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

Liu Dongmei brandished a stick, hitting the wolves until they were hurt and too scared to approach. The wolves slowly retreated, step by step, until they were about to retreat back into the forest.

They were safe then, and the leper started yelling, waving his arms: "Wife, kill them, and we'll take the wolf meat home to eat!"

"...Idiot."

After being scolded by his wife, Lai Zi didn't react for a moment. He picked at his ear and asked, "Huh? What are you saying, wife?"

Seeing the wolf pack starting to stir again, Liu Dongmei turned around and slapped him twice, swelling his face, and whispered, "If you say another word, I'll beat you to death."

Lai Zi looked at her with a wronged expression, not understanding why he had been beaten. Wasn't the wolf pack about to retreat? That meant they were scared of his wife. It would have been better to kill a few of them now.

After a brief standoff, the wolves growled and retreated into the woods.

Once she could no longer see him, Liu Dongmei breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, hoisted the person on her shoulder, and hurried back to the village, her face tense and serious.

Lai Zi was being carried, his stomach pressing against her muscular shoulders. He cried out in pain, "Ahhh, I feel terrible! Honey, put me down! I can walk by myself!"

The buttocks were slapped hard, and the person immediately stopped struggling.

"Shut up. If we expect you to walk with a sprained ankle, we'll just be waiting to be surrounded and eaten by a pack of wolves. You idiot, don't you even know that it's a pack of wolves, not a lone wolf?"

"Wolves live in packs. Once you kill one, it's a blood feud that will last until one of you is killed. In that case, I can only protect myself, and you'll be left with nothing but torn limbs."

Liu Dongmei rolled her eyes, finding the man utterly stupid and unable to grasp the situation: "If you're stupid, shut up, or I'll leave you here to feed the wolves."

"You know, if I go back and say that you ran away and got eaten by wolves, do you think they'll believe me? You know what, that's actually pretty good."

Lai Zi shuddered upon hearing this: "You...you can't do this! Are you going to remain a widow? Being a widow isn't that easy, especially since you don't have any children to rely on."

Seeing that she remained silent, Lai Zi hung his head and begged for forgiveness: "Wife, I was wrong, really. I'll live a good life with you from now on. I won't make trouble anymore, okay? You can't leave me."

Seeing that she had scared him enough, Liu Dongmei quickened her pace and soon returned to her husband's family's courtyard. She pushed open the door, went into the main room, and threw the person on the ground.

The commotion was quite loud, and the leper's parents came out of the house. Seeing their son lying on the ground, their eyes were filled with heartache, and they couldn't help but scold, "Dongmei, what are you doing? You hit him again."

"Do you really think we're dead? We're still here, and you dare to bully my son like this?"

When Lai Zi saw his parents scolding his wife, his eyelids twitched, and he quickly shouted, "Father, Mother, please stop! I'm really fine, perfectly alright. It was my wife who saved me!"

"We encountered a pack of wolves on our way back. If my wife hadn't saved me, I would have been eaten by them today."

Upon hearing this, the elderly couple's anger froze on their faces, and they didn't know what to say for a moment, creating an awkward atmosphere.

Liu Dongmei put down the things she had taken back from the widow, poured herself a teacup of water and gulped it down. Her throat felt much better. She glanced at them and said, "Sit down, let's have a meeting."

"...A meeting?"

"Yes, nothing can be accomplished without rules, and the same applies to the family. From now on, you are not allowed to give him a single penny without my permission, lest this money be used to buy things for the widow."

The leper's mother asked in surprise, "What do you mean by 'sending a widow away,' Dongmei, explain yourself clearly."

Liu Dongmei glanced at the person who had fallen to the ground, briefly explained what had happened, and pointed to the things on the table: "These are all things that the widow's family brought back, which your son bought for them."

"You've really raised a fine son. I've never seen you pampered or bought him anything nice to try. He's given it all to the widow."

"Originally, this was just a loss of money, and I really didn't need to make such a fuss. But that scoundrel is stupid. What if he drinks some horse piss and comes back tonight?"

"You know what would happen if you encountered a pack of wolves on the road. I'm only stopping you from giving him money to prevent you from having to bury your child."

Lai Zi's parents exchanged a glance, their brows furrowing involuntarily: "How could Lai Zi be entangled with a widow and buying her all these nice things? How come we didn't know?"

Liu Dongmei chuckled lightly, her eyes devoid of warmth: "You spoil your son too much, what could he possibly know?"

"I have reminded you of what I should have reminded you. If you don't take it seriously and insist on giving him money to squander, who knows if he will come back in the dark next time? He might not be as lucky as he was this time."

"If someone insists on courting death, then so be it. I don't have any children anyway, so I can just find another man while I'm still young."

The light words seemed to strike the elderly couple directly in the heart, leaving them speechless and unsure of what to say.

Lai Zi's ankle was throbbing with pain, and he kept groaning, "Wife, my ankle hurts. Let's put this behind us. I'll change my ways, okay?"

"Mom and Dad, don't listen to my wife's nonsense. I have absolutely no relationship with that widow. I just felt sorry for her because she was taking care of a baby all by herself and was kicked out by her in-laws."

"I only go to see her occasionally and chat with her. She never let me touch her and kept telling me to live a good life with my wife. What a wonderful woman she is."

Hearing this, even Lai Zi's mother couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Nonsense, she doesn't live with you, she doesn't say nice things, so how can you think she's understanding, how can you feel sorry for her situation and continue to spend money on her?"

"You silly son, how can you be so stupid?"

The leper's father looked at his daughter-in-law with a complicated expression and sighed, "Alright, from now on you'll be in charge of this household. Don't talk about remarrying anymore. Now that you're married, you should live a good life together."

"It's getting late, you should wash up and go to bed early."

"You rascal, your wife cares about you. Otherwise, she wouldn't have skipped dinner to come looking for you. She was afraid something might happen to you. You can't be such a scoundrel anymore."

Lai Zi reluctantly let out a howl: "I know, Dad. She slapped me twice, but I didn't hold it against her. If it were anyone else, a man wouldn't let it go so easily after being hit."

Liu Dongmei scoffed upon hearing this, leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "Is that so? Let me see just how you're going to be so stubborn. You'll have to see if you can actually lay a hand on me."

"Come closer, I'll set your bones. You'll be late for work tomorrow if you keep limping."

"Okay, I got it. Be gentle."

With a snap, the leper screamed, "Ah!!"

Liu Dongmei wiped her hands, got up and went to the yard to take a shower. Her voice drifted over: "Try it and see if you feel better. Don't scream like a pig being slaughtered. It makes people angry."

The elderly couple rushed over to help their son up, asking with concern, "How are you feeling, Lai Zi? Does it hurt?"

"...Okay, it doesn't seem to hurt anymore."

"That's good. Don't go against your wife, you'll only suffer. Just live a good life together from now on. Her temper will soften after the baby is born."

The leper sniffed but didn't say anything.