Chapter 1

“What a sin, this Huo Lao is such a good man, how come he ended up with a wife like Lan Yun’er.”

A middle-aged woman wearing coarse cloth clothes, looked at the river in front of her and sighed helplessly. In the river, Huo Lao was holding his wife, struggling to swim to the shore. In the deep winter, the cold made people shiver, especially the icy river water. The cold and biting current was like a blade, stabbing fiercely at people’s skin. But Huo Lao’s face was expressionless, as if the biting cold had no effect on him. He just grabbed the woman in his hand, desperately pushing the water in front of him, trying to get her to the shore as quickly as possible. The woman in his hand was as pale as a sheet of paper, her eyes tightly closed, as if she had already died. On the shore, someone watched Huo Lao and Lan Yun’er, continuing the middle-aged woman’s words: “Hey, who says it’s not? I heard that this Lan Yun’er looks down on Huo Lao, thinks he’s too poor and not good enough for her. She’s been nagging about divorce every day, I heard she even tried to hang herself a few days ago.”

“Not only did she hang herself, she also poisoned the sow and the piglets that had just been born. She poisoned them all! You guys, how cruel can a woman be?”

“This woman is just making trouble! Hanging herself is one thing, poisoning the pigs at home is another, and today she even went to steal from He Shenshi’s house.

If He Shenshi hadn’t discovered her and chased after her, how could she have fallen into the river in a panic.

Hey, luckily this woman isn’t my daughter-in-law, if she were, I’d be driven crazy.”

“Such a troublesome woman, just let her drown, why is Huo Lao Si still going to save her?” Someone shook their head, looking at Huo Lao disapprovingly. At this time, Huo Lao had already pulled Lan Yun’er to the shore.

He laid Lan Yun’er flat on the ground, then reached out and pressed on her chest, giving her CPR.

Although he was a farmer, he had also attended high school and even scored first in the county in the college entrance exam.

If his family hadn’t suffered a sudden misfortune, he should be a college student now.

He knew all the basic first aid knowledge, which he had learned in school.

Lan Yun’er closed her eyes, her mouth opened, and suddenly she spat out a few mouthfuls of water. Her eyelashes trembled, as if she was about to wake up.

However, after trembling a few times, she had no further reaction.

Huo Jinchen reached out to check her breath, and found that she was still alive. His eyes flickered slightly, and he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He grabbed his old cotton jacket that he had taken off before going into the river, put it on her, and then carried her on his back and ran quickly towards home. Seeing Huo Jinchen carrying Lan Yun’er away, the villagers who had been watching also dispersed…

Huo Jinchen’s steps were fast, and within ten minutes, he had carried Lan Yun’er back home. He carried her back to the room, gently put her down from his back, and glanced at her pale face. He frowned, and started to take off her clothes. Although she was wearing his clean old cotton jacket on the outside, her clothes inside were all wet. In such a cold season, wearing wet clothes, even an iron man couldn’t withstand it. He took off her clothes with a cold expression, and soon she was left with only a dark blue belly band. Her fair skin appeared under his gaze. His eyes deepened, and his brows became slightly gloomy. Although they had been married for half a month, they had not consummated their marriage in this half a month, because she did not allow him to touch her, not even a finger. He looked at her deeply with dark eyes, suddenly turned his head away, his fingers fumbled to take off her belly band. He got up, fumbled to lay her on the bed, pulled the quilt to cover her, turned around and walked to a wooden box, took out a set of clothes to change into, and then rushed out to the kitchen to boil water. Both he and she were drenched in the cold, they had to take a hot bath. As soon as Huo Jinchen went out, the person on the bed woke up.

Lan Yun’er opened her eyes, her gaze moved slightly, and she looked at her surroundings. This was a very simple room; besides the bed she was sleeping on, there were two wooden boxes in the corner, a simple desk, and nothing else. The walls were made of adobe, the dull yellow color made her feel like she was in an earthen cave. When she was rescued from the river, she knew she had transmigrated, into a period novel called “Warm Marriage in the 80s: The Wife Has a Space”. She had read this book on her 1500th birthday, when the locust tree spirit gave it to her to pass the time. That’s right, she wasn’t human, she was a ginseng spirit.

