Lie Jiu’s Little Husband

Originally titled The Little Husband of the Village Bully. I love it so much, sob~

Xu Huaiqian transmigrates into the body of a sickly scholar in ancient times. His parents have just passed away when his cousin uses him as collateral for ten taels of silver, handing him over as a live-in son-in-law to the village's bully, a man.

He doesn't mind being a live-in son-in-law. What he does mind is arranged marriage!

Dragging his sick body along, out of breath after every few steps, he goes to explain things to the bully. Once the debt is paid off, he'll ask to be divorced.

But the moment he sees the bully, he suddenly thinks: Maybe an arranged marriage isn't so bad after all.

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Chen Liejiu went to collect a debt and came back with a sickly husband.

Everyone in the village says he's desperate, taking even a sickly man who's about to die young.

Chen Liejiu has never believed in fate. He feeds his sickly husband good food and medicine, refusing to believe the man can still die young after all that.

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Later, Xu Huaiqian passes the imperial examination and rises to the highest rank in the bureaucracy. He lives to be a hundred and leaves behind countless writings. Generations of students who have suffered through his texts can hardly believe that this is the same frail, sickly chief minister from history, who used to cough up blood and faint in court at the drop of a hat, and whom everyone thought would die young.

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A sickly gong who coughs as if he's trying to cough himself to death, but lives to a hundred x a bold, meticulous, hearty shou who believes the more audacious the dream, the greater the harvest

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Reading guide:

An alternate historical setting, mutual pampering, and childbearing.

The gong is sickly, but just won't die.

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Cover art used with permission: Tingyuge - Ershi Ba

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The Great Merchant of the Islands

Chen Songzhou lives in the middle of the sea, surrounded by islands of every size. Crops won't grow there, and people go hungry. He spent three years sailing on a rich family's merchant ship, but earned nothing and nearly lost his life.

By chance, he became bound to something called the System and drew Jiang Ruoying, who lives in the mountains and can grow crops and eat rice. The two began swapping lives.

Chen Songzhou was stunned:

“Pearls can be traded for rice?!”

“Giant clam shells can buy fine silk?!”

“Even seaweed can be used as money?!”

Jiang Ruoying lives in the mountains of the far north. His village is surrounded by mountains, and it takes about ten days on foot just to reach the county seat. Apart from the meager grain his family's fields produce, they can't even afford salt. That is, until he encountered something called the System and met a man named Chen Songzhou.

Jiang Ruoying was stunned:

“Even rice bran can be traded for dried scallops?!”

“Rags can buy salt?!”

“Even the pine trees in the mountains are valuable?!”

To avoid being cheated and help their families live better, Chen Songzhou and Jiang Ruoying both took up life as traveling peddlers, going from a little boat to a great ship, from a small county town to a great city, and from petty traders to great merchants!

Theme: Life is like wine: the more you savor it, the richer its flavor.