The Capitalist Heiress of the 1960S: I Earn Foreign Exchange for My Country

[Spatial powers + burly husband who dotes on his wife + animal speech] The maternal granddaughter of the eldest Wen in the tenement compound is coming from the countryside in the south to seek refuge with him. People say she's a frail invalid, too weak to kill a chicken, lift a shoulder pole, or carry anything. She's coming here just to find a good match. Marrying a girl like that would be like bringing home an ancestor to serve. She'd be no help at all. So none of the aunties in the compound think much of her. Sure enough, when she arrives, she's tiny and skinny, with a sallow complexion. You can tell at a glance that she's in poor health. The aunties hoping to find good wives for their sons look elsewhere. A few years later, the frail, sallow girl has grown fair and blossomed into a beauty who turns heads wherever she goes. Just as the aunties start thinking about matchmaking again, they realize a wolf is already guarding her side. As they watch the couple's life grow better and better, some people in the compound grow envious and can't help whispering behind their backs. They say Wen Beizhi never lifts a finger around the house, does no chores, and hasn't even had a child. She's a thoroughly lazy wife. Some even urge Lin Xunan to divorce Wen Beizhi, promising to introduce him to someone better, a woman who can carry on his family line. To their surprise, Lin Xunan tears into them. “I'll spoil my own wife. If she wants children, we'll have them. If she doesn't, that's fine too. The country isn't short one child just because we don't have one!” Besides, his wife's clever hands can produce the most exquisite embroidery. How could she waste her time on something like housework!