The Rough Man's Cannon-Fodder Little Healer

Jiang Qi had studied medicine under his grandfather since childhood. On the night his grandfather died, he had a dream. In the dream, his grandfather left him a letter, bequeathing him the family’s dilapidated little clinic. His uncle, who had always doted on him, insisted he close the clinic and get married. They had already chosen a match: the dimwitted son of a wealthy local family. His uncle was unusually forceful about it. Jiang Qi refused, and they got into a terrible argument. During the scuffle, he hit his head against a wall. He didn’t die, but became stupid, making him a perfect match for the dimwitted groom. The two of them became a pair of silly husbands. His uncle used the generous betrothal gifts from the wealthy family to pay for his cousin’s studies. His cousin passed the imperial examinations and brought glory to the family. When Jiang Qi woke up, everything unfolded just as it had in his dream. With no one to rely on, Jiang Qi thought it over carefully and remembered a man who had once served in the army and fought the enemy before returning home to become a hunter. The man was tall and muscular, with a knife scar slashing across his brow. His fierce expression could make a child cry at the sight of him, and no one dared pick a fight with him. He had come to the clinic a few times for an old injury, so the two of them had met briefly. Gathering his courage, Jiang Qi found him and asked, “Will you marry me?” * Xu Congrong fell in love with Jiang Qi at first sight. That was why he kept going to the clinic, pretending his old injury had flared up, just so he could see Jiang Qi more often. The beautiful young man was like a bright moon, and Xu Congrong was so madly in love with him that he could hardly think straight. But he didn’t dare say anything, afraid of frightening him. Then one day, Jiang Qi came to find him and asked, “Will you marry me?” A husband falling right out of the sky? Could such a good thing really happen?! Xu Congrong: “Yes! I’ll marry you!” * When they first married, Jiang Qi thought he only needed to fulfill his duties as a husband and that they could treat each other with mutual respect. But Xu Congrong wasn’t quite what he had imagined... By day, whenever they were alone, Xu Congrong was a master at stealing kisses and clinging to him. Every night, they tangled together beneath the covers. Jiang Qi couldn’t keep up, so he made an excuse to stay at the clinic and not go home. Xu Congrong agreed. One day passed, then two, with no trouble. On the third night, Jiang Qi was sleeping soundly when a pair of misbehaving hands landed on him. Half-asleep, he saw it was Xu Congrong and nestled into his arms. Xu Congrong: “Coming home?” Jiang Qi: “...Yes.” * Without the money from selling Jiang Qi to pave the way, his uncle couldn’t even raise enough to send his cousin to take the imperial examinations, let alone bring glory to the family. Jiang Qi’s little clinic was renovated. His excellent medical skills and kindness won him a good reputation, and he became a renowned young miracle doctor, praised by everyone far and near. P.S. ① A story about a young man who can bear children. ② A local couple falling in love and building a prosperous life together. ③ The traditional Chinese medicine in this story comes from Baidu and my own wild imaginings. Don’t take it seriously. ④ There’s a secondary couple. Their story won’t be covered in detail in the main text, but they’ll get a separate extra. ⑤ Comments on individual paragraphs are open. Come join the fun~ Check out my completed novels: The Husband I Married Instead, What Do I Do If My Husband Is a Man? and My Days as a Cat in the Enemy Emperor’s Palace. My next book will be The Tough Husband’s Doomsday Survivor, a Live-in Son-in-Law. Click the blue text in the announcement below to go straight to it~ If you’re interested, please add it to your favorites! Shen Zhifei’s parents died when he was young. He had three younger siblings to care for, and greedy relatives on the outside hoping to take everything from the orphans. To protect the family’s property and his siblings, he decided to take a live-in husband. When word got out, the villagers laughed at him: “He’s a twenty-year-old young man with three dependents, and he’s so fierce no one would want to marry him, let alone become his live-in husband! Dream on.” But no one expected Shen Zhifei to actually bring a man home. The man was tall and sturdy, with the strength for hard farm work. He had a handsome face that drew the eye, and no need to put out the lamp before getting into bed. It was just that his hair was cut short and bristly, making him look like a bad sort. * Yi Jiulin was the most powerful ability user to emerge from the zombie hordes of the apocalypse. After an unexpected transmigration, he was not only badly injured and stripped of his powers, but also an undocumented outsider in ancient times, with nowhere to go. He accepted Shen Zhifei’s offer and joined the Shen family as a live-in husband. The villagers said he was a man of unknown origins, and that Shen Zhifei had invited a wolf into his home. His young and vulnerable family would surely be bullied! But the Shen family’s life gradually improved. Their earthen-walled thatched hut became a spacious, bright house with gray brick walls and tiled roofs. The second brother’s leg condition was cured, and he found a good family to marry into. The third and fourth siblings were sent to a private school to learn to read and write. Shen Zhifei became like a pampered young master from a wealthy family. His former fierceness softened into a frank, carefree nature, and he was full of life. He was also carrying a baby, bringing a new addition to the family. Yi Jiulin, who had never understood that men like Shen Zhifei could bear children, was stunned. “I’m really going to be a father?!” * The village husbands told dirty jokes: “What’s so fun about doing it in bed? The real fun is on a hillside, in a cornfield.” Shen Zhifei overheard them, blushed, and walked away, cursing Yi Jiulin under his breath. So that was where he’d learned all those tricks! Theme: Keeping your feet on the ground is the only way to make steady progress.