I Picked Up a Refined Little Husband

No imperial examinations, no golden finger, no rebirth, no transmigration. Just the farming life of daily necessities, hard work in the fields, and all the little details of everyday life, along with plenty of delicious food descriptions covering three meals a day. In a peaceful mountain village, a happy, close-knit family makes their life better and better. The simple comforts of life are just the turning of the seasons, a pot of warm tea, two flaky pastries, and three meals a day, all year round. A new farming story, all farming and eating. Please add it to your favorites ╭(╯ε╰)╮ Three Meals in the Countryside From the bottom's perspective: Ji Li is a concubine-born son from a wealthy household. After the head of the family dies, the legitimate wife sells the concubine-born children to a human trafficker. He was supposed to be sold to a brothel. At the crucial moment, he fights back desperately, jumps from upstairs, and breaks his leg. The trafficker drags him along, intending to let him waste away and die, but a farmer buys him instead. The man is strong and muscular, with dark skin and a body built from hard work. He even has a bandit-like scar across his face, which makes him look especially frightening. Ji Li thinks he's fallen into another tiger's den, but the bandit-looking man turns out to be gentle, considerate, courteous, and exceptionally hardworking. Ji Li: I need to find a way to marry him. From the top's perspective: Lu Jingshan goes to Jixiang Town to sell his homegrown produce and happens to see a trafficker selling girls and young men. His family is poor, so Lu Jingshan can't afford to buy anyone. He's about to leave when he happens to notice a half-dead young man lying in a corner, disheveled and filthy. He thinks the man probably won't survive more than a few days if nobody buys him. Moved by compassion, Lu Jingshan spends every last coin he has to buy him. After they return home, Lu Jingshan's mother thinks her son has finally come around and found himself a wife. But Lu Jingshan, a strapping twenty-year-old bachelor, announces that once the man is well, he'll let him go. He absolutely won't take advantage of him. Who could have guessed that once the young man he'd bought was cleaned up, he'd turn out to be so delicate and handsome? He cries and asks plaintively, "You don't want me because you think I'm ugly, do you?" Lu Jingshan rubs the back of his head, afraid to look at him. How could he be ugly? He's never seen anyone so fair and handsome in all the nearby villages! Later, the young man named Ji Li becomes his husband. He's hardworking, capable, and keeps the household in perfect order... With the young couple working together, their life gets better and better. Reading guide: 1. A slow-burn story, with pregnancy and childbirth. 2. Rural scenery, family life, and a gentle, steady pace. No opening a shop, no going to the provincial capital, and no taking the imperial examinations or becoming an official! 3. No golden finger. The focus is on good food, saving money, and a warm, harmonious life! Theme: A simple, steady life is what soothes the heart most.