Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

"Alright, everyone come over. Open the slips of paper in your hands. Those with characters on them stand on the left, those without stand on the right."

With the host’s order, everyone unfolded the slips of paper in their hands.

"Husband, great, we can join the next round."

"Young Master Wang, we’re really lucky."

"..."

"..."

Excited voices followed one after another. Of course, they came from the people who drew slips with characters on them. Everyone chattered excitedly as they moved to the left and stood in position.

The remaining five couples, disappointed, walked to the right. Naturally, among those five couples were Yang Dong and Li Chuntao.

Yang Dong was a bit disappointed because his alcohol tolerance wasn’t good. He was afraid that if he lost in a bit, they wouldn’t be able to keep taking part in the lantern riddle activity, and he was worried Li Chuntao would be disappointed.

Li Chuntao wasn’t disappointed at all. She was actually happy at this moment, because she had regretted it and didn’t want to join this activity anymore. Seeing Yang Dong looking a little down, she thought that maybe his alcohol tolerance really wasn’t good, which would be even better. So she said, "It’s fine, just drink less in a minute and we’ll lose on purpose."

Those words instead fired up Yang Dong’s fighting spirit. He was just a mud-on-his-boots farmer; when it came to writing and literature he couldn’t compare with those scholars, so how could he afford to lose when it came to drinking? He had to win this round so that Li Chuntao could keep joining the lantern riddle activity. "It’s okay, leave everything to me."

"..." Li Chuntao was a little speechless. Did you really have to stand out this much? She didn’t want to keep taking part in the activity.

Over there, the big sea bowls had already been filled with liquor, a full fifteen bowls!

"Alright, then would the five of you please come over."

Hearing this, Yang Dong untied the cloth wrapped around his hand and said, "Wait for me."

Then he walked over just like that, as if heading onto a battlefield.

Looking at Yang Dong’s back, Li Chuntao felt dazed for a moment, only thinking that such a back somehow gave people a sense of reassurance.

...

In the crowd

Xiaoxiao saw that Yang Dong hadn’t drawn a slip with characters and felt that all the good luck he’d just had was used up. She knew what his alcohol tolerance was like—probably not very good—so she said worriedly, "Honey, Fourth Brother can’t really hold his liquor. He’s probably going to lose."

"Don’t worry. At a time like this, he has to hold it even if he can’t." Yang Ming squeezed his wife’s hand as he spoke.

He was a man; he more or less understood what was going on in Fourth Brother’s head. Since he’d decided to go up and join the activity, there was no way he could lose at this stage. Even if his alcohol tolerance was bad, he had to drink like his life depended on it.

Xiaoxiao felt this really proved that saying: "Dying for face, living in suffering." Who was suffering, only they knew.

But it really was one of those times where you had to push through even if you couldn’t, so she stopped talking and kept watching.

On the other side of the crowd.

Yang Shushu cried out in delight, "Dad, Mom, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, look, it’s Fourth Uncle."

As soon as he said that, everyone turned to look over there and sure enough, they saw Yang Dong standing in front of the big sea bowl.

They had just squeezed their way in and had been at the back earlier, so they hadn’t noticed. "It really is."

"I really didn’t expect Fourth Brother to come join the lantern riddle activity. Fourth Brother barely knows a few characters—he can solve lantern riddles? How come I kind of don’t buy it? Is Fourth Brother really up to this or not?" Second Brother’s wife questioned.

Hearing his wife’s doubt, Yang Gang said, "Whether he is or not, he has to be."

Then he reminded everyone, "Once the lantern festival’s over, we’ll head straight out and not bother them. Same goes for you kids—don’t make a sound. She’s going to be your Fourth Aunt in the future. If you go cause trouble at a time like this and she can’t end up being Fourth Aunt, that’ll be your fault."