Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Niu Dazhuang swayed as he propped himself up on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) and asked a woman wearing a brightly colored floral jacket, her face flushed with embarrassment. He glanced at the red candles not far away.

"Dazhuang, I told you to drink less, but you insisted on showing off. Are you out of your mind?" As she spoke, the woman turned around, closed the door, and locked it.

"I've prepared hot water for you, go and take a shower!" the woman said shyly.

"No? Who are you... ah..." Niu Dazhuang was halfway through his sentence when suddenly his head started to throb with pain, and a large chunk of the original owner's memories rushed over like a burst dam.

Niu Dazhuang covered his head with both hands, rolling around on the kang (a heated brick bed) in pain.

Seeing this, the woman hurriedly went to the heated brick bed, grabbed Niu Dazhuang's arm with both hands, and asked with concern, "Dazhuang, what's wrong? Dazhuang..." Her voice was trembling with sobs as she finished speaking.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Niu Dazhuang was covered in sweat from the pain. His headache had perfectly merged with the original owner's memories, and it came on quickly and went away just as fast.

Well, Da Zhuang it is. What's done is done. Whatever my name was in my past life, whatever I did, I've caught up with this wave of soul-transmigration, and there's no going back anyway.

The original owner was quite unlucky; on his wedding night, he drank himself to death, which benefited the current Niu Dazhuang. He became the groom right after arriving; quite a stroke of luck.

"Xue Ru, bring the candle over here, let me take a good look at you!"

"Ugh, that scared me to death! Does your head not hurt anymore?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore, it was just for a moment. I worked up a sweat, and it's all better now."

"Then you shouldn't get off the kang (heated brick bed). I'll bring the washbasin over so you don't get cold."

"Go get the wax first, let me take a good look at my beautiful wife!"

Qin Xueru playfully patted his shoulder and said coquettishly, "You're so annoying, why have you become so glib?"

Despite saying that, Qin Xueru happily took the red candle, dripped a few drops of wax onto the edge of the brick kang (heated brick bed), and then stuck the red candle on.

Then he turned and went to the outer room, scooped the hot water from the large iron pot into a washbasin, and brought it in.

She said coquettishly, "Come down!" Then she seemed embarrassed and pretended not to look at Dazhuang. She got onto the kang (a heated brick bed) without taking off her clothes and crawled into her own bed.

"You're already in the bridal chamber, why are you being so shy when your husband sees you like this!" Niu Dazhuang got up from the kang (a heated brick bed) and did his personal hygiene, not forgetting to make a few teasing remarks.

"Hmph! If I had known you were so glib, I wouldn't have married you."

"Dazhuang, how can you not be ashamed? Have you already slept in the sorghum field with that young widow from your village?"

The instant Qin Xueru brought the candle to the kang (heated brick bed), Niu Dazhuang thought to himself, "I've hit the jackpot!"

She has an oval face, expressive eyes that are large and bright with long, curled eyelashes, and a mouth that is neither too big nor too small with full, rosy lips, exuding both charm and liveliness.

"Why does he look so familiar?" Niu Dazhuang muttered to himself as he washed.

"I'm asking you a question, what are you muttering to yourself?" Qin Xueru said unhappily from under the covers.

"It's so cold, I'm freezing!" Niu Dazhuang didn't even pull up his pants before crawling into Qin Xueru's bed.

"What did you just say?"

"Hmph! You're ignoring what I said? Want to know? I can't be bothered to talk to you anymore. Go blow out the candle and go to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."

Like a big bad wolf coaxing a white rabbit, Niu Dazhuang gently whispered in Qin Xueru's ear, "What's wrong? You don't take your clothes off to sleep?"

"Ugh, go back to your own bed, blow out the wax and then I'll take it off."

Niu Dazhuang blew out the candle...

"You big liar, how come you're so skilled at this... ah..."

"Hehe... do I need anyone to teach me this? Anyone can do it."

"Wait a minute, why is this different from what my sister-in-law said..."

"Hehe, why don't you ask your sister-in-law again when you go back to your parents' home in three days?"

"Are you trying to die...?"

Niu Dazhuang couldn't appear too skilled, but the original owner of this body was incredibly powerful...

The next day, after the rooster crowed three times, Niu Dazhuang reluctantly got out of his warm bed.

First, stir up the coal fire in the inner room, then go to the outer room, add a ladle of water to the large pot, light firewood in the stove, take out three potatoes, and throw them into the stove.

While tending the fire, I took out two sweet potatoes, peeled them, and cut them into chunks.

Once the big iron pot starts hissing, scoop out half a bowl of cornmeal and put it into the pot, then add the chopped sweet potato chunks.

While the food was being cooked in the outer room, the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) in the inner room also warmed up.

On the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), a young woman of exceptional beauty was born.

At this moment, the young woman was not feeling well; her whole body felt limp and weak, and she couldn't even get off the bed.

Qin Xueru called out weakly, "Hey, husband, help me up!"

"My meal is almost ready, why are you getting off the kang (heated brick bed)?"

"Come in quickly and help me up, I need to... I need to use the toilet." Although Qin Xueru had already consummated her marriage with Dazhuang last night, she was still shy.

"Hehe... coming right up." Niu Dazhuang even warmed his hands in the stove.

After helping Qin Xueru down, Qin Xueru blushed and said, "Get out! You're so annoying!"

"Hehe, you saw everything last night, what's there to be shy about?"

"That won't do either. Get out of here right now. I was fooled by your honest appearance. I think you're not honest at all."

Niu Dazhuang was pushed out by Qin Xueru.

Less than two minutes later, he called out again, "Honey, come in and take the toilet out!"

"Oh! Xue Ru, I still prefer to hear you call me by my name. Don't call me 'Master,' it makes me feel old." As he spoke, Niu Dazhuang carried the chamber pot outside the door.

Qin Xueru, nestled in bed, tucked the blankets in: "Isn't that what married women call their husbands?"

"Let's make a deal: when we're out, you can call me 'Master,' but at home, we'll call each other by our first names."

"Mmm!" Qin Xueru looked at her man happily as he brought breakfast to her.

Having a man who understands and cares for you is the greatest reward a woman can receive in her life.

She took a sip of the corn porridge her husband had brought her, and it warmed her mouth and warmed her heart.

"Eat it while it's hot!"

"I'm not in a hurry." Niu Dazhuang sat sideways on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), peeled off the black skin from the cooked potatoes, and fed them to Qin Xueru.

Qin Xueru parted her lips slightly and took a small bite of the potato that was offered to her mouth.

"You eat too."

Niu Dazhuang looked at his wife and was overjoyed. He thought he had made a great choice in marrying her; she was beautiful and had a great figure. He was still reminiscing about her.

"Xueru, you're not feeling well, so you don't need to get off the kang (heated brick bed). I'll cook lunch when you come back at noon."

Qin Xueru smiled happily: "What, do you think I'm a pig? That won't do. You're working outside and I don't even cook. People will laugh at me if they find out."

"This is a special time, and besides, if I don't say anything, how would outsiders know?"

"That won't do either. Don't worry about lunch. Just eat and get to work right away, or the foreman will deduct our family's work points!"