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Chapter 97 The Exploited Mother-in-Law
"How did you get so much food today?" Father Lin asked.

The young woman still had a happy look on her face and she did not hide anything. She immediately told everyone about her and her sister-in-law.

Father Lin's eyes flickered, as if he had been thinking a lot. He ate his food silently and then returned to the bedroom.

On the bed, Lin's mother was lying quietly.

She seemed to be in much better condition. After all, compared to the previous hunger and cold, at least she was not freezing now.

In fact, Lin's mother wouldn't even have gone hungry.

Father Lin was assigned to plant potatoes because of his age. He gritted his teeth and did the work of two people at first, and solved the problem of food rations for both of them.

However, the good times did not last long, and soon something happened to the fake daughter Lin Yue.

Lin Yue went out to search for supplies for the first time, and she came back crying. She didn't find anything valuable, and she met other survivors, who almost beat her to death with an iron rod.

So that night, not only did Lin's father have to share half of his food rations with her, he also had to support his tired body to comfort her.

As a result, the next day, the frightened Lin Yue refused to go out again.

Lin's father was very dissatisfied with Lin Yue's cowardice and temper, but after all, she was his daughter, and he felt distressed and was even more worried that something might really happen to her one day.

But it was impossible to transfer the young man to farming, so he had to bite the bullet and apply for a job change, and go out with Lin Yue every day to collect supplies.

However, Father Lin was old and physically weak, and Lin Yue was basically a drag, so things were not going smoothly. The two of them could barely earn two rations a day, and as a result, none of the three could get enough to eat.

Seeing that his father looked worried, Lin's mother asked him what was wrong.

But Father Lin just shook his head and told her not to worry.

The next day, everything was the same as before. When we set out, Father Lin said seriously, "Xiao Yue, we must find enough things this time! Your mother has been starving these days. She finally got better, but now she's back to normal."

"Dad, I understand. I will try my best." Lin Yue nodded.

However, after a day passed, Father Lin looked at the harvest in the hands of the two men with a gloomy face.

After changing food so many times, she had some experience and could tell at a glance that she could only change enough food for one and a half people today.

"Dad, we've tried our best. We're just unlucky, but there's nothing we can do about it. Let's try harder tomorrow." Lin Yue said.

Father Lin nodded reluctantly, but in his heart he was thinking, tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows does she have left?
When the two returned to the residential area, Lin's father happened to see his sister-in-law walking back not far away.

In an instant, Father Lin remembered the figure of Mother Lin lying on the bed. His heart moved slightly and he made a decision immediately.

"Take these, I'll go back later." Father Lin said to Lin Yue.

The latter was in a hurry to get back to the warm apartment building and didn't bother to ask any more questions. He just nodded and walked forward.

And Lin's father went to meet his sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law looked surprised and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"That..." Father Lin looked a little embarrassed. He was stubborn by nature and had never begged anyone or bowed his head in his life. He didn't know what to say at this time. He could only stutter and describe his situation in a somewhat confusing manner, repeatedly stating that he would never do this if he had no other choice.

He didn't care whether he lived or died, but watching his wife getting weaker and weaker was really torturous.

The sister-in-law was not impatient. She had noticed Lin's family a long time ago. After all, the clothes they wore were all very expensive brand-name goods, which made them stand out among the working-class families.

The sister-in-law listened patiently, and after she understood what the other party meant, she said without hesitation: "I know, I will help you."

"Really?" Father Lin showed a surprised expression.

"Yes. But there is a limit to what I can do. The most I can do is to help you collect some food rations."

"That's enough, that's enough!" Father Lin was so excited that he couldn't help but hold his sister-in-law's hand and said, "Thank you, thank you so much. My daughter, you are really a good person. I, I don't know what to say. Let's do this."

He said incoherently: "When the snow stops, I will take you as my goddaughter! I will repay you well."

The sister-in-law pressed her lips and said with a noble look: "No need, I don't help others for rewards."

These words made Lin's father even more excited.

Father Lin thanked him for a long time before giving up and the two of them returned to the third floor.

At this time, the work in the potato planting room was almost finished, and my mother-in-law went to collect the points, pounding her waist and looking tired.

Hu Biao had obviously put a lot of thought into formulating the points, and the values ​​were set to the limit. The points a person earned from a hard day's work could just be exchanged for three meals of compressed biscuits.

Therefore, it is easy to imagine how much pressure my mother-in-law must put on getting food for two people. To be honest, she is already a little overwhelmed.

When she returned to the room, she happened to meet her sister-in-law who had also returned from outside.

The mother-in-law immediately became more energetic. She walked towards her sister-in-law and was about to discuss with her how to reduce the burden.

