A Joyful Reunion

Coming soon: Going Home to Farm with a Spiritual Spring

Synopsis:

At thirty, Fang Shutong was struck by an enormous stroke of luck: he accidentally awakened the spiritual spring hidden in his family's ancestral jade pendant.

Faced with a life as a wage slave where he could drop dead at any moment, he promptly handed in his resignation, packed his bags, and returned to his hometown.

Life in the countryside moved at a gentler pace, with the sun rising and setting and the simple comforts of daily life. Fang Shutong farmed and raised children while building his fortune through food.

Before Grain Rain, toon shoots taste better than lamb. He picked a handful, chilled them in the spiritual spring, and mixed them into a fragrant toon and tofu salad, bright red and green, crisp and refreshing.

At the Dragon Boat Festival, he peeled back the fragrant green bamboo leaves to reveal glutinous rice wrapped around red dates and honey beans, soft, sweet, and lingering on the palate.

Under the full moon at Mid-Autumn, the crabs were full of roe and rich with fat. He steamed a pot of mitten crabs nourished by the spiritual spring and served them with ginger vinegar sauce, tangy and sweet, letting their tender freshness shine.

In the depths of winter, snow covered the branches and water froze outside, while warmth steamed through the house. They sat around the stove and enjoyed a spicy, savory beef hot pot, eating until sweat covered their brows and every trace of cold was gone.

Before long, the dilapidated old house, once stripped bare, was torn down, and a guesthouse was built in its place.

Flowers bloomed and faded in the courtyard; clouds drifted past the window. A fat cat leaped onto the rose trellis and rolled amid the rich fragrance of the flowers. A black dog splashed through the babbling stream and chased squirrels leaping through the woods.

Little by little, the village came alive. More visitors arrived, and everything started getting better.

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Fang Shutong never imagined that the man he'd accidentally spent a night with years ago would come looking for him, claiming to be the father of his twins.

And then, as if it were only natural, the man demanded that Fang Shutong take responsibility...

Synopsis:

After transmigrating, Lin Qinghe looked at the bare walls around him and couldn't help rubbing his face.

Well, after working hard for more than ten years, he'd transmigrated to the years before liberation.

Starting over from scratch? He could do that!

Dealing with troublesome people? He was good at that!

Building a career? He was good at that too!

Being transmigrated as a ge'er? He could surely...

Wait!

Lin Qinghe stared in shock, rubbing his eyes again and again.

No, no, no! He couldn't do that. He wouldn't. He refused to accept it!

Still, could that handsome man who'd shown up at his door and refused to leave please stay a little farther away?

Gu Qingyun had wondered countless times: if he could turn back time, he would protect one person, spare him from regrets, bring a smile to his face, and give him a smooth life where all his wishes came true, renewing their fated bond.

Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him, and he was reborn.

That year, he had just become engaged to the village's young ge'er.

In this life, they finally found each other again.

A reader's guide:

1. Gentle, catlike shou x scheming, foxlike gong (cat and fox describe their personalities)

2. A ge'er story; childbirth near the end

3. Fictional setting; no need to nitpick the historical details

4. Let's enjoy the story in peace. No arguing or starting fights. Those who are rude may find their comments deleted~

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