I Picked Up a Crybaby, Pampered Husband

Strong, burly, straightforward widow x delicate, fragile, teary-eyed young man The full novel is available for just 3.39 yuan. Thank you for supporting the official release~ Li Qiao was the famous young widow of Shanjilu Village. She had married young and moved to these remote hills, only for her husband to die on their very first day as a married couple. The villagers took pity on her, a helpless young woman, and introduced her to all their fine sons and nephews, but she wasn't interested. Everyone said, "Li Qiao, you're a widow. How are you going to get by all alone in that empty house?" But she enjoyed her freedom. She chopped wood, cooked meals, fed the chickens, and walked the dog, making a pleasant life for herself. When planting and plowing season came, she could do the work of two old oxen all by herself. She could even help the old butcher next door, who had lost his son, slaughter pigs, and help the pregnant young bride at the village entrance spread manure. Li Qiao: "So what if I'm a widow? A man would only slow me down when I'm slaughtering pigs and spreading manure!" Until one rainy night, someone knocked on her door. Standing outside was a pitiful-looking, drenched young man, fair-skinned, beautiful, and handsome. With red-rimmed eyes, he gently tugged at Li Qiao's sleeve and timidly asked if she could buy him. "I'm really cheap. Just twelve copper coins... Ten would do, too!" * What good are men? They can't lift or carry anything, they eat a lot and they're picky, and if you keep them up a little too long at night, they just hug the blankets and whimper. They're nothing but oversized burdens... Tsk. Li Qiao complained as she chatted and snacked on melon seeds with the women at the village entrance. She looked at the man who belonged to her in the flower field in the distance. He was holding the golden sunflower she'd planted herself last year, smiling brightly at her. But... being dragged down by him for the rest of her life might not be so bad after all. Content warnings 1. This is not a one-on-one pairing. The female lead will have a relationship with the second male lead. 2. There are some girl-boy scenes, but it's still recommended to read it as a straight romance. 3. Both the female and male leads have been referred to as young men, though the blurb only describes the male lead that way to contrast with the widow. If that's a dealbreaker, please move on. I don't understand why a generic term can't be used, but it's simply a personal preference in this context, not a statement of intent. The female lead isn't referred to that way early on because she isn't the right age. The flashback in the Young General extra is about the female lead. No need to correct me in the chapter comments anymore. I won't be checking this book's comments again. Coming Soon: Dawn at the Little Moon Tower. Please add it to your collection~~ Everyone in the village said the Xie family was cursed. All three branches had daughters, and each had only one child, leaving the family without an heir. Xie Zhao was delighted to transmigrate into this world: she was in ancient times, but an only daughter! With the whole family doting on their only precious girl, Xie Zhao could learn her characters if she wanted, study if she wanted, and have everything the boys in other families had. Xie Zhao: "I want a child husband, too." Her entire family: "What???" Xie Zhao wouldn't go in for an arranged marriage with a stranger. She didn't mean anything by it. She'd rather raise someone herself, so she could trust him. -3- * Qi Rong's family had died young, and he had no hope of continuing his studies. Then one day, the little girl he'd played with since childhood suddenly asked him: "Do you want to be my child husband?" He nodded, and Qi Rong entered the Xie household. He did the laundry, cooked, and cleaned, making sure Xie Zhao was comfortable. But he still wanted to study. When little Xie Zhao asked him why, he said, "I want to study so I can pass the imperial exams. I want to pass the exams so I can become an official. I want to become an official... so I can give you a good life." But Xie Zhao said, "I want to study, too." Little Qi Rong didn't understand. No matter how well a woman studied, she couldn't take the imperial exams and become an official. Why study at all? She said, "Then let's make women's schools about more than the imperial exams. Let them be for personal interests, for learning to tell right from wrong, and for finding one's place in the world." If they didn't exist, then they would build them! She wouldn't just study herself. She wanted women everywhere to study alongside her! 1. Clever, shameless female lead x gentle, refined, beautiful male lead 2. One-on-one pairing, both leads are formidable 3. Family life in the early part, the female lead builds a business and the male lead takes the imperial exams in the middle, and both enter the political arena later on Theme: Virtuous and worthy