldest sister-in-law smiled, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Zhou Qingwen said with a look of resentment, "You just wait, it won't be long!"

The eldest sister-in-law glanced at Zhou Qingwen's retreating figure, wiped the bowl, and smiled broadly.

When Zhou Qingwen came out, he shoved the black bag into Yu Yalan's arms: "Take these three-plus jin of cornmeal back with you."

Yu Yalan said nervously, "This...this isn't appropriate, is it?"

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you agree to be my girlfriend? Take it back."

Yu Yalan nodded, then took one step and looked back three times.

They left together with the eldest brother of the Yu family.

Zhou Qingwen really wanted to kiss her, but her older brother just stared at him.

Zhou Qingwen shouldn't be so reckless.

After all, at this stage, it's just about dating; cohabitation before marriage isn't allowed yet.

This was an era when even holding hands would make you blush for ages.

When Yu Yalan and her brother returned, Yu Yalan took out the black bag of cornmeal.

The whole family saw the food: "Quick, cook some, we'll eat some tonight."

Afterwards, Yu Yalan's mother quickly made cornbread. She boiled a pot of water, placed the cornbread on it, added some green leafy vegetables, and a little salt.

Yu Yalan then said, "I should have asked Zhou Qingwen for some salt. That little bit of salt will be gone after a couple of meals."

Yu Yalan wanted to go out, but Chen Sufang pulled her back and said, "Don't go, let's talk about it another day. We can eat without salt for two days without any problem. We can't keep asking Zhou Qingwen for food and supplies."

Don't let him think we can't have fun. What if he stops dating you because of this? That would be a huge loss.

Yu Yalan tightened her grip: "But if we don't eat salt, we'll become weak very soon."

Chen Sufang said, "We still can't go. That's enough for today."

Chen Sufang pulled Yu Yalan closer and said, "Do you think salt is cheap? In the countryside, people only use chopsticks to pick up a little bit of salt; salt is a rare commodity."

Yu Yalan tightened her grip. "Okay, I understand, Mom."

Yu Ya Hui came over at this moment: "Mom, is the cornbread ready? My stomach hurts from hunger."

"Alright, alright, coming right up."

Chen Sufang immediately and gently lifted the cornbread from the pot and placed it on a small chipped plate.

She pinched her ear with her hand.

"Come on, let's go inside and have some pancakes."

Then the family sat down, each person having a cornbread. The eldest sister-in-law was breastfeeding two babies.

Everyone else ate one.

Yu Yalan ate in a delicate and graceful manner, as did Yu Yahui.

At first glance, all the women in this room seem to eat in a delicate manner.

By the way, they were wealthy capitalists just two weeks ago.

There are maids and drivers in the house.

Now?

There's nothing left.

You have to boil every drop of water yourself before you can drink it.

He's not a capitalist anymore.

He was just a person who had been demoted.

Marginal elements of the five black categories.

The family ate to their heart's content and then took bowls to drink the soup from the pot.

This can be considered a pretty good meal.

The older sister-in-law touched her stomach and said, "I haven't eaten enough; my stomach still feels empty."

Yu Yalan gave the remaining third of her pancake to her sister-in-law: "Here, you can have it."

The older sister-in-law immediately took it and stuffed it in her mouth.

She was very hungry.

The baby nursed from one side and slept soundly after nursing.

However, she felt so hungry that she felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if she might faint at any moment.

Yu Yalan sat on the bed at night, still hungry.

My stomach rumbled a few times.

My older sister is already asleep, and my sister-in-law and nephew next to her are also sleeping soundly.

The parents slept in one room, while the eldest brother slept alone in a small side room, which was a small cell in the cowshed.

The eldest brother told his sister-in-law to let her sleep with her younger sisters, so that at least the younger sisters' room could block out the wind.

My older brother slept in a place without any shelter from the wind, and after one night, he was in pain all over his body.

But the older brother could only endure it.

Yu Mingliang was also not asleep, sitting on the bed with a troubled mind.

How glamorous were they before?

We have no worries about food and drink, although we don't eat meat every meal.

However, they were also wealthy families in the city.

The meals are plentiful every day.

Now, are they so poor that they have to send their younger sister to date Zhou Qingwen, a poor guy?

Yu Mingliang felt uneasy.

Yu Yalan then slowly got out of bed, drank some water, and then quickly went back to close her eyes and go to sleep.

The next day

Zhou Qingwen went up the mountain again, and left before dawn with two cornbreads.

When the eldest sister-in-law saw that two pancakes were missing from the pot, she knew that the third brother had taken them.

Zhou Qingwen walked to the place where he had asked Sun Erniu yesterday, Xizi Ridge.

Here we saw a bit of chaotic footsteps.

There were human footprints, wild boar footprints, and later footprints.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Qingwen's back stiffened and he broke out in a cold sweat.

It turns out that wolves were roaming here yesterday, and these footprints belong to them.

Zhou Qingwen believed that his hunting skills were not good enough to deal with the wolf pack, so he decisively and carefully observed where the wolves had gone.

They chose to leave in the opposite direction.

"Damn it! Is that wolf some kind of spirit? There was one up ahead of us?"

Zhou Qingwen didn't know if he was destined to be cursed by wolves.

He left in the opposite direction and still encountered two wolves ahead of him.

And the wolf also let out a low growl.

Zhou Qingwen immediately aimed his shotgun and decisively pulled the trigger: "Bang!"

The wolf ran away, but it was still shot!

The other wolf pounced on Zhou Qingwen in a flash.

Zhou Qingwen then suddenly drew the knife from his waist and slashed it: "Thud!"

The wolf's head was completely severed, and blood flowed all over Zhou Qingwen's head and face!

Zhou Qingwen felt a sense of relief, as if he had survived a disaster.

Fearing that more wolves might come, Zhou Qingwen carried both wolves on his back, including their heads, and went down the mountain.

Perhaps out of fear of being chased by wolves, Zhou Qingwen walked steadily and quickly down the mountain.

He arrived in the village just as it got dark.

Zhou Qingwen looked around and decided to bring the wolf into the village.

Or should we go to the black market to exchange for food?

I've used up all my energy for today. If I go to exchange for grain again, I'll have to carry the grain back again, so I might as well go home first!

When he got home, the whole family was alarmed.

I rushed out to see the wolves.

Zhou Jinfeng, in particular, was so excited that he touched the wolf here and there.

"Third Uncle, are we having wolf meat tonight?"

"Eat! Take this wolf that was shot dead by the neutron gun to exchange for food tomorrow. Keep the leg of this one that was cut off, along with ten catties of meat and a bowl of wolf offal. I'll take it to Old Zhao."

Subsequently,