A Village Girl in the 1980s: Marriage First, Love Later

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One moment, Liu Minmin was at an awards ceremony held especially for her by the Education Bureau. The next, she woke up beside a man, with his hospital gown undone by her...

She was only loudly lamenting the trophy she'd come so close to winning when she saw the man's eyelids twitch...

After a chaotic round of examinations, the doctors confirmed that the man, who had been unconscious for three months, had indeed awakened and was out of danger.

It should have been a happy occasion, except that Liu Minmin was supposedly his newlywed wife, bought for him by his mother with a hefty bride price, in the hope that she could sleep with him while he was unconscious and have a child with him.

All Liu Minmin could say was, "Damn it, why are you messing with me like this?"

Now that he's awake, should she bundle up her things and make a quick getaway???

But before she could run, her nominal mother-in-law called her back, and she and the man had a "heart-to-heart" conversation.

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Xu Huaijing never imagined that his usually refined and sensible mother would pay such a high bride price to get him a wife just to make him wake up!

Fortunately, they hadn't gotten their marriage certificate yet.

He'd planned to let the young woman leave, since she was still young and he might not even recover. But then the young woman herself asked to stay.

He thought they'd treat each other with respect and part ways when the time came. At least that way, he could help her avoid being sold into another marriage by her birth family for a high bride price. But two months later, he was the one who asked her to register their marriage!

So, once he recovered, he took his new wife with him to the military base...

At first, the people at the base didn't think much of Liu Minmin. But gradually, they realized she was good at everything she did, and there was nothing at home or outside it she couldn't handle.

The other soldiers began to envy Xu Huaijing's good fortune. Some even started asking their families to find them a match...

Xu Huaijing, however, didn't think much of it. After all, they had no idea that his wife had been coveting his body for ages!

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P.S.:

1. The story begins in 1979. The setting is fictional, with the broad historical periods loosely based on reality. If you're particular about details, please don't fact-check.

2. Both leads are each other's first and only partners, one-on-one, happy ending.

3. Updates between 7:30 and 9 p.m., at least five chapters a week.

4. Friendly comments are welcome, and feel free to discuss the plot. You may criticize the characters or complain about the plot, but please don't attack the author. I beg you!

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