If you don't consummate the marriage for three years and then marry a successful educated youth

I'd give my life for him, as long as he can eat meat.

Jiang Lie sat down on him, sticking to him. Wen Yao sat in his lap, her face against his chest, listening to his heartbeat getting faster and faster, and gently patted it.

"Slow down, it's too noisy."

"...Yaoyao, I can't control it either. It jumps wildly whenever it sees you. If it slows down, it won't be able to breathe. Sigh, can you bear to do that?"

Wen Yao reached out and twisted his ear, her face showing embarrassment and annoyance: "Everyone in the brigade says you're quiet and honest, but I've seen you're never honest when you're secretly doing something."

"Don't move, don't touch me, I really don't have any panties to change into."

Jiang Lie's fingers curled slightly, and he became obedient: "Yes, it's my fault. I won't move anymore. I only do this to Yao Yao. You smell so good and feel so soft, I can't control myself."

"Ah Lie, do you want to learn to read?"

Noticing the man leaning against her stiffen slightly, Wen Yao understood and said softly, "I don't dislike you for being illiterate, I never have. I just want you to be literate so you won't be deceived."

"If you're willing, I'll teach you; if you're not, I won't force you. It's up to you, but I absolutely don't mean to look down on you, so don't overthink it."

Jiang Lie slowly relaxed, hugging the person tighter, deliberately showing weakness: "I know, I wanted to learn before, and asked Lin Fengjiao to teach me, but she called me a stupid pig."

"Yaoyao, I have no prior knowledge or foundation, so I might be slow and difficult to teach. I hope you won't find me troublesome."

Wen Yao looked up at his chin, curiously poked it, and found it hard and prickly. She wisely withdrew her hand and said frankly, "No, you are my man, we are going to spend our lives together. If I dislike you, I would dislike myself. I'm not that stupid."

"It's difficult for people with no prior knowledge to learn at first, but it will get easier later. I'm very patient, let's learn slowly."

She said with a playful smile, "If you can't learn it, you can't touch me. That way you'll have the motivation, and you'll learn it quickly once you have a foundation."

Jiang Lie tightened his grip on her arm and bit her earlobe: "Yao Yao, you know how to exploit my weaknesses. I'll learn. It's really inconvenient not being able to read."

"I don't like the way people look at illiterate people. I will study hard. You can teach me some arithmetic later, so that no one can lie to me."

Wen Yao lay in his arms, closed her eyes, and hummed in agreement.

*

On the ridges of the fields

The captain was assigning tasks when he caught something out of the corner of his eye, paused, and turned to look at it: "Hmm?"

Liu Dongmei grabbed Lai Zi's wrist and walked over, grinning, "Captain, my name is Liu Dongmei, I'm Lai Zi's wife. From now on, I'm a member of Xiangyang Brigade, and I'm here to work."

"...Oh, right, you're married now and it's time for you to start work. I'll have the scorekeeper register you."

Two minutes later, the team leader pointed to a plot of land: "You two go to that plot of land and pull out the weeds in the cornfield. Remember not to damage the corn seedlings."

"The corn seedlings have grown taller, making the weeds easier to spot."

Liu Dongmei readily agreed: "Okay, I'll take Lai Zi to work. You guys go ahead and do your work, team leader."

Lai Zi was dragged along, his face full of reluctance: "Liu Dongmei, you've really gone too far. My family doesn't need me to work hard. Are you sick? Why do you have to drag me here?"

"Can't you just let me relax a bit? I really can't do farm work. If you like doing it, then you can do it, but don't drag me into it."

"Shut up. I'll give you two choices: first, go to work in the fields and earn work points; second, we can go home, lock ourselves in the door, and make a baby. We'll settle things whenever we've conceived one."

Upon hearing this, the other aunties and older women burst out laughing.

His face flushed red and then turned pale as he angrily said, "Liu Dongmei, you rough man, what makes you like a woman? You're trying to drain me dry, aren't you? Don't even think about it."

Liu Dongmei chuckled and released her grip: "Fine, since you don't want to go back to making babies, then you'd better get back to work and don't leave my sight, understand? If I catch you..."

"You know the consequences. Don't complain about back pain or kidney deficiency later. You're useless and can't take any more strain."

"You, you!!!"

"Get to work, stop talking nonsense, and don't go see your parents. I'm the head of the household now, I'm your wife, and I make the decisions. Do you understand?"

When Lai Zi saw her raise her hand to slap her, he closed his eyes briefly and immediately said tactfully, "I know, I know, you're so annoying. There are so many people here, give me some face."

Liu Dongmei put down her hands, bent down, and began to pull weeds.

Yu Guang kept a close eye on Lai Zi to prevent him from causing any trouble. This guy was a real handful and needed to be properly disciplined; it wouldn't be something that could be done in a short time.

*

Jiang Lie and Wen Yao were working nearby, and naturally they heard the commotion. They looked over curiously, but Jiang Lie pinched the back of their hand warily.

Helplessly, she said, "What are you doing? You're pinching me too hard."

The man immediately released his grip: "Sorry, I'll be more careful next time. Does your hand hurt? It's so soft, like dough. I didn't even use any force."

Wen Yao snorted: "How can I compare to you? Your muscles are as hard as iron plates. I can't withstand your pinching. What's that over there? Is that a leper wife?"

"Yes, Liu Dongmei, the leper's wife, is now a member of Xiangyang Brigade. She got married a little earlier than us."

"Great, they're a good match."

A smile flashed in Jiang Lie's eyes, but it quickly faded: "Yes, of course they are a good match. I specially chose a good wife for him. Liu Dongmei is a good person and it's a blessing for a leper to be with him."

"That family of three, including Lai Zi, are cunning and deceitful. They need someone strong to teach them a lesson. Isn't that a good thing?"

Wen Yao hummed in agreement and asked in a low voice, "Then why did Liu Dongmei agree? Lai Zi is so lazy and unwilling to work, and he has a lot of ulterior motives. She looks very strong."

"Why would she be willing to marry into such a family? And how did you know she would agree?"

Jiang Lie was busy weeding when he heard this and said in a low voice, "It's a matter of mutual benefit. Although Liu Dongmei is capable, she has many brothers, sisters-in-law, and brothers' wives."

"Although she is capable at home, they don't like her and are always trying to get rid of her. She knows this herself, so she has been looking for a suitable family to marry into."

"It's not easy to find someone, especially an only child. She doesn't want to marry someone with too many sisters-in-law, as that would cause trouble. After considering everything, Lai Zi ended up agreeing with her requirements, so I forced Lai Zi to go to her house to propose marriage."

Wen Yao looked at him with some surprise: "You also know that she wants to find an only child, who isn't from our brigade. How do you know about that situation?"

Jiang Lie's expression remained unchanged: "I am illiterate, so I subconsciously use my brain to remember things. Plus, my little sister likes to gossip, so she remembers things after hearing them only once."

"The idea of ​​putting them together suddenly popped into my head, and after trying it out, it actually worked."