Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Su Wanqing peeked through the crack in the door and watched the whole spectacle unfold, inwardly exclaiming in amazement. Only when Qiaocui had finished her beating did she knock on the door.

The crying, shouting, and cursing inside the house stopped abruptly.

Qiaocui quickly tidied her slightly disheveled hair and clothes, her face regaining its docile and timid expression, and went to open the door. Seeing that it was Su Wanqing, she showed just the right amount of surprise, "Dr. Su? What brings you here? Please come in."

Inside the room, Er Mazi, as if seeing a savior, began to wail at the top of his lungs: "Dr. Su, help me! Qiaocui is going to kill me! She's not human! She's murdering her husband! Arrest her!"

Qiaocui's expression changed slightly, and she cursed herself for being careless and forgetting about this.

Su Wanqing seemed not to have heard Er Mazi's accusations and walked into the house with a normal expression. "Qiaocui, I came to remind you that the adults and children just had their stomachs pumped, so their stomachs are weak. They can only drink some thin porridge and plenty of warm water for the next two days. Pay attention to whether Er Mazi has a fever and make sure his wound doesn't get infected."

She paused, glanced at Er Mazi who was gesturing excitedly, and added, "Also, some people may experience hallucinations or incoherent speech due to stress or poisoning. As a family member, you need to take extra care of them and be understanding."

Qiaocui immediately understood the deeper meaning behind Su Wanqing's words—from now on, if Er Mazi ever tells anyone about murder, just say he was hallucinating from poisoning and had lost his mind. She felt a wave of relief, and her eyes filled with genuine gratitude as she looked at Su Wanqing.

"I understand, thank you, Dr. Su. I will definitely... take good care of him."

The door closed again.

Er Mazi looked at Qiao Cui in despair, just like before when Qiao Cui ran away only to be caught and beaten.

·

Su Wanqing returned home and simply reheated the leftovers from lunch.

As expected, Zhou's mother and Lin Tingting didn't show up, and they didn't even feed the chickens and sheep in the yard. Uncle Ding looked helpless and guilty: "They came back this afternoon and said they wouldn't eat here. I smelled the oily smell of the state-run restaurant on them, so they probably packed up a lot of good food. I think Tingting is just deliberately being stubborn! Nephew's wife, you'll have to feed the chickens and sheep for the next couple of days. Once I can get out of bed, I'll take care of all the work!"

Actually, Lin Tingting was quite arrogant when she came back in the afternoon. She declared that anyone who wanted to do the chores in the yard could do them, but she wouldn't do any; she also refused to eat the food Su Wanqing made, insisting on cooking for herself with her aunt. Uncle Ding scolded her a few times in anger, but Lin Tingting stubbornly refused to listen, while Zhou's mother just sat there eating melon seeds and watching the show, completely ignoring it.

Would Uncle Ding dare to say it? He certainly wouldn't dare to add fuel to the fire like that.

Su Wanqing just smiled and said, "Then we'll just eat well ourselves. They'd better not come to eat here again."

Uncle Ding said sternly, "Let's see if she'll have the nerve to come eat here again!"

The two ate dinner quietly. After tidying up, Su Wanqing went to the yard to feed the chickens, sheep, and rabbits—actually, it was just a matter of a thought for her: put the animals into her space, feed them until they were full, and then release them again, and she was done.

The brick house next door.

Lin Tingting patted her full belly and said happily, "Auntie, the food we bought is enough for three to five days. We'll go eat together again when my cousin comes back. The food at the state-run restaurant is so delicious!"

Zhou's mother said lazily, "Whatever." As long as she didn't have to cook or do any housework, she was fine with anything.

"Ah, now that we've moved here, I can finally get a good night's sleep!" Lin Tingting exclaimed. Before, in that other room, her uncle's deafening snoring and her cousin's late-night antics made it impossible to sleep, especially since the thought of her cousin doing those things made her wish she were the one lying there.

In short, we've finally moved out... It's like the clouds have parted and the sun has finally risen, right?

The two of them lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) contentedly, and had just closed their eyes—

"Crunch... crunch..."

A familiar, rhythmic swaying sensation came from the other end of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Lin Tingting: "..."

Zhou's mother: "..."

Lin Tingting was on the verge of tears: "Auntie, the kang... is shaking again." Not only was the kang shaking, but it was also making groaning and moaning sounds, which made her feel hot all over.

Zhou's mother skillfully took out earplugs and plugged them in, then yawned. "Let it rock. That's the downside of living in the countryside; you can hear everything. We can't let it rock all night, can we?"

Lin Tingting also thought that no one in the countryside had better stamina than her cousin and could stay up all night.

Next door, Tian Dahua and Erzhuzi were working feverishly. Tian Dahua cried tears of joy, "Erzhuzi! You really did it! You finally did it!"

Erzhuzi was also excited: "Dr. Su is really amazing! Honey, how was it?"

"Great! That's wonderful! Dr. Su said that these few days are my ovulation period, so coming more often will increase my chances of getting pregnant!"

"Alright! Let's do it a few more times!"

Much later.

Lin Tingting, her eyelids drooping with sleep, asked, "Auntie...why hasn't it stopped yet? When can we go to sleep?"

Zhou's mother was also extremely sleepy. Suddenly remembering something, she asked softly, "Tingting, you said... Jiang Weiwei was sleeping peacefully in this room before, so why was she in such a hurry to move to the newly built brick house next door?"

Lin Tingting's eyes widened suddenly as she realized a possibility, and she felt like crying: "Could it be... that they were also driven crazy by the noise? Then... didn't we move for nothing?"

·

The next day, Su Wanqing woke up feeling refreshed.

Next door, Zhou's mother and Lin Tingting, both sporting huge dark circles under their eyes, listlessly got up. Lin Tingting didn't want to get up, but Zhou's mother insisted on going to work and dragged her out of bed to make breakfast.

As a result, Su Wanqing locked the kitchen door, so without a stove, they couldn't eat. Enraged, Zhou's mother scolded Su Wanqing and then Lin Tingting, finally going to work hungry and with a dark expression. Lin Tingting shouted from the doorway, "Su Wanqing, how can you be so petty? So what if you didn't tidy the yard? Why did you lock the stove door? What are my aunt and me supposed to eat?"

She had barely uttered a curse when Uncle Ding's even louder voice rang out, and Lin Tingting shrank back, no longer daring to speak.

Su Wanqing leisurely ate breakfast and met up with Ga Laosan, whom she had arranged to meet, to go find Liu Shuqing together. Unexpectedly, Shen Monong was also there.

When Old Shen saw Su Wanqing, he patted her on the shoulder and said, "You little girl, you're quite capable. There's only one spot for a lavender experimental field in the entire Ili Prefecture, and you actually got it. It's perfect timing, I'll go with you to take a look today."

He was genuinely surprised; this required not only technical skills but also strong connections.

Su Wanqing smiled modestly: "It's because the organization trusts my planting skills. I will definitely do my best to live up to the organization's expectations." Li Aiguo is really awesome.

Liu Shuqing then led everyone toward the experimental field.

"The land is right next to the highway at the entrance of the farm; the farm has already leveled it. The technicians will come later to provide specific guidance." He then said to Su Wanqing, as if remembering something.

"By the way, Dr. Su, you said the other day that you wanted to see Sisi, so I mentioned it to her, and that girl has been clamoring to come and visit you. She'll probably be here soon."