[Innocent heroine + rugged hero + romance-focused + slow burn + everyday family life]
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Before Xu Linglan had even graduated from high school, her family arranged for her to be sent to the countryside. Everyone knew how hard life was for educated youths: they had to work in the fields and even go out into the wilderness to cut grass for pigs.
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To survive, Xu Linglan worked herself to the bone for work points, but every month she earned only half as many as the others. They were enough to exchange for grain, but she went all year without a taste of meat.
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Xu Linglan thought her days would go on like this forever, until one rainy night changed everything. When the educated youths’ residence collapsed, she moved in with the Qin family, and her relationship with Qin Yuezhi began to change.
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Qin Yuezhi was a genuine farmer who had only attended a few years of school. Before he met Xu Linglan, he had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps and settle down in An’nan Village. He had never thought of going out to seek his fortune.
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He was strong and capable, whether earning work points in the fields or making monthly wages as a boatman. But after meeting Xu Linglan, he understood that when you love someone, you’re afraid you can’t give them enough, and just as afraid you’ll hold them back.
