Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

Chen Yongqiang didn't reply, but carried the wild rabbit into the kitchen and began to prepare it.

Before long, the two rabbits were skinned, cleaned, and cut into even pieces.

He heated oil in a wok, and the rabbit meat sizzled as it hit the pan. He skillfully stir-fried it, adding dried chili peppers and ginger slices.

After a while, Chen Yongqiang came out carrying a freshly cooked braised wild rabbit.

"Come on, Yongqiang, you've worked hard." Qin Shan filled his wine bowl.

His gaze swept over Qin Liping, who was enjoying her meal. "This girl is always so irresponsible. If she keeps acting like this, she should just find a husband and get married as soon as possible."

Qin Liping was gnawing on a rabbit leg, her oily lips pouting: "Dad, what are you saying! Sister Lijuan isn't married yet, why should I, as her younger sister, be in such a hurry? Besides, we're twins, if we're going to get married, we should get married together!"

Qin Shan was taken aback by his daughter's retort, then laughed and scolded, "You always have so many fallacies!"

Chen Yongqiang raised his bowl and clinked it against Qin Shan's, then tilted his head back and took a big gulp, paying little attention to the conversation between the father and daughter.

After Qin Shan had eaten and drunk his fill, he took his two daughters and got up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Qin Liping turned back for one last look, her eyes filled with a hint of reluctance.

After seeing the three off, Chen Yongqiang turned around and quickly tidied up the bowls, chopsticks, and stone table, and cleaned up the kitchen before taking his coat and going inside.

On the kang (heated brick bed), Lin Xiulian was lying on her side. When she heard the noise, she slowly turned over.

In the dim light, a hint of weariness crossed her face: "Have the Qin family all left?"

She really didn't like the Qin family. She always felt that they were a nuisance who stayed here all day eating and drinking Chen Yongqiang's food.

"Yeah, I just left," Chen Yongqiang replied, hanging his coat on the chair.

Lin Xiulian snorted, her tone filled with dissatisfaction: "That Qin Shan is shameless too, bringing two young ladies to our house every day to freeload."

Chen Yongqiang walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and sat down, taking off his shoes, without saying a word. He knew that Lin Xiulian had a problem with the Qin family, and that saying anything more would be pointless.

Seeing that he remained silent, Lin Xiulian nudged Chen Yongqiang: "If you ask me, you should be more assertive and stop them from coming to freeload. Especially that Qin Liping, the way she looks at you is weird."

"Don't make wild guesses," Chen Yongqiang interrupted her.

Lin Xiulian turned over to face him and changed the subject: "I want to go home and see my mother."

It's been over two months since she came to Chen Yongqiang's house, and now she's even pregnant. They've secretly made a marriage pact, but her family still doesn't know.

"I'll go to town to buy some things tomorrow, and I'll go back with you the day after tomorrow," Chen Yongqiang replied after lying down.

He had kept this in mind, but various things had kept delaying it. Now it was indeed time to put it on the agenda.

"No need to buy anything special, just bring back some local products. My mother likes these too." Lin Xiulian was very considerate of this newly established family and didn't want to spend too much money.

Chen Yongqiang paused for a moment before speaking: "You should know better than I what kind of person your father is."

He felt that simply offering some local mountain products wouldn't be enough to get past his father-in-law's approval. That man was notoriously greedy for money.

The next morning, Chen Yongqiang rode his bicycle out the door.

He planned to go to town to buy some things and sell the animal hides he had accumulated recently.

Our first stop was the leather shop, where we found Wang Baoshan.

The rabbit pelts were all in good condition. After carefully inspecting them, Wang Baoshan readily paid twenty-six yuan.

After the transaction was completed, Chen Yongqiang was about to push his cart away when Wang Baoshan saw him off. At that moment, Wang Baoshan noticed the basket tied to the back of the bicycle, inside which were large chunks of dark red meat.

"This is... wild boar meat?" Wang Baoshan's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I took it in the mountains." Chen Yongqiang nodded.

This was just one of the three wild boars, which had been stored in the space all along.

"Uncle Wang, if you like it, I'll cut off a piece for you to try."

"Oh, how could I possibly accept this..." Wang Baoshan declined, but his gaze remained fixed on the meat.

Without saying a word, Chen Yongqiang took the meat out of the basket, cut off a good piece of meat weighing three pounds, tied it tightly with straw rope, and handed it over: "Take this, and I hope you will take care of me when I collect hides in the future."

Wang Baoshan beamed with joy, thanked him repeatedly, and took the meat.

After leaving the leather shop, Chen Yongqiang pushed his cart to Wang Guixiang's vegetable stall.

Wang Guixiang was busy weighing vegetables for customers when she looked up and saw him. Her face immediately lit up with a smile. She quickly sent the customers away and came over to lend a hand: "Yongqiang is here! This meat looks really good. Why haven't you come to the market lately? A lot of regular customers have been asking about it."

"I recently contracted a piece of wasteland in the village, and I've been busy with a lot of things, so I haven't been able to get away," Chen Yongqiang said as he unloaded the wild boar meat from the back rack of his bicycle.

On Wang Guixiang's vegetable stall, she said, "This is the only one we have today, about a hundred pounds of meat. I'll sell it all here."

If he had a lot of prey, he would send some to the state-run restaurant. However, Old Zhou was very good at bargaining, so unless he caught too much at once, Chen Yongqiang was too lazy to deal with him.

"Sure! These probably won't be enough to sell." Wang Guixiang readily agreed.

As she spoke, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and lowered her voice, "By the way, are you still collecting those wild medicinal herbs?"

"Receive." Let's just put the money from selling the meat into that.

Chen Yongqiang knew that the price of these wild medicinal herbs was about to rise, and stockpiling them now was the safest investment.

As the two were talking, a voice reeking of alcohol suddenly interrupted from the side:

"Wang Guixiang! So that's why you were so determined to divorce me, it turns out you've gotten involved with that Chen Yongqiang!"

Wang Guixiang's ex-husband, Liu Qiaozhu, stood drunk in front of the stall, his cloudy eyes glaring fiercely at Chen Yongqiang and Wang Guixiang.

Wang Guixiang's face instantly darkened, and she slammed the rag she was holding onto the cutting board: "Liu the Curer! Stop spewing nonsense! I'm divorcing you because you're an alcoholic and abusive person, utterly hopeless! It has nothing to do with anyone else!"

Liu Qiaozhu scoffed, swaying as he leaned forward, his finger almost poking Chen Yongqiang's face: "Don't fucking try to fool me! He wouldn't be sending you wild game every few days without some benefit. Nobody would believe you two aren't having an affair!"

Chen Yongqiang stepped aside to block Wang Guixiang, looking calmly at Liu Jiaozhu: "Guixiang and I have a legitimate business. We sell wild boar meat through her on consignment, and the neighbors all know that. Show some respect when you speak."

Liu Qiaozhu spat: "Respect? Bah! Stop pretending to be a good guy! You guys..."

"Liu the pig!" Wang Guixiang interrupted him.

"If you dare to cause trouble here again and ruin my and Yongqiang's reputation, I'll never forgive you." She picked up a kitchen knife as if she was ready to fight to the death.

Perhaps it was Wang Guixiang's resolute attitude that intimidated him, and he squeezed into the crowd while cursing.