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

At lunchtime, Su Wanqing returned to the brick house and found canned luncheon meat, canned fruit, porridge, and a plate of burnt scrambled eggs.

Su Wanqing glanced at Lin Tingting with a complicated expression.

Zhou's mother picked up her chopsticks, glanced at the rice, opened her mouth, but didn't say anything to scold her.

Zhou Yanshen remained silent, calmly sitting down and quietly beginning to eat. Indeed, his manners were truly excellent; he even ate the burnt egg without batting an eye.

However, after I finished eating, I could clearly hear a few "gurgling" sounds coming from my stomach.

Lin Tingting gave an awkward smile.

Su Wanqing wasn't full either; she only drank a bowl of porridge and then urinated. In the afternoon, while at work, she secretly ate a snack in the mushroom lab.

Ever since she learned that she could raise hundreds of chickens, sheep, and pigs, she has been eating them to her heart's content.

After eating three large meat buns, a plate of braised pork, braised beef, and a serving of sweet and sour pork, I was full. Then I wandered over to a secluded ravine nearby, transplanted a large patch of alfalfa, and finally went home.

Dinner was burnt sweet potato porridge, boiled and fried eggs, and a plate of fruit hard candies. Oh, Lin Tingting's own luncheon meat and fruit cans were all gone.

Su Wanqing suppressed a laugh.

Zhou Yanshen's brows finally furrowed.

Zhou's mother slammed her chopsticks on the table, finally losing her temper: "Tingting! It's not that your aunt is criticizing you! But at least learn how to cook! The three of us worked hard all afternoon and came back hungry, and this is what you give us? Didn't you confidently say yesterday that if you were in charge, you would definitely cook all sorts of delicious food and make your aunt feel comfortable? And what happened? What kind of rubbish is this? Are you trying to starve us to death?"

This niece talks a good game, but what would she do if she were her daughter-in-law? And what was the result?

Lin Tingting lowered her head and said, "Auntie, I'm not used to this country stove. Why don't you let my sister-in-law cook instead?"

Zhou's mother also looked at Su Wanqing. To be honest, Su Wanqing's cooking is really delicious!

Su Wanqing: "What bad luck. I have to go to the mountains to collect some urgently needed medicinal herbs tomorrow and the day after, so I probably won't have time to come back for dinner. Cousin, take good care of your cousin Yanshen."

Zhou Yanshen coughed lightly and glanced at Su Wanqing.

Lin Tingting's eyes lit up. Su Wanqing was going into the mountains! And wasn't she coming back for dinner?! This meant she'd have a chance to be alone with her cousin! She immediately promised:

"Okay! Don't worry, sister-in-law! I will definitely take good care of Cousin Yanshen and Aunt!"

……

Are you really comfortable leaving me in my cousin's care?

After finishing their meal and returning to their room, Zhou Yanshen hugged Su Wanqing from behind, resting his chin on her neck with a resentful expression.

Su Wanqing chuckled: "What's there to worry about? Your cousin said she'll definitely take good care of you."

Zhou Yanshen pulled her even tighter into his arms, pressing her close to him, his deep voice whispering in her ear:

"I'll be going on a mission for a few days starting tomorrow and won't be back for a while. I'm worried about you going to the mountains alone. How about... I don't go and go with you instead?" He was still worried about his wife.

"Don't worry, I'm not going alone. I'm going with Aunt Wen from the cowshed. She knows about medicinal herbs and has experience. We'll just wander around the outskirts and won't go deep into the mountains."

Zhou Yanshen was relieved and easily picked up Su Wanqing and carried her onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

He was incredibly strong. Su Wanqing felt a sudden dizziness as she fell onto the soft bedding. Seeing his strong body envelop her, her legs went weak, and she quickly pushed him away.

"No... don't come today..."

She really couldn't take it anymore.

Although she felt like she was in heaven every day for the past two days, she felt that her waist and legs were protesting.

"Just once?"

Zhou Yanshen leaned down, his deep eyes shining brightly in the darkness, like a large dog craving a bone.

Su Wanqing: "..."

She felt herself melt instantly by that gaze. Mainly... such an outrageously handsome man, usually so cold and resolute, looking at you with such longing yet slightly coquettish eyes—who could resist that?

"Then... be gentle."

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The next day, Su Wanqing's legs were a little weak, and she stumbled along with Grandma Wen to the nearby mountains.

"Young man, you really need to exercise more. Look at me, I've walked this far and I'm not even out of breath. You've only taken a couple of steps and you're already feeling weak?"

Su Wanqing: "..."

That's all because of that jerk of a man last night. He said it would only be once, but it turned out to be "the last time" and "one more time"...

But he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only vaguely reply, "Hmm... I do need to train."

However, when Grandma Wen followed Su Wanqing and actually saw the alfalfa in the ravine, she was so excited that she could hardly speak!

"This...this is far better than what I cultivated! Judging by its growth, it will yield about 5 jin per mu! Dr. Su, you've truly made a great contribution! With this variety, our country will no longer need to rely on imports for high-quality forage, saving us so much precious foreign exchange!"

"Aunt Wen, how should we report this?"

"Let's report the variety I cultivated first. We'll keep the one you discovered to ourselves as a backup plan. Firstly, my variety is already good enough to warrant recognition, and secondly, this wild variety needs to be domesticated and selectively bred."

What Grandma Wen didn't explicitly say was that taking it in two steps meant having two opportunities to make a contribution. Moreover, if anyone tried to take credit or raised questions along the way, they would have an even better trump card, ensuring they would always be invincible.

Su Wanqing silently gave Grandma Wen a thumbs up; these old foxes are indeed shrewd, they all know to keep something in reserve.

"Dr. Su, we need to report this as soon as possible and protect this land until the seeds ripen."

Although the alfalfa, used as forage, is mature, the seeds in the pods are not yet mature.

Su Wanqing suddenly realized and decided to leave a batch of original seeds in her space next time.

"Okay, I'll go find Secretary Li right now."

Grandma Wen nodded repeatedly, her face beaming with the excitement of a researcher discovering a valuable resource: "Good, good, good! You go quickly! I'll stay here and keep watch; I can study it carefully!"

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Su Wanqing walked briskly to the command post. As soon as she entered, Secretary Li's eyes lit up, and he greeted her:

"Comrade Su, you've come at the perfect time! I happen to have something important to discuss with you." He gestured for Su Wanqing to sit down and talk.

Liu Shuqing had already brought over a cup of tea with great courtesy.

Hearing that Secretary Li needed to speak with her, Su Wanqing's eyes lit up. Was she asking for more business? She said, "Secretary Li, tell me! Are you trying to trade some scarce supplies with my 'friend' again?"