A Husband, Children, and a Warm Kang Bed

Shen Bai, the eldest son of the Shen family in Linshui Village, has been a fool since childhood. He doesn't know to put food in his mouth when he eats, run home when it rains, or close his eyes when he sleeps. After his parents both die in an accident while out of the house, he bolts outside and dies alone in the mountains. After his death, a modern man with the same name, Shen Bai, is reborn in his body. When he opens his eyes again, a scrawny child with a sallow face and bloodshot eyes throws himself onto Shen Bai and cries out hoarsely, calling him big brother. Shen Bai falls silent for a moment, then reaches out and hugs him. Coarse gruel that could choke you, a thatched hut that lets in the wind and rain, backbreaking labor under the blazing sun, and a sweet, pitiful, skinny little brother by his side... Little by little, he grows used to this poor and exhausting, yet peaceful and warm life. The villagers say a young man from the prefectural city has arrived. He is said to be ugly, and the unmarried men in the village flee at the sight of him. Shen Bai, still fretting over food and raising a child, doesn't care in the slightest, until he sees the young man the villagers call ugly. Looking at this handsome young man, whose face and voice are exactly to his taste, he falls silent. “...” Their poverty makes him hide his feelings, nearly convincing even himself that he doesn't care. Until one day, he opens the door to find the handsome young man standing there with a cold expression, asking, “Will you marry me?” Shen Bai: “...!” . After a sudden upheaval, Song Yueqing goes from being the Song family's cherished eldest son to a young man. His stepmother mistreats and torments him, and his own father has hated him for years. When a younger brother is born, he finally cuts ties with his father, taking his ten taels of silver hidden away and his younger sister to the place where his maternal family grew up and made their fortune. His looks and unmarried status make him the target of repeated insults and scheming. What's more, the law requires an unmarried young man who has cut ties with his family to marry within a year. With no other choice, Song Yueqing decides to find an honest, easygoing man in the village whom he can manage, and marry him. He never expects that this choice will lead to love blossoming with time, and a lifetime together. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, day after day. Deep in the mountains, time slips by, and the meals never end. The only thing he needs is the one person by his side. A gentle, looks-and-voice-loving pursuer x a cool, handsome young man who is tough on the outside and soft on the inside Reading guide: 1. No children of their own. Farming and raising the younger siblings; the younger brother has a few imperial-examination scenes. 2. Everyday family life, slow burn, and a mountain of fictional worldbuilding. Everything is in service of the story, so please don't compare it to real life. Theme: Being content is the key to happiness