She was just one step away from becoming a celestial being, but unexpectedly, when she was going through the thunder tribulation, she was struck into a book. Just thinking about it made her depressed, thinking about it made her want to vomit blood! She thought she hadn’t done anything that hurt heaven or earth, and she didn’t know why heaven would strike her here. But since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. Before she found a way to leave this book world, she had to live well here. She turned over in the quilt, and she sorted out the current situation. She was not the female lead, but the most pathetic cannon fodder female supporting character in the book. Speaking of this cannon fodder female supporting character, she was extremely speechless.

The female supporting character, although beautiful, was the most beautiful woman in the ten miles and eight villages, but… she had no brains, one of the stupidest people in the book. After marrying the male lead, the female supporting character was instigated by the female lead, Zhou Mingyue, and her sister, Zhou Mingli, to divorce the male lead. Coincidentally, the female lead’s cousin came recently, his name was Wang Zhiqiang, he was from the city, and his family was considered to be quite well-off. The female lead knew that the female supporting character was a gold digger, so she asked Wang Zhiqiang to pursue the female supporting character. Wang Zhiqiang was a playboy, seeing that the female supporting character was beautiful, he immediately agreed, and then used all sorts of methods to pursue her. The female supporting character had already looked down on the male lead, thinking that he was too poor and not good enough for her, now that there was Wang Zhiqiang from the city pursuing her, of course she wanted to be with him. These days, the female supporting character has been nagging about divorcing the male lead, the male lead didn’t want to, the female lead and her sister came up with many bad ideas for her, such as hanging herself, poisoning all the pigs at home, and today, stealing from He Shenshi’s house. These were all instigated by the female lead and her sister. The female lead said that after doing these things, the male lead would definitely agree to the divorce, because no man would like a woman who was so troublesome. When she went to steal today, the female supporting character was still happy, and even thanked the female lead, saying that if the divorce was successful, she would definitely treat the female lead to something delicious. Thinking of the female supporting character’s gratitude to the female lead, Lan Yun’er couldn’t help but sneer. Speechless, really speechless! How much malice did the author have towards the female supporting character to make her so stupid? Even if she wanted to highlight the female lead’s intelligence, she didn’t have to make the female supporting character look like this, right? She turned over in the quilt again, thinking about how she had become this foolish female supporting character, she was so annoyed she wanted to vomit blood. “Creak,” the wooden door of the room was pushed open at this time, and then Huo Jinchen walked in. Huo Jinchen was carrying a large wooden basin in his hand, ready to use it to wash Lan Yun’er. It would have been best to use a wooden bucket, soaking in a hot bath would be the most effective way to drive away the cold. However, there was no wooden bucket at home, so he could only make do with this basin. Placing the basin in the middle of the room, Huo Jinchen went to fetch a bucket of hot water and poured it into the basin. Then he went to close the door and checked that the windows were not drafty, before walking over to the bed, ready to carry Lan Yun’er up. Lan Yun’er closed her eyes when Huo Jinchen was carrying the basin into the room. She didn’t know why she closed her eyes; it was just a subconscious action. Now, hearing him approach, she inexplicably felt a little excited and… nervous. Huo Jinchen stood at the edge of the bed, he reached out to lift the quilt, but when his fingers touched the cold quilt, he paused. He secretly took a breath, his cold eyes slowly closed, and then he gently lifted the quilt, fumbling to pick her up from the bed. Because he couldn’t see anything with his eyes closed, he turned around with her in his arms. He had only taken three steps when he kicked a small stool with his foot. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground with her in his arms. Lan Yun’er opened her eyes and looked at the handsome and unparalleled face in front of her, with its strong features. She frowned slightly, and grabbed his arm tightly, saying: “Open your eyes!” Huo Jinchen wanted to open his eyes when he kicked the stool, but he forced himself to hold back. But now, hearing her clear and melodious voice, he immediately opened his eyes, and then his gaze involuntarily fell on her.