Having a Baby with My Archrival After We Retired to the Countryside (Farming)

Rumor has it that the new emperor intends to appoint Wei Huai as chancellor, but Wei Huai only wants to retire to the mountains and live a quiet life in the countryside.

Grateful for Wei Huai's years of service, the new emperor tells him he can ask for anything.

Without hesitation, Wei Huai asks his sworn enemy, the great general Xie Zi'an, to retire from military service and work for him for three years.

When Xie Zi'an hears the news, he grows even more depressed. He's a young general, and instead of fighting on the battlefield, he's being sent to do manual labor.

He doesn't dare disobey the emperor, so he tries every way he can think of to make Wei Huai angry, hoping Wei Huai will send him away.

While farming, he deliberately makes the furrows crooked. When cooking, he deliberately makes the food taste bad. He even uses a mud-covered little rabbit to dirty Wei Huai's clothes. But every time, Wei Huai just smiles gently and never holds it against him.

Looking at the handsome man, calm as a clear breeze and bright as the moon, Xie Zi'an comes up with a plan. If he gets Wei Huai drunk and takes liberties with him, surely Wei Huai will send him away.

But he gets far too drunk and really does spend a night of passion with Wei Huai.

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Wei Huai has a secret: he likes Xie Zi'an.

When he asked the emperor to send Xie Zi'an to work for him, it was partly for the public good, but also partly for his own selfish reasons.

He had planned to let Xie Zi'an go after three years, but then Xie Zi'an got him pregnant.

To keep it a secret, Wei Huai reluctantly decides to send Xie Zi'an away. But why won't Xie Zi'an leave?

Instead, he keeps finding new ways to treat him well.

A bowl of ginseng soup in the morning, a table full of dishes and nourishing medicinal soup at noon, fish soup in the evening. After dinner, he takes Wei Huai to watch the old man playing chess in the east of the village and the lady weaving cloth in the west. When Wei Huai gets tired, he carries him home and soothes him to sleep.

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Little skit:

Wei Huai: "Go away."

Xie Zi'an: "There's no war on the border. I'll leave after I've planted the vegetables."

"I heard from the doctor that all the midwives around here are women. I went out of my way to learn how to deliver babies, so I'll leave after I help deliver yours."

When the baby is born, Xie Zi'an says, "You're not in good health. You need someone to look after you."

Wei Huai refuses: "That's not necessary. I can take care of..."

Xie Zi'an looks aggrieved. "Could you... please stop sending me away?"

A sickly, easygoing, nurturing beauty who is the receiving partner, and a tough-talking but soft-hearted, lovesick puppy-dog top who doesn't realize his feelings

1. A farming story, with almost no court politics. Younger man, childbirth, and a puppy-dog turning into a clingy little dog.

2. A bickering couple's everyday life, slow and steady, with a cozy domestic atmosphere and occasional food descriptions.

My other ongoing novel is Fixed Nitrogen: The Socially Anxious, Sickly Beauty of a Spy Is Overheard Again. It's a silly, fluffy little romance, so feel free to check it out if you like that kind of thing.

Theme: Love life