The Devoted Husband: Wife, Don’t Run Away

In the blink of an eye, even an old sow could climb a tree. Ma Jiaojiao, a medical genius, would never have believed such a thing, but the scene before her left her no choice. Blue skies and white clouds, a gentle breeze, a burbling stream, and lush green grass. Several large water buffalo carried birds on their backs as the birds lowered their heads to carefully preen their feathers. Their long tails swishing, they grazed leisurely on the meadow. Nearby, a few old farmers wearing battered bamboo hats squatted on the field ridges. Their wiry, dark hands held long-stemmed tobacco pipes, and they squinted with their age-clouded eyes as they smiled at the thriving rice crop. In the distance stood row after row of neat houses, built from mud mixed with straw...