The Hunter's Little Spicy Pepper Spirit

Laqu was a sentient spicy snack. Since the Heavenly Dao wouldn't allow him to exist, he transmigrated.

This was a world with only men and male-born who could bear children, and no women. He suddenly found himself in the body of a young male-born who had been picked up on the mountain by a man from the village, recently returned from military service and out hunting.

Half-conscious, the young male-born clutched the man's big hand and murmured, “I can never repay your kindness. I'll have to offer myself to you.”

The man was tall and burly, with a ring of stubble around his face. He wasn't very educated, but he was skilled at everything: hunting in the mountains, farming in the fields, making furniture, and catching fish in the river.

When they first met, the man awkwardly wiped his dark, calloused hands on his patched clothes. In a deep voice that made him sound utterly dependable, he said, “Even though I found you, I'll treat you well.”

“If you don't mind that I'm poor and are willing to stay and live a quiet life with me, I'll take responsibility for you. I'll work hard to make sure you have enough to eat.”

Laqu thought it over. He had nowhere else to go, so he could only nod while hugging the old, thin cotton quilt.

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But as the saying goes, life is hard, so spicy snacks have to put on a show.

Laqu looked at the oil jar, which didn't have a drop of fat left in it, then at the rice pot, which held barely a few ounces of rice. After a long silence, he quietly took out one of his spicy snacks and started munching.

What a tough life. He may have transmigrated, but he was still a spicy-snack spirit, and he could make an endless supply of spicy snacks, as hot as he wanted!

When Zhou Shi came home to a plate of super-spicy greens stir-fried in oil from Laqu's extra-hot spicy snacks, he sucked in a breath at the heat and thought how lucky he was to have found a wife. There was a hot meal waiting when he got home during the day, and a warm wife to snuggle under the covers with at night.

He secretly vowed to work harder at hunting so his wife could enjoy a comfortable life with plenty of food and clothes as soon as possible!

He would protect his wife's secret!

At first, Laqu only wanted to show that he could be useful and come up with some mysterious backstory so Zhou Shi would treat him better. But who knew that, as Zhou Shi looked after him, he'd end up settling in the village and opening a little shop that helped make life better for everyone there?

Theme: Hard work is always rewarded, and life goes on