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

Chapter 305 Borrowing Clothes

The weather is extremely cold after the beginning of winter, and the sun rises later.

It was early in the morning, before daybreak.

Lin Luoxia had already started getting dressed, lit the kerosene lamp in the dark room, and began to clean up.

Shen Lao Er heard the noise and opened his eyes while lying on the bed. He looked at the busy woman in the room and sighed, "Why are you up so early? It's still dark outside and it's so cold."

"You should go to bed first and clean up after daybreak. My sister-in-law is guarding the hospital, so it's okay for us to go there later."

Lin Luoxia paused while combing her hair, turned her head and glanced at the man, "Mom has finally gotten better, let's go out as soon as possible to see what happens to her. What if something happens to her again?"

"Besides, it would take us half a day to walk to the county hospital and back. If we go earlier, we can stay longer in the hospital and take good care of Mom."

When Shen Laoer heard this, he agreed, especially when he thought of his wife's filial piety towards his mother, he felt happy.

"You're really thoughtful. If it were me, I really wouldn't have thought of this."

"Okay, let's get up and pack our things now and leave later."

So the couple got out of bed and started packing before dawn.

As soon as the two of them pushed open the door, they found it was snowing. The wind and snow gradually got stronger. The cold wind blew, and the snowflakes hit Shen Laoer's face and slowly melted into water.

Overnight, everything outside was white.

"It's snowing, and the snow is so heavy. It's been years since we've had snow in this area. It looks like next year will definitely be a bumper year."

As the saying goes, auspicious snow means a good harvest, this is a good sign.

Seeing such a heavy snowstorm, Lin Luoxia looked up silently for a long time without saying anything.

Seeing the snowstorm getting stronger, Shen Lao Er quickly closed the door to block out the wind. He rubbed his hands and sighed, "The snowstorm outside is too strong. It's hard to travel now."

Lin Luoxia's face and clothes were also covered with snowflakes that had just drifted away. The snowflakes merged and soaked her cotton coat. She couldn't help but shrink her body and take a deep breath.

"No, no matter how heavy the snow is outside, we have to go to the hospital to visit mother today."

Shen Lao Er's eyes fell on Lin Luoxia's thin cotton coat, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. He walked forward, picked up the handkerchief beside him, and wiped the snowflakes off her clothes.

"Look at you, you're wearing so little, and it's so cold outside. I'm afraid you'll collapse before you even get to the county hospital."

"I think we should not go today. Let's go after the heavy snow stops in a couple of days."

Lin Luoxia looked down at her thin cotton-padded jacket, which had already become worn out, and shook her head, "No, if you don't go today, I'll go by myself."

The famine was so severe those days that cotton was in extremely short supply. It was impossible for ordinary people to get cotton.

This cotton-padded jacket of hers was made several years ago, and now the cotton inside has become clumping, so it is naturally not warm.

However, it's the same in every family nowadays, and it's already good enough that she has something to wear.

Shen Lao Er looked at her for a long while, and seeing that she was really insistent, he had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, go, go now."

"But you can't go like this. At least put on another piece of clothing before you go."

After saying that, he opened the wardrobe and searched for a long time, but he couldn't find even a decent piece of thick clothing.

Shen Lao Er's body froze and he fell silent. After a long while, he came back to his senses and looked at Lin Luoxia and asked, "Where are those cotton-padded clothes in your closet?"

Seeing that Lin Luoxia didn't speak for a long time, he suddenly understood something and frowned and asked, "You won't make those cotton-padded clothes smaller and give them all to Baozhu?"

Although he always knew that his wife was devoted to her daughter, even the name Baozhu was chosen by her herself.

I hope my daughter can be treated like a jewel in someone’s palm and be treated well like a treasure.

Originally, he named his child Hongmei, and the whole family thought it was a good name, except for his wife who objected.

The mother was already unhappy with her daughter-in-law for giving birth to a daughter, and because of this, she disliked Luoxia even more.

Lin Luoxia sighed, "Baozhu is still young, and cotton is hard to come by right now. It's okay for us adults to get cold, but children can't get cold, especially girls. They can't get cold all the time."

"Look at Qingqing from my eldest sister-in-law's family. She has never had a decent cotton-padded jacket in winter. She's only fourteen or fifteen years old and hasn't even had her period yet. Even if she does have her period in the future, who knows how much suffering she will suffer."

"Our Baozhu can't be like Qingqing."

She herself suffered from the cold because she didn't have any cotton clothes to wear in winter when she was a child. From then on, every time she had her period, it was like living a life worse than death.

How could she let her only daughter go through the same suffering she had gone through herself?

Shen Lao Er was silent for a moment, "But your health is not very good either."

"Well, if you insist on going to the hospital, I'll go find the third daughter-in-law and borrow a cotton coat for you to wear."

In those days, with food and clothing shortages and hard life, it was common to borrow clothes from others to wear for two days.

Lin Luoxia looked up at the heavy snow outside. It was freezing cold and if she didn't wear something thicker, something bad would really happen.

"But at this time, aren't my third brother and his wife still awake?"

The sky outside was getting slightly brighter, but it was still dark. Most people were sleeping at this time.

Shen Lao Er glanced outside and shook his head, "It's okay, I'll go knock on the door. Lao San has always been a light sleeper, I can just talk to him about this."

It’s just borrowing a cotton coat, it’s not a big deal. Usually when people have something to go out and have nothing to wear, they will ask their neighbors to borrow it, and most people will not refuse.

Just wash it after you wear it.

So, Shen Lao Er opened the door and went out, quickly ran to the door of Xu Manyue and Shen Jingming's room, and knocked on the door, "Lao San, Lao San..."

inside the house.

Shen Jingming, who was lying in bed, was awakened by the knocking and shouting outside. Hearing the familiar voices, he frowned slightly.

At this point, everyone should still be sleeping.

Shen Jingming turned his head to look at the woman sleeping on the inside of the bed. Seeing that she seemed to be about to wake up, he lifted the quilt and got up to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Lao Er was standing at the door braving the wind and snow.

"Third brother, your second sister-in-law and I are going to the city to visit mother. It's snowing heavily outside and it's very cold. Please ask your wife to find a cotton coat and lend it to your second sister-in-law for two days."

"We'll return it to you when we come back from the county."

Shen Jingming's eyes darkened slightly, "Second brother, wait a minute, I'll go in and ask."

After a moment, he finally came out and said, "Second brother, I'm sorry, Man Yue doesn't have any suitable cotton clothes."

In fact, he didn't even ask.