The Little Seahorse's Pampered Life [The 1970S]

After two years of marriage without a child, Yu Ning's in-laws lost their temper and sent her back to her parents' home. Yu Ning couldn't help it. As a seahorse spirit, she really couldn't give birth! Everyone knows that in seahorse species, the males carry and care for the young in their brood pouches. But after she came ashore and became a spirit, even that ability disappeared. Yu Ning was at peace with it. She felt her life wouldn't be affected whether she married or not, but her parents were worried sick! Seeing her parents nearly turn gray with worry, Yu Ning agreed to meet another potential match. After Chi Yuan's older brother and sister-in-law died, he brought their five-year-old son home and raised him as his own. To avoid being forced into marrying someone chosen by his sister-in-law's greedy family, he quickly asked a kind auntie to find him a match. Chi Yuan's requirements were that the woman be decent and accept that he was raising his nephew as his own son. He didn't care about anything else. On the day of the blind date, Chi Yuan saw the delicate, pretty woman before him and immediately turned red at the ears. Yu Ning looked at the tall, strong, handsome man, and her eyes curved with satisfaction. When she heard that his home was very close to the sea, she was even happier. As a sea spirit, she had a certain influence over marine life. If she wanted lobster, mantis shrimp, or crabs, all she had to do was go to the shore and have a chat with the sea creatures. In less than half a day, they'd obediently swim ashore. Chi Yuan lived by the sea, but his knowledge of marine life was limited to the oysters, clams, and seaweed found in nearby waters. After they married, he looked at the lobster and crabs on the table and couldn't help questioning his whole understanding of life. Could lobsters really swim all the way over from the deep sea by themselves? Could crabs really drift to the shore when the sea breeze was strong? And his wife was so delicate. How hard would he have to work to take even better care of her? An alternate setting, with original worldbuilding. One-on-one romance, female lead is not a virgin, male lead is a virgin. The female lead has an exceptionally powerful golden finger, and truly cannot give birth. A slice-of-life story about eating and drinking, with a few nasty characters. The mountain and sea foraging in this story is necessary for survival in its historical setting. Please don't try eating wild animals in real life~ Anti-piracy: 60%, 24-hour delay. Blurb screenshot posted on Weibo: Jinjiang Qian Lailai (2022/7/13) Coming soon: The Tragic Female Supporting Character Tears Up the Script [The 1970s] Guan Yu had a dream. In it, she married Song Zhihai, a worker at a printing factory, and took over her mother-in-law's job at a textile mill. From then on, she worked like a beast of burden for the Song family! She had to take care of her unhappy mother-in-law, who had lost her job, while also supporting Song Zhihai's five troublesome younger siblings. Just when she had finally made it through all the hardship, Song Zhihai suddenly struck it rich and decided to leave her for another wife. The siblings she had raised to adulthood didn't stand by her at all. They even secretly called her stupid, stingy, and unsophisticated, saying she was nothing like their new sister-in-law, who was so understanding. Poor Guan Yu worked herself to the bone for half her life and fell ill, only to die miserably in a little house at the edge of the village. Only after her death did she learn that the world she lived in was a book. She was the supporting character whose purpose was to make the female lead seem noble, beautiful, and elegant. The female lead was the woman Song Zhihai married later. When Guan Yu jolted awake from the dream, she was lying on a mule cart, basking in the sun. The bad news was that she was on her way to the county town to meet Song Zhihai for a blind date. The good news was that she had somehow acquired a vegetable basket that refreshed every morning with everyday necessities. It was packed with supplies and made her feel completely secure! Thinking of the Song family members from her dream, Guan Yu decided that only a fool would serve a bunch of ungrateful wretches! The blind date failed, but Guan Yu wasn't worried. Her mother, however, was so anxious she was practically on fire. She quickly arranged another match, this time with someone familiar. Lu Changfu, the cold-faced, rugged man who had moved to their village from elsewhere. Guan Yu remembered that in her dream, before she died miserably, he had kindly brought her a bowl of food. He looked fierce, but he had a kind heart. After thinking it over, Guan Yu agreed. At first, Guan Yu thought she was only repaying his kindness for that bowl of food in her dream. Later, she ended up giving him her heart, and the rugged man cherished her like a treasure! Theme: Work hard to build a wonderful life!