Even if Lian Mingcheng were capable of working, he wouldn't have tried to avoid labor by asking Wang Xiufang for help. Not only was he incredibly slow at working, but he would also pull up the seedlings when he got impatient. Wang Xiufang had no choice but to help him with his share of the work, and he ended up doing two-thirds of the work in the morning.

It must be said that some people suffer because they brought it on themselves.

...

Guang Sheng was so frightened that he ran away, carrying his basket up the mountain. Following the marks his wife had made, he found Ning Yan in the mountains.

At that moment, Ning Yan was roasting a wild rabbit. "Brother Sheng, come quick! I found a rabbit hole today and caught two rabbits. I was just about to roast them and take them home to eat."

They eat meat at home every day, and the neighbors can smell it. Now they don't dare to stew meat openly anymore; they basically just make fillings and eat them behind closed doors.

So today she simply found a place where absolutely no one would come, roasted the wild rabbit, and took it back.

Guang Sheng silently walked over and squatted down next to his wife, taking over the work from her hands: "Wife, I'll do it, you rest."

His wife always manages to prepare some meat for them from time to time, and he's gotten used to it.

Moreover, after eating so much good food for over a month, my wife has gained some weight and her face looks like it has suddenly blossomed; she looks so beautiful.

Indeed, what you eat never fails to reward you.

Ning Yan didn't stand on ceremony with him and plopped down on a small stool with a cotton pad sewn on it by her mother-in-law from scraps of cloth.

She said she was very tired today because she had chased the rabbits for a long time before finally finding their burrow.

It took quite a while of smoking before they finally caught four rabbits.

However, we don't have a refrigerator at home, and we couldn't possibly finish all four, so we put the remaining two away.

The aroma of roasted rabbit meat quickly wafted out. Ning Yan casually handed Guang Sheng a seasoning packet, then leaned against the man as if she had no bones.

Guang Sheng carefully sprinkled the seasonings onto the already golden-brown roasted rabbit, and even moved closer to his wife, afraid that she might be uncomfortable.

What should I do if I didn't mow much grass today?

No, she was so engrossed in roasting the rabbit that she forgot to take out the grass before Guang Sheng appeared.

"It's okay, I'll cut it in a bit."

Ning Yan suddenly realized that this person seemed to have arrived rather early today. "Did something happen today?"

Guang Sheng was still furious when he thought about the unpleasant things that happened that morning. "The new educated youth suddenly came up to me and said some strange things. I didn't know how to deal with it, so I came to you."

Ning Yan sat up straight immediately. "What was that educated youth's name? Was she the pretty one?"

Guang Sheng looked completely bewildered: "I don't know, I didn't notice what she looked like."

Ning Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing. "No wonder you've been single until you're twenty-six. A grown man is standing right in front of you and you didn't even look at what he looks like?"

Guang Sheng didn't know what his wife was laughing about, but he had noticed what she said. "How about I take a closer look next time?"

Ning Yan immediately glared at her, "You dare!"

Guang Sheng quickly changed his tune: "Okay, okay, I understand what you mean. I won't look next time. I'll just walk around any woman I see."

He begged for mercy verbally, but his hands were busy too, spinning the rabbit around so fast he looked incredibly busy.

Ning Yan gave him a private lesson, "Let me tell you, a man who doesn't respect himself is like a rotten cabbage."

If you get touched, flirted with, or hugged by another woman, don't blame me for throwing you away to feed the pigs.

A man with a loose belt deserves to be single forever.

"If you dare to have an affair with someone else, I'll divorce you."

Guang Sheng listened attentively, nodding as he listened. "Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. I wouldn't do such a thing."

Besides, those educated youth are all too proud; they wouldn't even look down on us peasants. They just want someone to do their hard labor for them, and I'm not going to work for them for free.

"So, if a former educated youth really took a liking to you, you would be tempted, right?"

"No way, no way, I have you now, I won't be tempted by anyone else."

Since there was no one in the woods, Guang Sheng hugged his wife and kissed her. "I understand what you mean. You're afraid those female educated youths will pester me."

I used to think that since I had a wife, no one would be blind enough to come near me. But today I saw it—there really are blind people. Don't worry, I'll spend my life with you.

People in this era don't talk about love all the time. "I'll only spend my whole life with you" is probably the sweetest love confession Guang Sheng ever said, and also his most sincere vow.

Modern people say that love is unreliable and that men's hearts are fickle.

But there are also many people in this world who are faithful to one person for life. Once they have chosen someone, they will stay with them for life.

However, some people encounter it, while others miss it.

Because they were roasting rabbit, the two of them got home a little late today.

Unexpectedly, they saw Mu Xiaoxiao as soon as they entered the village. She was standing at the corner not far from Guang's house, glancing at their house every now and then.

When she saw the two of them appear, Mu Xiaoxiao looked at Guang Sheng with hope in her eyes, but then she noticed Ning Yan's presence, and her gaze immediately changed.

"Brother Guang, I..."

Guang Sheng's brows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly. It was a woman! "Get lost! Stay away from me! Honey, I don't know her!"

Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't believe that Guang Sheng had become so rude, telling her to get lost right away. Even when their relationship was at its most strained in their previous life, he had never said that to her.

Ning Yan: ...Nonsense, do you think I was just talking nonsense this morning?

Mu Xiaoxiao: "I'm an educated youth from Beijing. My father is a ** and my mother works in **. If you marry me, I can bring you to Beijing when I return to the city in two years. I can also arrange a job for you and let you live a good life."

Can the woman next to you do that?

Guang Sheng thought the woman in front of him was crazy, so he pulled his wife away from Mu Xiaoxiao and ran home.

Mu Xiaoxiao stared at Guang Sheng's retreating figure, her eyes filled with confusion. Why was it like this?

All she ever wanted in her life was to find someone who would be truly devoted to her for life. If she married Guang Sheng, she believed he would never betray her. So why did he choose to get married anyway?

Is it possible that his wife, like them, was also reborn?

Mu Xiaoxiao clenched her fists. In her previous life, Lian Mingcheng became rich overnight by taking advantage of the Mu family's power. What awaited her was betrayal and disdain. In this life, she would keep him in the dust forever and would not give him any chance to succeed.

But what about Guang Sheng? What is she going to do?

Men, no matter how outstanding or wonderful the women they get are, will only ever think about the ones they didn't get.

Women always reminisce about the men they've had, even if Guang Sheng and she never had a single good day together. Her memory can completely romanticize those experiences, making Guang Sheng seem like her perfect partner.

Especially when a competitor appeared in Guang Sheng's life, Mu Xiaoxiao developed an obsession—she had to have Guang Sheng! (End of Chapter)