Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

This day Zhou Yongbing was resting, and the couple stayed at home.

Zhao Yanli was now seizing every minute to study, afraid she might fail the exams.

Zhou Yongbing understood her very well. So he took on the household chores. He didn't want to disturb his wife, mainly because she seemed so focused. He thought if he was half as hard-working as his wife, he would've had no trouble getting into high school.

So, he decided to make something delicious for his wife.

He carried a basket and went to the supply and sales cooperative. In fact, there wasn't much supply there.

He bought two pounds of bean sprouts, which were new arrivals. Initially, he wanted to buy more, but there's a purchase limit of two pounds per person.

He queued up to buy half a pound of meat and also bought two big bones to make soup for the family that evening. He also bought a few pounds of radishes, although his wife had brought quite a lot.

But everyone knew the time of having no vegetables for more than a month was coming soon. So, whenever they saw some, they would buy them.

"Xiao Bing!"

Zhou Yongbing heard this voice, instinctively paused for a moment, but still smiled and greeted.

"Auntie. Are you here to buy vegetables too?"

"Yes, today's quite a variety." Liang Lanqing's mom, Wu Fangyun, didn't feel embarrassed at all and chatted with Zhou Yongbing with a smile.

"Yes, Auntie, you go ahead and buy, I'll head back first."

"Xiao Bing, wait, we haven't seen each other for ages. It's not yet meal time, how about a chat between us?"

"Auntie, sorry. My wife is home alone. I have to look at what veggies to buy; they decide what meals to make."

"Alright then, Xiao Bing, come visit home later if you get a chance."

Zhou Yongbing just smiled and said nothing more.

Upon leaving the supply and sales cooperative, he went to the grain depot. This time, a lot of noodles had been brought in. Although there were some kept aside, they shared ten pounds per person. But who would think that this kind of fine grain is too little?

He bought ten pounds of noodles and then headed home.

He didn't pay much attention to this affair, but when Wu Fangyun got home, she hit Liang Lanqing several times.

"Mom, why are you hitting me?"

"Beat you to death! Zhou Yongbing was such a good lad, and you didn't cherish him. Now look, all's gone, and your reputation is ruined.

You say you're a fool. If you wanted to break off the engagement, couldn't you have dealt with it privately? Now the Zhou Family already has a daughter-in-law, and the Chen Family doesn't fancy you at all.

Besides, after all this fuss, do you still want to find someone in the city?" Such disappointment as iron not turning into steel.

Liang Lanqing was really regretful now. She knew very well what kind of person Zhou Yongbing and the Zhou Family were.

If she hadn't fussed and married Zhou Yongbing, she would definitely be in charge at the Zhou Family now.

"Humph, Zhou Yongbing just married a country girl. That was just someone I didn't want myself."

"Stop talking nonsense to me. Be honest and stay put. Wait a year or two before considering marriage again."

Even if she wanted to find a partner now, she couldn't find one. The young woman's reputation had spread out.

But Liang Lanqing was not willing to give up. She thought she must be much better than that rural woman, right? No way. She had to go and ask Zhou Yongbing.

She knew in her heart that it was almost impossible to find someone like Zhou Yongbing again.

"Mom, did you see Zhou Yongbing today?"

"Hmm, saw him at the supply and sales cooperative. Look at that, what man would be willing to buy groceries, really not cherishing what he has."

Liang Lanqing immediately went to her room to change clothes and rushed out.

Wu Fangyun probably guessed what her daughter was up to. She too wasn't giving up hope. If it could work out again, even if the reputation wasn't great, what would it matter? Who would remember after a few years?

Liang Lanqing directly went to Zhou's house. At this time, Zhou Yongbing had not returned home yet. It was Zhao Yanli who opened the door.

"Who are you looking for?"

"You're the country girl Zhou Yongbing married?"

"And you are?"

"I'm Zhou Yongbing's fiancée."

This jogged Zhao Yanli's memory. She had seen her once on the road before.

"You really are shameless. Zhou Yongbing's fiancée? You better not bring disgrace to the Zhou Family.

What? Got dumped and nobody wants you? Now you're thinking of the Zhou Family again?

Have you never looked in a mirror? With your kind, I'm really questioning Zhou Yongbing's taste in the past.

But rest assured, with someone like you, even if he were blind, he wouldn't pick you again."

Liang Lanqing really had a long face, like a shoehorn face actually.

Zhao Yanli crossed her arms, smiling as she spoke.

"Xiao Li?" Zhou Yongbing was back.

Upon hearing Zhou Yongbing's voice, tears immediately fell from Liang Lanqing's eyes.

"Zhou Yongbing, this woman is bullying me."

Standing with her arms crossed, Zhao Yanli looked at them with a faint smile.

Zhou Yongbing didn't even glance at Liang Lanqing, "Xiao Li, let's go home."

"Zhou Yongbing, I'm calling you." She cried and yelled.

Zhao Yanli noticed her husband had no other expressions. By this time, more than a dozen people had come out to watch them. She took two steps forward, and they were about the same height.

She just kicked over. Looking down at Liang Lanqing who was lying on the ground, "If I see you at our door again, bothering my husband, and disturbing our life, I'll incapacitate you."

The crowd of over a dozen watched Zhao Yanli in astonishment. Unexpectedly, this young wife resorted straight to action – no, foot action over mere words.

Zhou Yongbing watched from the side, smiling. He suddenly felt particularly relieved, for even after getting married he still hadn't quite let go of the grievance from being disengaged. But now, this truly felt like a release of all that stifled resentment.

Also, seeing his wife's neat and straightforward moves was genuinely something to admire.

Liang Lanqing lay on the ground. Looking up at the country woman who was regarding her with contempt. She crawled up, uttered a sharp cry, and charged forward.

But how could her physical prowess compare with Zhao Yanli?

With a second kick, she was down again. "Don't soil my doorway. Cause more trouble, and it won't stop at kicks; want to try?"

"You country bumpkin, dare to hit me, I'll fight you."

"Xiao Li, let's go home, don't bother with this sick person."

But Zhou Yongbing's words cast a flood of despair over Liang Lanqing. Was she regarded by him as a sick person?

Though she had wanted to get up and fight this country bumpkin, with just these words, she felt as if her world had collapsed.

"It's nothing, I've gained some insight. Just someone like that? My goodness, really unbelievable, going on and on calling me a country girl, a bumpkin.

But I think this bumpkin is more noble than her. I could never do something like being engaged yet tangled with other men, I could certainly never do what she did, after being dumped, wanting to rekindle a past relationship.

Must be because this bumpkin here doesn't have the thick skin for that." Zhao Yanli finished speaking and nodded, affirming her own correctness.

This instantly made the bystanders realize even more that the young wife of the Zhou Family was definitely not to be trifled with.