My Stepbrother Is a Little Pitiful (ChatGPT Translated)

☆ Chapter 54. Chapter 53: Chaos Begins, Chaos Begins.

Chapter 53: Chaos Begins

Uncle Xu shouldn't have too good of a time recently.

Although Lin Yuxiu returned to Liujiacun on the afternoon of the wedding day, the father and son didn't have time to catch up.

But after marrying a son-in-law, all the household chores, big and small, were done by the son-in-law. Uncle Xu had a lot of free time and occasionally displayed the strictness of a father-in-law, imposing rules on his son-in-law Li Shi, giving off an air of superiority.

The new son-in-law could only silently endure, resembling a punching bag.

Half a month quickly passed, June was originally the season when wheat ripened, but now there wasn't even a single wheat ear to be seen in the fields.

It had been eaten up long ago by the villagers and wandering refugees. When it was time for harvest, not a single grain of wheat could be found. Even mice, tree bark, and grass roots were eaten up by the desperate villagers.

Many villagers who had hoped for relief from the court were still waiting in despair, unable to find any disaster relief grain. They could only resort to eating clay to fill their hunger.

Cheng Songer had only heard of eating clay in TV dramas before, but this was the first time she witnessed it in reality.

This clay was white and had a fine texture, resembling flour at first glance.

After all, it was clay, not proper food. After eating it, it couldn't be digested and would stick in the intestines, gradually accumulating and giving a feeling of fullness.

Because it couldn't be digested by the stomach and didn't provide any nutrition, people who ate clay often had thin limbs and protruding bones, but their bellies were abnormally swollen, eventually leading to death from the clay.

It was just a desperate measure.

The famine became increasingly severe, and people could often be seen dying of hunger on the roads outside the village, or clutching their swollen bellies in agonizing pain.

If this continued, it was feared that cannibalism would occur.

Cheng Songer was powerless and could only choose to stay indoors.

But she didn't expect that someone would come to her door on their own.

The visitor was Liu Su, followed by a woman with deeply sunken cheeks. She appeared to be in her forties, hunched over with a dull gaze.

Cheng Songer stood in the yard and had no intention of opening the door for them: "What's the matter?"

Liu Su smiled flatteringly and said, "Songer sister, it's a good thing."

Cheng Songer glanced at the woman and felt that she looked familiar, but couldn't remember for a while.

She suppressed her doubts and said coldly, "What good thing?"

Liu Su enthusiastically approached and held her hand, "Someone wants to propose to your brother, quickly, call Qingzhi out to see."

Cheng Songer frowned and shook off his hand, "What are you looking at? He's not getting married."

Liu Su was taken aback, then narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Look at what you're saying. They came prepared. I told them that Qingzhi is beautiful and charming, and they are willing to take Qingzhi as a concubine. They can even give you half a catty of rice. What a good thing!"

Cheng Songer sneered, "I remember your son is about to get married too. Why don't you give him such a good thing?"

"You-" Liu Su was suddenly choked, and he forced a smile, "Naturally, I also want to marry my son there, but I can't force others to like him. What's the world like now? Half a catty of rice can buy a flower girl. Who made my son not as beautiful as Qingzhi? It's your family's Qingzhi who is lucky."