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

Wen Yao looked at him with surprise in her eyes.

"Who said you're straightforward? You've gone through so many twists and turns, yet you still managed to find someone to cure leprosy. You won't try anything with me from now on, will you?"

Jiang Lie paused and shook his head: "No, you are my future wife, the mother of my children, and we are going to spend our lives together. It would be too guilty to scheme against you, and I would not do that."

I understand. He won't do that, not that he can't. This guy is really a bit of a sly fox; he's not as simple-minded as he seems.

"Hmph, you better not try anything funny with me, or I won't let you off the hook."

"No, my wife."

He'll only use tricks when it comes to eating meat; otherwise, he's very honest and genuinely wants to build a life with his wife, so he wouldn't use those methods on her.

As the two were working with their heads down, a loud slap rang out, and they instinctively looked over.

She saw that Lai Zi was covering his face and glaring angrily at Liu Dongmei.

Liu Dongmei shook her hand, still clutching a corn seedling, and scolded coldly, "Are you blind? There's such a big difference between a corn seedling and a weed, how could you pull the wrong one?"

"Okay, fine, we can just replace the corn seedling with another one. How could you stick a broken corn seedling in? It's bound to die. Now we're missing a seedling."

"This is all grain. If you delay the harvest, who do you want to harm? If you're wrong, then correct it. Who told you to be so cunning and sly? If I wasn't watching you, you would have tried to get away with it again, wouldn't you?"

The leper covered his face, his eyes filled with resentment.

"I just broke a seedling, why are you making such a big deal out of it? If you made a mistake, you can fix it. With so many people around, how am I supposed to face people after this?"

Liu Dongmei raised her hand, and seeing him instinctively back away, she glared at him: "You coward, this is the rule now. If you make a mistake, you have to get slapped. That way you'll learn your lesson."

"...!!"

He yelled, "Hurry up and get over here! If you don't finish this acre of land today, you're not going home!"

Lai Zi's eyes lit up. It was good that he wasn't going home. He didn't want to sleep with this shrew at all. He could go to town with his brothers and have a chat with the young widow.

Oh my, give me a little money to buy something, and the young widow calls me "brother" so sweetly.

Seeing his malicious smile, Liu Dongmei narrowed her eyes slightly: "What are you laughing at?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I was just thinking about how to finish this acre of land quickly. Honey, let's get started."

"You'd better not have any other thoughts in mind."

Lai Zi smiled ingratiatingly, then buried his head in his work, his mind already racing. His eyes darted around; he was determined to find the widow and have a word with her, or he'd be dying to shut up.

Those working nearby suppressed their laughter and whispered among themselves, "Haha, Lai Zi really made the right choice marrying a wife. Look how well she's doing now, she even knows how to work."

"That's why people say, if your parents can't control you, just marry a strong-willed wife, and you won't have to worry about not being able to control him."

"Hehe, that's true. It's just that Liu Dongmei is too fierce. She fights all the time in public, which really hurts a man's pride. I think a man will definitely hold a grudge over time."

"Who knows? Let's just watch the show."

The morning passed quickly. At noon, everyone sat around the tree eating and chatting. When the mother of the leper saw the clear handprint on her son's face, she was heartbroken.

Unable to contain her anger, she scolded her daughter-in-law: "Dongmei, how could you hit my son so hard? Look at his face, it's all swollen. His newly filled teeth can't withstand this kind of beating."

"It's one thing for you to act like this at home, but how can you be so disrespectful to a man in public? How can my son possibly like and cherish you if you act like this?"

Liu Dongmei glanced at her, looking indifferent: "Mother-in-law, what use is his sincerity to me? That thing can be used to feed dogs. I just need him to be obedient."

"As long as he can make babies and knows how to work, that's enough. Why bother with all that? If he doesn't listen, just beat him a few times. Every man goes through that. Don't make a fuss."

"Let me tell you, Mother-in-law, since ancient times, doting mothers have spoiled their sons. The way he is today is inseparable from you. It's all your fault. I'm now correcting the mistakes you made."

"It's one thing if you don't praise me for my hard work, but how can you turn around and blame me? If you had disciplined him earlier, what would I have to do now? Besides, with him like this, how can he be expected to be filial to you in the future?"

"You rascal, aren't you right, huh??"

Faced with those threatening words, Lai Zi thought of how she had pinned him down on the bed last night and almost drained him dry, and felt a wave of back pain. He nodded repeatedly and said perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, wife, you're right."

Turning her head, she said somewhat impatiently, "Mother, stop meddling in other people's business. My husband and I like it this way. A beating is a sign of affection, and scolding is a sign of love. I like it."

Liu Dongmei gave him a knowing look: "Hey, that's right, Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, you can see he likes it very much. I'm not one to make trouble unnecessarily."

"I don't lay a hand on him if he's obedient. If he damages a seedling, I can just fix it. What I'm angry about is that he puts the broken seedling back in. How long will it take before they notice?"

"I was too busy fixing it to stop myself, that's why I got angry and lost control. If he's more careful next time, I won't hit him again."

The mother of the leper was so angry that her face turned ugly. Looking at her son, who looked so cowardly, she held her anger in silence until her daughter-in-law left before she finally couldn't help but vent her frustration.

"You little rascal, I'm so sorry. Look at the kind of life you're living now. You've been treated like this in just a few days. It's all that bastard Jiang Lie's fault."

"Waaah, I'm really heartbroken. I should have found you a different wife. It would have been better than bringing home a tigress. You need to stand up for yourself and find a chance to teach her a lesson one of these days."

"This is where a wife can dominate a man. You need to stand up for yourself, you know?"

Lai Zi replied perfunctorily, "I know, but Mother, you should also consider the situation. I only reach her shoulder. How can I be a match for her? I'd have to be able to beat her first."

"Forget it, let's not make a fuss for now. When she's pregnant and weak, you'll see how I deal with her. A woman without manners is no good."

Lai Zi's mother wiped away her tears and echoed, "Yes, it will be better after we have a child. Just be sweet-talking and coax her more often; women like to be coaxed."

"Let her do more work, and you do less. It breaks my heart to see you working so hard. When did my son ever suffer like this?"

"...Alright, Mother, stop crying. Who can you blame now? I told you to propose to Wen Yao a long time ago, but you refused, saying she was an ugly monster. Now look what's happened."

Lai Zi couldn't help but complain, "The one they found for me is ugly and fierce. Otherwise, if I had married Wen Yao, she would have been at my mercy. Her small body is no match for me."

"It's all your fault. You've made me entangled with this tigress. It makes me feel terrible just thinking about it."