The Tough Man and His Pampered Wife in the Sixties

In 1960, Xu Xiaoli had barely married into a prosperous village when she became a widow. Her husband's family called her bad luck and wanted to throw her out, but Xu Xiaoli had a fiery temper and plenty of strength. Nobody could hurt her in the slightest.

To keep living with her in-laws, she had no choice but to put up with them, work the fields, and raise pigs, chickens, and ducks. Later, she discovered she was pregnant and decided to have the baby.

It wasn't that she particularly liked children. The main reason was that her hometown was terribly poor, and having a child here in this fertile, watery region might help her put down roots.

Later, Xu Xiaoli raised the child until they were two. Every day, she took them to the lotus pond to dig up lotus roots and catch fish, or to the cornfield to pick tender corn and make flatbreads. She also made rice noodles and rice noodle rolls. Her life finally held some promise.

But one day, the child's biological father came back.

Wait, wasn't the child's biological father her late husband?

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Kong Yeran had been swept into a river while rescuing a child who had fallen in. After being reborn, he rushed back at once, hoping to reunite with his wife and child.

But his young wife didn't seem very interested in talking to him, and his child had almost accepted someone else as a stepfather.

Kong Yeran dropped to his knees right there. "Honey, I've let you down. I'll treat you right from now on."

Xu Xiaoli said, "If you want to treat me right, start now."

So while Kong Yeran wiped the table, washed the stools, and swept the floor, he first peeled an apple for Xu Xiaoli, then poured her a glass of soy milk.

Kong Yeran said cheerfully, "Honey, what would you like to eat tomorrow? I'll go buy it."

Xu Xiaoli held out her hand. "Where's the money?"

Kong Yeran immediately went to collect the money his relatives and friends owed him, getting every last bit back.

His relatives protested, "Kong Yeran, now that you've got a wife, you're forgetting all of us?"

Kong Yeran replied, "How could relatives matter more than my wife?"

His relatives were so devastated they had no fight left in them.

Kong Yeran took the child to school. The little one wore new clothes he'd bought and clean shoes he'd washed. There were even candies in the child's pocket, and they were so happy to tell their dad they were going to school.

Kong Yeran said, "I'll come pick you up this afternoon."

Later, Xu Xiaoli got pregnant with Kong Yeran's child again. And this time, it turned out to be twins.

Everyone watched as, after coming back, Kong Yeran doted on his wife and children like they were the most precious things in the world.

Everyone said, "We're so jealous we're crying."

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