Chapter 19: “Wife, Don’t Move, There’s a Pheasant Ahead” 

Liu Xiue, fuming with anger, turned around and strode out quickly.  

Her steps were large and urgent, as if she was about to stomp the ground to pieces.  

Watching Liu Xiue’s departing figure, Su Ruanruan’s lips slowly curled into a smile.  

At this moment, she really wanted to say a classic line on Liu Xiue’s behalf:  “Thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west bank—never look down on a poor young man.”  

Although she couldn’t say it out loud, just imagining it in her mind was enough to make Su Ruanruan feel immensely amused.  

As she was laughing, she saw Fu Wenjing appear at the bedroom door.  

Seeing Fu Wenjing, Su Ruanruan’s eyes lit up. “You’re back? Do you have anything else to do later?”  

Fu Wenjing shook his head as he walked into the room. “No, everyone is heading to work.”  

As he spoke, he had already reached Su Ruanruan’s side.  

Su Ruanruan tilted her head slightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Fu Wenjing. “Then let’s go into the mountains together!”  

Fu Wenjing raised his hand and gently ruffled Su Ruanruan’s hair. “Why do you suddenly want to go into the mountains? I just saw my sister-in-law leaving the house—did she bully you?”  

Su Ruanruan immediately shook her head. “She didn’t bully me. I’m not someone who can be easily bullied!”  

“That’s right!” Fu Wenjing nodded with a smile. “My wife is amazing! So, what did my sister-in-law come for? And how did you deal with her? Tell me!”  

Su Ruanruan glanced at Fu Wenjing smugly. “Since you’re so eager to know, I’ll give you a brief rundown…”  

She recounted the whole incident succinctly, then blinked at Fu Wenjing. “I turned her down. You don’t have any objections, right?”  

“Of course not!” Fu Wenjing answered immediately. “You saved me a few hundred yuan—why would I have any objections? I’m overjoyed! My wife is incredible!”  

As he spoke, he reached out, wrapped his arms around Su Ruanruan’s waist, and lifted her straight into the air, spinning her around on the spot.  

Caught off guard by the sudden weightlessness, Su Ruanruan gasped and instinctively grabbed onto Fu Wenjing’s shoulders. “Put me down, now!”  

They were just talking—why did he suddenly pick her up?  

So what if he was strong and had great arm strength? Did he think that made him special?

Fu Wenjing spun Su Ruanruan around once again, and she had to admit—having great strength was truly impressive!  

When he finally set her down, her legs still felt weak, and her head was spinning. She clutched tightly onto Fu Wenjing’s sleeve, needing a moment to steady herself.  

After regaining her balance, she shot him an annoyed glare before repeating her original question: “Can we go into the mountains?”  

“Yes, of course!” Fu Wenjing agreed without a moment’s hesitation.  

Seeing how quickly he agreed, Su Ruanruan was naturally pleased, but she still asked: “Aren’t you going to ask me why I want to go into the mountains?”  

“Whatever my wife wants to do in the mountains, that’s what we’ll do! I’ll listen to whatever my wife says!”  

As he spoke, Fu Wenjing’s expression was incredibly serious.  

Su Ruanruan felt warmth in her heart. “Since we don’t have to work anyway, I thought we could take a walk in the mountains to see if we can find any mushrooms or maybe even hunt some wild chickens or rabbits.”  

Fu Wenjing smiled gently, but his voice was firm and confident. “If my wife wants to eat wild chicken and rabbit, then she will definitely get to eat them.”  

Su Ruanruan looked at him in surprise. “You know how to hunt?”  

“I do. Before I joined the army, I used to go hunting in the mountains with my uncle. After I enlisted, I still went into the mountains often for missions, and my teammates and I would hunt to treat ourselves. It was a regular thing.”  

Originally, Su Ruanruan had only wanted to explore the mountains to assess the situation, to see if reality matched her expectations.  

She hadn’t expected such a pleasant surprise so soon.  

Even though she couldn’t sell the game that Fu Wenjing hunted in exchange for gold, at least they could have a good meal that night.  

Before traveling to this place, when she had been earning her own money, she had never treated herself poorly. She had always eaten whatever she wanted.  

Even during her time at the orphanage, she had enough food and clothes to get by.  

However, the orphanage’s conditions were what they were. With so many children to take care of, the meals weren’t terrible, but they were far from good.  

So, once she became self-sufficient, she was willing to compromise on clothing and housing.  

But when it came to food, she refused to settle.  

She had only enjoyed a few years of eating whatever she wanted—before she suddenly found herself in this new world.

After several days of eating only one meal with meat, Su Ruanruan was already craving more.  

If it weren’t inconvenient, she would have definitely used her gold from panning to buy some.  

Now that she had a legitimate chance to eat meat, she was naturally delighted.  

Before heading out, Fu Wenjing took a lock and secured the kang cabinet.  

Even though they were at home, there were too many people living in the house. Locking the cabinet was necessary for everyone’s sake.  

Once they stepped out of the house, Fu Wenjing and Su Ruanruan went to fetch a bamboo basket.  

Fu Wenjing also grabbed a machete, gave Wang Maoni a few instructions, and only then did he take Su Ruanruan along as they left home.  

By this time, most of the villagers had already gone to work. Even the children had headed into the mountains to gather pigweed, so the road was completely quiet, and they didn’t encounter a single person.  

However, once they entered the mountains, things became livelier.  

In the distance, they could see many children crouching with baskets, gathering pigweed and digging for wild vegetables.  

Children of this era, especially those in production teams, often didn’t attend school. From a young age, they had to help their families in any way they could, and gathering pigweed or digging for wild vegetables was part of their daily routine.  

The original owner of Su Ruanruan’s body had started carrying a basket and a small shovel around the foothills at the age of three or four.  

Having wandered these foothills since childhood, she had begun venturing deeper into the mountains with her little companions as she grew older.  

Because of this, Su Ruanruan was no stranger to the landscape before her. With ease, she found the small path that the original owner used to frequent and led Fu Wenjing along.  

Neither of them was in a hurry, nor were they on any urgent task, so they moved at a leisurely pace.  

Along the way, Fu Wenjing kept observing the surroundings. “I haven’t been here in years, but it doesn’t seem to have changed at all.”  

Su Ruanruan chuckled. “As long as no one digs into the mountains, it won’t change, no matter how many years pass.”  

“You’re absolutely right, my wife!”  

Su Ruanruan: “……”  

She suddenly had no idea how to respond!  

Just as she was struggling to find something to say, she noticed that Fu Wenjing, who had been walking ahead, had suddenly stopped.  

Before she could ask why, she heard him lower his voice and say: “Don’t move—there’s a wild chicken up ahead!”  

Hearing this, Su Ruanruan was both surprised and delighted.  

They had barely entered the mountains, still lingering in the outer areas, and they had already spotted a wild chicken!  

It seemed this mountain was full of treasures!