It was another sunny day, and the afternoon sun was particularly scorching, making people feel like they were turning into dehydrated vegetable jerky.
The grass by the roadside had long since withered, and the leaves on the trees were curled up.
Unlike the scenery Shen Xingmian had seen in modern times, there were no vast, endless cornfields here, but rather a landscape of wild, untamed growth.
Apart from the road in front of us, there are no other traces of human interference.
It takes a long time to walk from village to village, unlike the modern rural areas where houses are close together. Here, even two neighboring houses are far apart.
If the elderly living in modern apartment buildings saw this, they would be extremely envious. Such a big yard, how many things could they grow?
This is where the advantages of a small population come into play.
The further north you go, the fewer people there are, and the more concentrated the settlements become. If you live alone in the wild, you'll have to rely on your family's food reserves to survive once the roads are blocked by heavy snow.
If the reserves are insufficient, we could starve to death during the long winter.
If you live in a town, there will be dedicated snow removal workers who can come to the street to buy and sell things, but the prices will be higher.
As for vegetables, apart from cabbage, radishes, and potatoes which are easy to store, you can't expect to see a single leaf of any of the others, and the same goes for fruits.
Therefore, that piece of land becomes exceptionally precious.
This isn't the modern world where greenhouses are everywhere; in winter, fruits and vegetables are incredibly valuable.
Huh?
etc.
It's not like she has to sell what she grows herself. She could easily store vegetables in her space during the summer and sell them in the winter, but...
The space is already almost full of gold, silver, and supplies, so there's absolutely no need to try to make money by trading vegetables and fruits.
The result of all that tinkering was a lot more money, but she didn't need any money at all; she already had so much!
Unless she helps her grandfather support his army, which would increase expenses and require some effort, she could really take her family to a comfortable place and live out the rest of her life peacefully.
How wonderful those days must have been!
It sounds wonderful.
Finding a beautiful, tranquil place to lie down is Shen Xingmian's biggest dream, a northerner who has been ravaged by nuclear contamination for a long time.
She should find another handsome man... no, she's already so rich, finding a few more wouldn't be out of the question...
hiss--
Shen Xingmian's eyes lit up, and she felt that life had more to look forward to.
Just imagine being surrounded by handsome men in the future, all of whom would grant her every wish thanks to her wealth and power—life couldn't be more wonderful.
The beautiful fantasy I had online in my past life—one husband doing housework, one husband earning money outside, and one husband being beautiful and providing emotional support—seems to actually be quite possible!
However, looking at her loving father and mother beside her, she began to condemn herself, wondering how she could be corrupted by money like this!
No matter how rich you are, love should be about single-minded devotion and only taking one sip. How could she have such an outrageous idea!
No, no, that won't do.
Calm and composed, she realized that her body was not yet thirteen years old, and it was too early to think about such things. She pounded her head hard to stop her wandering thoughts.
Seeing her strange behavior, Luo Qi'an leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Mian'er, what's wrong? Is it a headache?"
Shen Xingmian's face flushed instantly, feeling extremely embarrassed. She couldn't let her handsome father know what kind of nonsense was going on in her head.
With her father's looks, he would attract attention anywhere, even on the road to exile, where female prisoners would be unable to resist glancing at him again and again.
Father seemed to have gotten used to it and never paid attention to those stares. In his eyes, there was only Mother.
Shen Xingmian still longed for this kind of relationship.
People in this era have a much more innocent attitude towards relationships than in her original world; many still yearn for "one love for life."
Unlike where they are, where fish farming, emotional games, and group sex are commonplace.
It's not just the rich who have fun; the poor aren't much better off, unless they remain poor and lack the means to go out and flirt.
Once they have money, they'll make up for all the debts they owed in the past, becoming even more extravagant, wanting nothing more than to taste the shit outside.
She's been watching too much news, and it's distorting her views on love.
Now, she needs to readjust to this world and not bring her bad ideas with her!
"Father, tell me about you and Mother. I have some memories, but I still want to hear you tell me in person."
Shen Yunting's ears twitched, but he didn't turn around. Instead, he continued to stand guard by the cart and walked forward silently.
She would take turns resting with Liuyun and Xuanyue, and no matter how much the two girls refused, she didn't compromise. Besides these two girls, she was the only person in the family who could pull the cart.
She knew her husband felt sorry for her and wanted to help her, but the shackles were so heavy that he couldn't even lift his head, let alone pull the cart.
She also felt sorry for her husband, but she firmly believed that if they persevered a little longer, the situation would be very different.
She believed her daughter's words without a doubt.
Meanwhile, her husband was already whispering to their daughter the story of how they met and fell in love.
...
Shen Xingmian quite enjoys shipping couples, although she's not obsessed with it and doesn't watch it much. But it's normal for her to appreciate and yearn for beautiful relationships.
She didn't think watching these things was a waste of time; rather, she felt that the time spent in beautiful moments was also beautiful.
only……
The happiness on her father's face when he talked about the past was so overwhelming that she could hardly bear to look at him.
Netizens weren't lying; indeed, for two people to love each other for a long time, the man needs to be a love-struck fool, like her father...
She never thought her father was a chatterbox until she asked this question she shouldn't have.
In the end, she even considered running away.
"Father, I'm going to check on Uncle. He hasn't had any water in a long time, and I'm a little worried." Shen Xingmian could only come up with this excuse in the end, in order to get away from her father who had a strong desire to express himself.
Luo Qi'an then realized that he had already said too much to his daughter, and his face immediately turned red. He nodded embarrassedly, "Okay, Mian'er, go quickly."
After his daughter left, he quietly approached his wife and said regretfully, "Madam, I think I talked to our daughter too much. Will she think I'm too talkative?"
After saying that, he secretly glanced in the direction where Shen Xingmian was.
Shen Yunting was screaming in her heart, her husband was just too cute! Even though she had seen him for more than ten years, she still thought he was too cute, as if he was specially prepared for her by God.
It was my luck to meet him and save him on that day thirteen years ago.
"No way, Mian'er loves her father very much, so don't worry." The two whispered to each other as they walked hand in hand on the road ahead, just like every other road they had walked together before.
The road to exile doesn't seem so difficult after all.
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