Everyday Life in the Mountains, 1970s

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[Blurb]

Xu Xiufang's fiance, Xie Jianguo, falls for a beautiful young educated woman from the city. They break off their engagement, and Xie Jianguo marries the lovely woman of his dreams.

Xu Xiufang, meanwhile, marries Xie Li, a classmate from the neighboring village who has secretly loved her. Xie Li is handsome, gentle, sunny, and always smiling. He's a wonderful cook, knows how to grow vegetables and flowers, hunt, and catch fish and shrimp. He can even slaughter pigs and butcher sheep... In all their years together, he never lets Xu Xiufang go hungry, cold, or overworked.

Years later, Xu Xiufang wants to say to Xie Jianguo, "Thank you for not marrying me."

P.S. The story includes original fictional details and is not meant to be historically scrutinized. The hero and heroine are both natives of this world, and the heroine has a golden finger.

[Blurb from the Second Perspective]

Before Liang Yun died, the person she hated most wasn't the husband whose domestic abuse killed her. It was Xu Xiufang, who had stolen her happiness. The year Xie Jianguo proposed to her, she turned him down because his mother was difficult to deal with. She never expected Xie Jianguo to turn around and get engaged to Xu Xiufang. All she could do was watch Xie Jianguo rise through the ranks while Xu Xiufang enjoyed a harmonious marriage and dutiful children, living a happy life. Liang Yun could only envy and resent her.

After being reborn, Liang Yun threw her arms around Xie Jianguo. "I'll marry you."

Later, Liang Yun discovered that Xu Xiufang had married a farmer who had been discharged from the army due to an injury, was disabled, and would spend his life eking out a living in the mountains.

Liang Yun smiled. This life was in the bag.

Content notes:

1. The story includes original fictional details and is not meant to be scrutinized. Anti-piracy ratio: 90%, delay: 72 hours

2. Slow burn, family life, and the small details of everyday living

3. The hero and heroine are both natives of this world. Neither transmigrated nor was reborn, and neither knows the plot or has an all-knowing perspective on events.

Theme: Strive to live well