Beautiful Wife

Chen Yongqiang had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out: "Sister Guixiang, it's me."

Wang Guixiang's face immediately flushed red. "Chen Yongqiang, how long have you been hiding there spying?"

"I just came back from hunting in the back mountains. I'm a bit tired, so I'm resting at the temple." Chen Yongqiang raised his hunting rifle to indicate.

This women's director was always shrewish, but her figure was also one of the best in the surrounding area.

Wang Guixiang glanced at the fortune slip in her hand subconsciously.

Sixth divination slip: An extremely auspicious sign; Emperor Renzong encounters an immortal...

"Could this be an indication that a benefactor will help her?" Wang Guixiang looked up and scrutinized Chen Yongqiang. Seeing that he was tall and strong, she found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

Wang Guixiang had long been attracted to Chen Yongqiang's robust physique, and she also believed that her husband's inability to bear a son was his problem.

"Yongqiang, your sister-in-law needs your help with something."

Chen Yongqiang couldn't figure out Wang Guixiang's intentions: "Sister Guixiang, just say whatever you want, as long as it's something I can do."

"Look at this fortune slip! The mountain god said you can help me give birth to a big, healthy son!" Wang Guixiang showed the fortune slip in her hand to Chen Yongqiang.

Chen Yongqiang found it utterly absurd: "Sister Guixiang, I don't think this fortune slip should be interpreted this way..."

"The mountain god said you can help me. If you don't help, you're going against the will of the gods!" Wang Guixiang interrupted him and reached out to undo his belt.

Chen Yongqiang quickly pressed her hand down, "Sister-in-law Guixiang, don't do this! If your husband finds out, he'll castrate me!"

"Lin Xiuzhen can't have children, is there something wrong with you?!" Wang Guixiang said sarcastically.

Chen Yongqiang also lost his temper: "Sister Guixiang, if you keep doing this, I won't be polite."

Wang Guixiang puffed out her chest: "Do you think I'm afraid of you? I heard your wife ran away, have you been feeling cooped up lately?"

Provoked by her, the fire he had been reborn with could no longer be suppressed.

Chen Yongqiang didn't explain further. Instead, in a moment of impulsiveness, he pulled the feisty young woman into his arms and kissed her roughly.

Wang Guixiang immediately softened in his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I heard that on your wedding night, Xiuzhen begged for mercy seven times. Is that true?" Wang Guixiang didn't entirely want to have a child; she just wanted to confirm whether the rumor was true.

"You'll find out soon enough whether it's true or not," Chen Yongqiang said, tearing open her floral-patterned coat.

Wang Guixiang was startled by his sudden assertiveness, but the panic only lasted for a moment.

This escalated into an even bolder provocation: "Are you just all talk and no action?"

Chen Yongqiang sneered and suddenly pulled Wang Guixiang into a tight embrace. The next moment, lightning struck and fire ignited, and a wildfire spread.

After a while, Chen Yongqiang felt his mouth dry. With a slight thought, he took out the spiritual spring from Peach Blossom Spring, filled his old military water bottle with it, and drank several large mouthfuls.

As the spiritual spring water entered his throat, a cool current instantly swept over his entire body, replenishing his energy and making him even more energetic than before.

Because she drank so quickly, a few drops of clear spring water spilled and landed on Wang Guixiang's stomach.

She gave a soft snort, weakly punching Chen Yongqiang with her fist: "You rascal! You're as strong as an ox!"

Wang Guixiang struggled to her feet, her legs weak as she straightened her disheveled clothes, her face still flushed: "I have to go, or things will get complicated."

She walked to the temple gate, then turned back and added, "I still owe you five more visits. I'll come back to the temple to wait for you in a few days."

After a few sips of the spiritual spring, Chen Yongqiang was instantly revived and full of energy.

Seeing that Wang Guixiang had run away faster than a rabbit, he just smiled.

As he straightened his clothes, he looked at the mountain god statue and pondered, "The system was just activated and my luck with romance has already arrived. It seems that even the heavens don't want my Chen family line to end."

Remembering the mushrooms mentioned in the system notification, Chen Yongqiang didn't dare to delay. He picked up his old musket and hurried towards the back of the mountain god temple to look for them.

Chen Yongqiang followed the direction indicated by the system and indeed found the dead tree on a shady hillside.

The thick tree trunk lay horizontally on the ground, its surface densely covered with wild mushrooms.

"So many!" Chen Yongqiang was both surprised and delighted, and quickly took off his coat and spread it on the ground.

They started picking them, and soon they piled up into a small mountain.

"If we take these to the market, we can exchange them for a lot of rice, flour, oil, and salt." He thought of the nearly empty rice jar at home, and this harvest came at just the right time.