But before she could speak, her sister-in-law spoke first: "Mom, I have something to tell you."

"Ah? What's the matter?"

"Starting tomorrow, you will do the work of three people," said the sister-in-law.

"Ah!?" The mother-in-law was suddenly struck by lightning.

The sister-in-law then told Lin's father's story again, and then concluded: "He works so hard, we should give him a hand, right?"

However, this time, the mother-in-law did not agree. Her face was uncertain and she said hesitantly: "But... I really can't hold on any longer. I'm doing the work of three people, and I'm already old..."

The sister-in-law's face suddenly darkened. She said, "Mom, you disappoint me so much. Since when did you become so strange? I thought you were a good person, but in the end you were just pretending. When the situation became a little difficult, your true colors showed up."

The mother-in-law defended herself: "No, I really can't bear it anymore."

The sister-in-law interrupted, "That's enough. I'm not interested in listening to your quibbling. The way you're always thinking about calculations is really annoying."

The mother-in-law's face froze. She suddenly felt that her sister-in-law's words sounded familiar. Then she suddenly remembered that it seemed that she had said the same thing to Lin Xiao at the beginning, and she was still responding at that time.

After that, although the sister-in-law didn't want to listen to her mother-in-law, she kept talking.

The left line is "Looking at each other, I am left with only disappointment", and the right line is "Looking at each other from afar on the wall, I know you are heartbroken as soon as I see you. Young man, my young man. Take me away. My family members are not human beings."

The mother-in-law couldn't stand it anymore, so she just said, "I'll do it, I'll do it, isn't that okay?"

"Yes." The sister-in-law nodded and said, "If you can come to your senses and turn back, it can't be considered a big mistake."

Mother-in-law: "..."

However, there is a saying that goes, human potential is unlimited.

Under such harsh conditions, my mother-in-law managed to hold on and support three people by herself.

In the shelter, Chu Lu and Lin Xiao watched the sister-in-law distributing food and accepting thanks from the young woman and Lin's father on the surveillance screen.

Lin Xiao opened another window and looked at her mother-in-law lying motionless on the bed and said, "Grandma is really strong. I thought she was going to give up two days ago."

"Indeed." Chu Lu nodded and said, "The progress is a bit slow. How about... we give it a push?"

"How to push?" Lin Xiao immediately became interested.

Chu Lu smiled slightly.

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It was another day, and my sister-in-law was out alone searching for supplies as usual.

Her expression changed slightly when she walked into a store with a broken window.

There was a man lying on the ground.

The man was still breathing, obviously still alive, she carefully moved over and touched his face, and found it was very hot. Obviously, this man was sick.

The sister-in-law took a few steps back and prepared to leave without hesitation.

But at this moment, several footsteps were heard outside, and Zhao Bazong and Bai Yueguang walked in.

"Huh? Is there someone here?" Bai Yueguang was stunned when she first saw her sister-in-law, then she was stunned again when she saw the man on the ground, "Huh? Who is this person?"

"Look at the clothes on this person, he shouldn't be one of us." Zhao Bazong said, "He must be a survivor who ran out of food at home and had to bite the bullet to run out to find food, but he froze to death when he couldn't find it... No, he seems to be breathing, so he has a high fever."

"Yes." The sister-in-law said, "I came here earlier than you did. He was already like this when I arrived."

"Just don't worry about him." Zhao Bazong said, "I don't care whether others live or die. As long as Yueyue is okay, that's all."

Bai Yueguang's eyes were full of stars: "Brother Zhao..."

But the sister-in-law frowned and said instinctively: "Do you still have a conscience if you don't help the dying?"

President Zhao's face suddenly became gloomy, as if he wanted to kill his sister-in-law. He exuded a sense of oppression, and said in a low voice from his abdomen: "Woman, are you provoking me?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Okay, since you are so noble, then come and save him!"

"No need to say more, of course I will save you." The sister-in-law looked noble.

Zhao Bazong crossed his arms and said, "Oh, then I'll just watch from the side. Otherwise you'll find an excuse to abandon him halfway."

The sister-in-law's face froze, but she still said with dignity: "Unfounded speculation, malicious slander, mean behavior! I never do anything wrong, so I'm not afraid of you."

After saying that, she gritted her teeth and helped the man up, then, under the surveillance of President Zhao, she went all the way back to the apartment building.

My sister-in-law brought a man back, which caused quite a stir.

Hu Biao frowned, looked at the sick man, then looked at his sister-in-law and said, "What do you mean? He can't exchange for points."

The sister-in-law said, "I don't mean anything else. I just want to save people. No matter how difficult life is, I can't lose my dignity. Otherwise, what's the difference between me and a beast?"

