About My Wife: She's a Refugee

[Nurturing + Scheming + Devoted Until Death + Sweet Romance + Farming] When Bai Yuer’s father took her on the run, the land was in the grip of war and famine. One day, he came back covered in blood with a flatbread in his hand. After watching her eat it, he died. But the flatbread was something her father had snatched from a refugee. Now they had angered the refugees, who hunted her down wherever she went. It was too cold in the mountains, and there were wolves, so she had no choice but to leave. As luck would have it, she ran into the two refugees roasting a chicken. They planned to catch her and sell her, but after they captured her, an old man out hunting in the mountains rescued her. The old man was gravely wounded too, though, and died. Before he did, she learned that he had an eight-year-old grandson still at home. By the time she rushed over, the boy was on the verge of starving to death. She had to repay the old man’s kindness. She said, “I’m your distant cousin from Lianshui County. I came here to look for my father, but I haven’t found him yet, so I’ll stay here for a while.” The boy thought to himself, “I may be young, but I’m not stupid. Since when did I have relatives in Lianshui County?” But when he saw the vegetable pancakes and steamed buns she had made, he swallowed hard. Staying alive was what mattered. Whether they were really related or not didn’t matter…