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

"When I came back from my mission, I was investigating some things with some comrades. I didn't expect to run into this when I got back," he said with self-blame. "It's my fault. I should have come back sooner so I could have supported you and not let you face these terrible things alone."

Su Wanqing rolled up her sleeves nonchalantly. "You're back just in time. Haven't eaten yet? I'll make you something simple."

She was telling the truth. If she had come back earlier, she wouldn't have been able to deal with these people. She couldn't very well slap them in front of Zhou Yanshen, could she?

Zhou Yanshen pursed his lips and hummed in agreement. "How did you know I hadn't eaten?" His wife was so sweet; even though she was in a bad mood, she was still thinking about his eating.

"You wouldn't be so weak after a full meal. Your abs even feel smaller to the touch. I'll just get you something quick and easy."

Zhou Yanshen: "..." He subconsciously touched his abdomen, his ears burning slightly, and said in a muffled voice, "Then I'll start a fire for you."

Su Wanqing worked quickly and efficiently, making an egg drop soup and frying three scallion pancakes.

Zhou Yanshen was indeed starving, and he took the pancake and ate it in large bites. The rich aroma of scallions and the fresh scent of egg drop soup made the stomachs of Zhou's mother and Lin Tingting, who had been hungry all afternoon, rumble. The two looked at Su Wanqing expectantly, hoping that she would share some with them.

Su Wanqing pretended not to see it and ladled out a bowl of soup for herself, taking small sips.

Zhou's mother couldn't hold back any longer and swallowed hard, "Yan Shen, Mom... Mom is hungry too."

Zhou Yanshen didn't even look up, and said in a deep voice while eating, "Wanqing is the Zhou family's daughter-in-law. She was falsely accused of stealing money, forced to remarry, and bullied. What were you doing behind the scenes?"

Zhou's mother shut her mouth sheepishly. "You didn't see how fierce your wife is, did you? Do you really need our help? It's a miracle she didn't beat everyone to a pulp!"

But she only dared to think it in her heart; she would never dare to say it out loud.

Lin Tingting covered her face and cried, "Cousin, it's not that I don't want to help my sister-in-law, but look how badly she beat me! My face is all swollen! How could she hit me so hard..."

Zhou Yanshen put down his bowl and glanced over indifferently: "Your sister-in-law hit you because you must have said or done something you shouldn't have."

Su Wanqing slowly took a sip of soup and fanned the flames, saying, "Yan Shen, you really need to teach your cousin a lesson. Just now, those people were forcing me to marry an old man, and she was still stirring things up, saying that I should hurry back to the city to enjoy life and not suffer in the countryside with you."

Zhou Yanshen paused for a moment, his hand holding the chopsticks still. He didn't look at Lin Tingting, but turned his gaze to his mother. "Mother, my cousin is not young anymore, and it's not right for her to always stay in our house. A comrade of mine is coming over in a few days, and I asked him to help me find a few reliable and hardworking men from decent families so that Tingting can have a look at them."

This cousin of mine should just get married and leave him to save himself the trouble. She shouldn't keep hanging around him and his new wife, causing all the trouble! He finally got this precious wife, and this cousin actually wants to push him to leave?!

Zhou's mother dared not object, "Alright, alright, you decide how to arrange it, let's see how it goes."

Upon hearing this, Lin Tingting stomped her feet and cried, "Anyway, I won't get married. I'll just stay with my aunt and take care of her."

Zhou Yanshen only glanced at Lin Tingting before she shut up.

After dinner, Zhou Yanshen took the initiative to clean up the dishes and utensils, then quickly took a shower and went to bed early.

He grasped Su Wanqing's hand and whispered a promise: "During my absence, did my cousin cause you any trouble these past few days? Don't worry, once my comrade arrives in a couple of days, we'll find her a suitable husband as soon as possible."

He was afraid his wife would be jealous and unhappy. He felt uneasy every second Lin Tingting stayed there, fearing that his wife would be angry with him because of it.

"It's not a big deal, really." Su Wanqing was telling the truth. She was living a carefree life, and in fact, she wanted to cause the other party some trouble.

Zhou Yanshen continued, "I originally thought that since I've come to the countryside, my cousin wouldn't follow me, but I didn't expect... In her current state, it's not appropriate to force her to leave. It would be better to find her a good family so that she can have her own life in the future, which would be good for everyone."

Su Wanqing felt that Zhou Yanshen seemed even more eager than her to get rid of Lin Tingting, this "bad romance".

After a few days apart, the couple naturally had a lot to talk about.

Su Wanqing then chattered on about what had been happening at home these past few days: the vegetables in the garden had grown taller again, and she wasn't sure whether to water them, so she hadn't bothered with it. She had been feeding the chickens and sheep on time, and they had grown quite a bit in the past two days; in a couple of days, she could start milking them.

"I'll make you yogurt later."

Zhou Yanshen must have been exhausted these past few days. Hearing his wife's soft voice, he only mumbled "okay" before falling into a deep sleep.

Su Wanqing smiled slightly. Not only had the sheep and chickens at home grown up, but she had also received a tenfold return in the past two days, obtaining 80 chicks, 10 ewes, and 20 lambs in her space.

The animals in the space, which are fed ten times more, have no souls. They only know how to eat and sleep, and they have huge appetites. She has to throw in hundreds of kilograms of feed every time.

The good news is that the ewes produce an amazing amount of milk, with each ewe producing a full bucket of milk every day. She collects it all and stores it in her space, planning to return it tenfold when she has enough. Then she can make delicious dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and milk curds to eat when she's feeling peckish.

Another piece of good news is that she was worried the chickens, sheep, and pigs would fight. Turns out, there was no need to worry at all; they were very harmonious because their eyes were vacant and lifeless.

The breeding area isn't large, only a few acres, but even if we raise something else in the future, and it gets a bit crowded, it won't be a big problem. They won't fight each other.

Su Wanqing thought, "Raising some livestock would be fine, but we can't raise lions or tigers, can we? We can't eat the meat, it's a waste of food."

The vegetables in the space are all ripe. The alfalfa ripens every two days, so she harvests another batch and stores it in the space for future use. Now that there are sheep and chickens, she will need to consume several hundred more kilograms of feed every day.

She fed the chickens, sheep, and pigs again, and after finishing her work in the space, she dozed off and fell asleep in Zhou Yanshen's arms.

In the countryside, once it gets dark, every household closes their doors, and with nothing else to do, what else can they do?

If you don't do something on the kang (heated brick bed), you should at least get some exercise after the meal.

Zhao Shupi's hand wandered to his wife Chen Xiuer's belly and tried to slide it down, but it was slapped back with a "smack".

Chen Xiuer moved the sleeping baby further into the kang (heated brick bed), not really in the mood to cooperate with Zhao Shupi, and sighed, saying, "My mother is going back to the city in a few days."

Zhao Shupi wasn't angry at having his hand knocked away. He shamelessly put his arm around Chen Xiuer's waist and hummed in her ear:

"Go back. Honey, I've been celibate for so long... You hear what Er Mazi's family next door does every night, making a lot of noise, it's making me so itchy inside..."