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    Ancient Rural Life: Farming and Raising Children

    by 随云溪

    Alternate Titles: “Traversing Through the Dynasty’s End”, “Struggles of a Commoner in Chaotic Times” – a tale grounded in reality, depicting a microcosm of life. Sang Luo finds herself transported to the past, beginning her journey in a dilapidated straw hut with two emaciated children. Poverty isn’t terrifying, and neither is being a widow. What’s more fortunate than having a second chance at life? Faced with a lack of food, Sang Luo refuses to succumb to despair. With able hands, feet, and vast mountains at her disposal, she’s determined not to starve. Rolling up her sleeves, she’s ready to tackle the challenges head-on. ~ Shen Lie, sent by his uncle to serve in the military, returns after more than two years to find the villagers reacting as if they’ve seen a ghost. He learns that not only is he “dead,” but he also has an unknown wife. His wife and siblings were driven out by his uncle and aunt, forced to live in a shaky straw hut built during the Shen family’s exile. That ramshackle hut, a risk to life and limb, especially in the snow? Ignoring the need to confront his family, he rushes to the mountains. Arriving at the hut, he barely recognizes it as his former home. The hut, clearly refurbished, no longer bears its former dilapidated look. Outside, a high mud wall encloses the courtyard, and a new kitchen annex has been added. At dinner time, a young woman steps out of the kitchen with a steaming bowl of food, followed by two children carrying rice and utensils. The children’s eyes widen at the sight of Shen Lie, then, with an excited shout, they run towards him. Sang Luo: “???” How does one deal with a husband who falls from the sky? Urgently awaiting advice online.

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    2. Chapter 2
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    3. Chapter 3
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    4. Chapter 4
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    5. Chapter 5
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    10. Chapter 10.
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    12. Chapter 12
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    13. Chapter 13
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    14. “Chapter 14”
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    15. “Chapter 15”
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    17. “Chapter 17”
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    18. “Chapter 18”
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    19. “Chapter 19”
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    20. “Chapter 20”
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    21. “Chapter 21”
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    22. “Chapter 22”
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    24. “Chapter 24”
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    31. Chapter 31
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    33. “Chapter 33”
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    35. “Chapter 35”
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    41. “Chapter 41”
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    54. Chapter 54
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    55. Chapter 55
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    56. Chapter 56
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    57. Chapter 57
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    58. Chapter 58: Can Your Elder Brother Read?
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    59. Chapter 59: Building a Path and Arranging Flowers.
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    60. Chapter 60: Are All the Village Chiefs Going?
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    61. Chapter 61: Absurdity
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    62. Chapter 62: Four Stones
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    63. Chapter 63: Door-to-door Sales
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    64. Chapter 64: Contractual Supply Agreement
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    65. Chapter 65: A Reluctant Request
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    66. Chapter 66: Return to the Village
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    67. Chapter 67: Planning
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    68. Chapter 68: The Names of Big Brother and Big Sister
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    69. Chapter 69: Sharing a Single Pair of Trousers
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    70. Chapter 70: Mushroom Picking
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    71. Chapter 71: “Brother, the County Town is Beautiful”
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    72. Chapter 72: This Sang Family is Not Simple
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    73. Chapter 73: Let’s Cooperate
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    74. Chapter 74: The First Frost
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    75. Chapter 75: A Broken House Worth Ten Thousand Coins
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    76. Chapter 76: Honey Paws
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    77. Chapter 77: Jujube Thorn Candy
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    78. Chapter 78: An Unexpected Scene
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    79. Chapter 79: Hesitations and Renewed Cooperation
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    80. Chapter 80: Why Didn’t You Call Us?
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    81. Chapter 81: Courage
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    82. Chapter 82: Coming Down the Mountain with a Swollen Belly
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    83. “Chapter 83: Dried Tofu with Soy Sauce”
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    84. “Chapter 84: Did the Sang Family Really Become Rich?”
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    85. Chapter 85: Paying a Visit
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    86. “Chapter 86: Acknowledging Embarrassment”
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    87. Chapter 87: A Thief in the Night
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    88. Chapter 88: Caught
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    89. Chapter 89: Labor Service
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    90. Chapter 90: Winter. Journey to the County Town
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    91. Chapter 91: Refugees
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    92. Chapter 92: The Bandit’s Son
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    93. Chapter 93: Bamboo Slips
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    94. Chapter 94: Still Alive!
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    95. Chapter 95: First Meeting
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    96. Chapter 96: You Call Yourself an Uncle?
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    97. Chapter 97: The Situation in the North
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    98. Chapter 98: His Composure
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    99. Chapter 99: A Request
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    100. Chapter 100: “Big Brother, Are You Afraid of Your Wife?”
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    101. Chapter 101: Sharing a Room Separated by a Curtain
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    102. Chapter 102: Pheasant / A Bit Cute
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    103. Chapter 103: Digging Winter Bamboo Shoots / Wet Shoes
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    104. Chapter 104: She’s My Wife
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    105. Chapter 105: Secretly Buying Grain
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    106. Chapter 106: Exceptional Elegance
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    108. Chapter 108: I Want to Learn Too
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    109. Chapter 109: The Mouse Head
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    113. Chapter 113: The Onset of Chaos
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    114. Chapter 114 “Peach Blossom Spring”
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    115. Chapter 115: “Did You Reveal All Your Assets?”
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    120. “Chapter 120: Good Fortune Comes/Parting Ways”
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    123. Chapter 123: The Trickster
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    128. “Chapter 128: Has Little Jin Cried?”
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    130. Chapter 130: Breaking Ground / Stir-Fried Wild Garlic with Cured Pork
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    133. Chapter 133: Multilayer Farming
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    138. “Chapter 138: She Cares About Me”
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    139. “Chapter 139: The Hunt”
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    140. Chapter 140: The Peddler
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    143. Chapter 143: Go Ask Your Big Brother
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    151. Chapter 151: Truly Dazzling
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    153. Chapter 153: The Tale of the Peach Blossom Spring/Beyond and Within the Valley
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    156. Chapter 156: Fortified Defense and Scorched Earth Policy.
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    160. Chapter 160: The Draft (Siege, Oppression, Brutality – Readers may choose to purchase or skip this chapter.)
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    161. Chapter 161: Father (Siege, Oppression, Tragedy – Please choose to purchase or skip at your discretion)
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    162. Chapter 162: She is Wang Mei Nian (For those who can handle a cry, buy if you can bear it).
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    163. Chapter 163: Don’t Look at the Bed (Inner City Plot, Choose Your Own Translation)
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    164. Chapter 164: Surrounded / Rescued (Still in the City, Choose Your Own Version)
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    176. Chapter 176 – Silver Ear Mushroom
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    177. Chapter 177: Village Beyond the Village (Slightly Revised)
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    189. Chapter 189: Leaving the Clan
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    192. Chapter 192: Incident
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    202. Chapter 202: Embrace
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