Zhao Bazong immediately sneered.

Hu Biao looked puzzled. He looked at the two and said, "Alright, whatever you want. I didn't stipulate that we can't save people. But let me make it clear first, you will be responsible for all his expenses."

The sister-in-law was stunned: "What?"

Hu Biao said, "You don't think I'll give him rations for free? You have to exchange them with your points. Besides, he looks like he needs to take some antipyretics. And to prevent him from spreading the disease to others, I have to prepare a room for him. You have to pay for all these expenses yourself."

The sister-in-law was a little panicked: "Where can I get so many points?"

"That's none of my business. Rules are rules. If you can't do it, throw him out," said Hu Biao.

The sister-in-law fell silent.

At this time, Mr. Zhao said, "You can't pretend to be a good person anymore, right? It would be much easier if you just listened to me from the beginning. You insist on pretending to be noble."

"Okay!" At this time, the sister-in-law looked at Hu Biao and said, "Let's do it this way. I will take out all my points."

Hu Biao was stunned: "Really?"

"real!"

"...Okay." Hu Biao then deducted the points from his sister-in-law and mother-in-law, and then arranged for his men to resettle the victims.

When Zhao Bazong saw this scene, he put away the sarcasm on his face, and said with a little more admiration: "Interesting woman, she has some backbone."

The sister-in-law turned her back so that Mr. Zhao could not see her expression, which was a smug smile.

After a while, the people who were outside looting supplies came back one after another, and they learned about the sister-in-law's story one by one. They all showed admiration, ran over to talk to the sister-in-law, gave her a thumbs up, and praised her for being amazing.

In such a difficult environment, who doesn’t want to have a good person who is willing to make sacrifices around them?

Especially since she used her own resources to save people, it did not harm the interests of others.

Amid the praises from the crowd, the sister-in-law felt her feet become lighter and she felt as if she was floating in the sky, as if she was about to ascend to heaven.

But after dinner, her mother-in-law came to her with a worried look on her face.

"I just went to Hu Biao to ask about the total expenses." She said, "That man spends a lot of points every day. Where can we get them?"

"I know that too. I will try to get more supplies. And..." The sister-in-law looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, you will do the work of four people starting tomorrow."

The mother-in-law opened her mouth, but this time she couldn't even say "Ah?"

But she also knew that she couldn't convince her sister-in-law, so she had to agree to it.

The next day, the sister-in-law claimed that she would try to get more supplies, and today's harvest was similar to yesterday's. After that, she returned to the bedroom to find her mother-in-law.

The latter lay on his bed as if dead.

Seeing this, the sister-in-law comforted her with a few words and then took her points to exchange for food.

"This is yours." Hu Biao handed the thing to his sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law counted them and frowned, "Is half of it missing?"

"No less, you got so many points today."

"But……"

"It's your mother." At this time, Lao Zhao, who was in charge of the potato planting room, came over and said, "She applied for four people's work today, but only completed three and a half, so she only got three and a half points."

"Is that so?" After hearing this explanation, the sister-in-law stopped pestering.

She first distributed the food under everyone's admiring gaze, and again received thanks from the young woman, Lin's father, and the victims who had woken up.

Then she returned to the bedroom with one and a half portions of food.

"Mom, I heard from Lao Zhao that you didn't finish the work." The sister-in-law said as she soaked the compressed biscuits.

The mother-in-law finally recovered some strength and said helplessly: "I really can't do it anymore."

"I know. It's indeed a bit hard," said the sister-in-law.

Hearing this, a glimmer of hope rose in the mother-in-law's heart and she said, "Yes, it's really too tiring. How about we ..."

"But you can't finish it because you are still new to it. Wait for a few more days and you will be able to finish it when you become proficient." The sister-in-law said, "Mom, you don't have to feel too guilty."

Mother-in-law: "..."

At this time, the compressed biscuits were soaked, and the sister-in-law handed a bowl to the mother-in-law and said, "Here you go."

The mother-in-law took a look and found that the bowl handed over by her sister-in-law was only half full, so she looked at her sister-in-law again.

"I'm running around outside, which consumes a lot of energy and makes me more likely to run into danger. If I'm hungry, I won't have the energy to run, and that will be troublesome." The sister-in-law explained as if it was a matter of course: "Mom, you're staying indoors anyway, so it's okay to be a little hungry."

The mother-in-law looked at her sister-in-law with an increasingly complicated look in her eyes.

She took the bowl silently, lowered her head and began to eat with difficulty.

A few days later, as she had not been well fed and had been working intensively every day, not surprisingly, my mother-in-law fell ill.

(End of this chapter)