Just then, a system notification sounded:

[Breaking News: An unusual disturbance has been detected 50 steps to the right. Guardians, please investigate immediately.]

Chen Yongqiang immediately stopped what he was doing and looked warily at the dense bushes on his right.

He put down the mushrooms he had half-picked, picked up the musket leaning against the tree, and crouched down to reach forward.

Just as I parted the bushes, I saw a venomous snake biting a pheasant's neck.

The pheasant let out a mournful cry and struggled to break free, but it had already been poisoned by the snake, and its fluttering became weaker and weaker.

This snake has been preying on birds during their hatching season, severely disrupting the ecological balance of the forest. Guardians are requested to remove it immediately.

Upon receiving the system notification, Chen Yongqiang immediately raised his shotgun and aimed it at the venomous snake that was crawling towards the bird's nest.

"Bang!"

The shotgun fired iron pellets, smashing the snake's head to pieces. The venomous snake twisted and coiled around a blade of grass on the ground.

After waiting for a while, Chen Yongqiang stepped forward, first confirming that the venomous snake was dead, before bending down to examine it.

He placed the pheasant and snake carcass side by side, then checked the nest and found six more eggs inside.

[The task of eliminating harmful snakes has been completed. Reward: 10 points of Blessing (which can be used to accelerate plant growth)]

[Received: One pheasant, one poisonous snake, and six wild eggs]

As dusk fell, Chen Yongqiang carried a bundle of mushrooms on a sling with his gun, along with a pheasant and a snake, down the mountain to go home.

"I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain right after the system was activated. Things are starting to get better."

To survive in this era, the first step is to solve the problem of food and clothing.

As he passed a vegetable field at the east end of the village, he saw Ding Wanru watering and planting vegetables.

This young woman in her early twenties is the only barefoot doctor in the village.

She was very pretty and was the village beauty of Shimen Village. Matchmakers were lining up at her door, but she just didn't want to get married. The reason was simple: she was an only child and wanted to find a son-in-law to live with her family.

Ding Wanru looked up when she heard footsteps. Her eyes first fell on Chen Yongqiang, who was shirtless, and she was about to say something to him.

But when he saw the snake in his hand, his face turned pale, and he took two steps back: "Brother Yongqiang! What are you doing with that thing?!"

"It's already dead, don't be afraid." Chen Yongqiang lifted the snake higher so she could see it clearly.

"Take it away! I'm scared of you dying too!" Ding Wanru took another step back.

Chen Yongqiang then put the snake behind him and looked at the cucumber seedlings in the vegetable garden. He suddenly remembered the empty spiritual field in Peach Blossom Paradise.

"Wanru, can I trade you something for a few cucumber seedlings?"

Ding Wanru stood far away, still shaken, patting her chest: "If you want to plant them, take a few yourself."

Chen Yongqiang didn't take advantage of her. He grabbed two large handfuls of shiitake mushrooms and placed them on the edge of the field before bending down to pull up three cucumber seedlings.

By the time he got home, it was completely dark. Chen Yongqiang's home consisted of three dilapidated mud-brick houses with a small courtyard.

The kitchen was lit by a dim light bulb, and Lin Xiulian was tidying up inside.

Chen Yongqiang put the prey in the yard, went into the kitchen, and saw that the stove was much cleaner.

Watching Lin Xiulian's busy figure, he thought to himself: This family still needs a woman to make it work.

Lin Xiulian turned around when she heard the noise and saw Chen Yongqiang shirtless. Unlike Ding Wanru, she was not embarrassed and at a loss for what to do.

"You're back!"

Chen Yongqiang responded and first hung the hunting rifle on the wall.

Lin Xiulian said in a low voice, "I couldn't find any rice, so I haven't cooked yet."

Chen Yongqiang knew in his heart that it wasn't that Lin Xiulian couldn't find rice, but that the family simply ran out of rice.

"I hunted a pheasant. Boil some water, I'll prepare it!"

"Okay!" Lin Xiulian started a fire to boil water.

Chen Yongqiang then stewed the pheasant and snake meat together in one pot, and added wild shiitake mushrooms. This dish was absolutely delicious.

Lin Xiulian looked at the bubbling stew in the pot and said, "It's still better to have meat with you."

Chen Yongqiang scooped up a piece of meat and handed it to Lin Xiulian, whose stomach was already growling with hunger: "Try it first and see if it's cooked!"

Lin Xiulian didn't refuse, and after blowing on it, she tried it.

Looking at Lin Xiulian before him, Chen Yongqiang thought to himself, "Things have come to this point, so I have no choice but to keep her here. In my past life, Xiulian's ending was also very tragic. I hope that by following me, she can change her fate."