Chapter 86: Origins Revealed (Male Lead)

After sending the wedding candy parcels at the post office, Shen Man's heavy heart finally settled.

She had always been grateful for the neighbors' care, which let her, in a situation with no relatives, strongly adapt to the new environment and identity.

Now she has a good home, married a good man; the wedding candy is the most direct joy she can share with them.

She hopes that after receiving the wedding candy, Aunt Ge and the others can also let go of their worries about her.

She now has someone who dotes on her, family, a lover, and new friends.

If she ever gets the chance, she will bring her lover back to her hometown to pay respects to her maternal grandfather and mother.

And, her original self.

Chinese people, when expressing grief and mourning relatives, will buy incense, candles, and paper money.

Following the old man's recommendation and guidance, they were brought to a secluded shop.

Thinking that Tomb-Sweeping Day was just a few days away, she wanted to buy more, didn't haggle, and directly used national grain coupons to purchase a lot of yellow joss paper, placing it at the bottom of the basket.

In this life, Jiang Ye's parents died early, his grandparents favored his uncle's family, and they threw the barely one-year-old him into the back mountains to feed the wild wolves.

Therefore, he has little feeling for the Jiang family.

The she-wolf died of illness before he turned ten; the he-wolf went to other mountains to seize territory, his fate unknown.

The sister-wolf left the pack, breeding with other pack leaders to expand territory.

Originally, he should have been living like a savage among the wolves at this time.

Thus it was fated: over ten years ago, Section Commander Duan, while on a mission in Wolf Mountain, accidentally stepped into a trap he had made, saw him living alone among the wolves, felt compassion, took him under his wing, brought him back to the unit, and personally raised him...

This is why he and Section Commander Duan are so close.

He truly treated him as his own biological child in raising him.

And he, in his heart, feels grateful toward him.

Who would want to live like a savage in the mountains when one can live openly under the sun?

But at that time, the transmigrated infant he was endured great pain; being a baby, he could not save himself and could only watch as the she-wolf dragged him back to her old den in the cave.

He originally thought heaven was joking by giving him a second life, but it turned out to be a hellish start.

Unexpectedly, the she-wolf did not eat him; instead, she nursed the human infant as if he were her own cub...

"Jiang Ye brother, do you think these offerings are enough?"

Shen Man asked cautiously, knowing nothing of her husband's past, unaware whether he had family or needed to make offerings.

As husband and wife are one, she cannot avoid this topic; she ought to ask, and indeed must ask.

Jiang Ye heard his wife calling him and withdrew from his memories.

He glanced lightly at the items in the basket, nodded, and said, "Enough."

Although he has never seen his biological parents, since he occupies their child's body, whenever he is able, he will follow the crowd and perform the seasonal offerings.

"Then that's fine."

Shen Man quietly let out a breath of relief, having passed the test.

After laying brown sugar and red dates on top and covering the items, she indicated that everything was bought, rubbed her stomach, and showed she was hungry.

"Let's go to Guoyingfanguan to find Lao Mo; last time I asked him to save some good stuff for me, I don't know if he kept any."

Jiang Ye took the basket, held his wife's little hand, and left the shop.

Returning to the mule cart, he helped his wife climb aboard and settle, while saying to the old man:

"Old sir, we're going to Guoyingfanguan to eat."

"Eh, okay okay, get on the mule cart~"

The old man was in a good mood, able to save a meal's worth of rations for his family!

The mule ate a bundle of straw, drank water, and was unusually docile.

The old man also couldn't bear to really whip his old partner, shouting loudly to command the mule to run.

"Mm-ah mm-ah~"

The mule gritted its teeth, its hooves pushed off, and the cart's wheels spun as it flew forward.

The familiar jolt came over her; Shen Man, quite self-consciously, wrapped her arms around her husband's waist, buried her face in his abdomen, and silently played ostrich.

Fortunately the military overcoat is very loose with a deep collar; as long as she lowers her head, no glances from passersby or others can embarrass her!

Jiang Ye's hand rested on his wife's shoulder, he gently glanced at her profile, his eyes soft and tender enough to drip water.

His gaze fell on his wife's slender wrist wearing a watch, and a flash of light went through his mind.

He roughly knew how to turn that shaped raw stone into a gift for his wife.

"What is called taking both eating and grabbing refers to Jiang Ye's kind of 'bandit' conduct."

Relying on his good relationship with Lao Mo, he packed all of Lao Mo's cherished goodies into sacks and took them all away.

Of course, he wasn't just taking for nothing; he took a bundle of tickets and a handful of wedding candy from his wife and stuffed them to Lao Mo as compensation.

Shen Man ate her fill and even let out two burps.

Lao Mo's cooking is indeed excellent; no wonder he could become a chef.

The mule-cart old man ate a bowl of rice; the leftover vegetable soup and some remaining rice at the bottom of the food bowl, he asked the military officer guests for their opinion, placed it in his own worn ceramic basin, and prepared to bring it home for his old wife and grandson to eat.

After seeing the two off at the dock, he gave profuse thanks.

Today he not only received the fare, but also a meal; his wife no longer needs to worry about dinner!

The food at Guoyingfanguan, even if it's leftovers, they won't disdain; having something to eat is already good!

Shen Man secretly grabbed a handful of candy and placed it under the seat cushion.

Hearing the old man say he had an old companion and now a five-year-old grandson, a little wedding candy to spread some cheer.

After placing it, she covered it with a grass mat, fearing the old people would keep thanking her over and over.

Jiang Ye saw it, said nothing, voluntarily got off the cart, helped his wife down to stand steady, and.

Then they began unloading, shouldering a sack, then lifting two bags of grain with the left hand and carrying a basket in the right.

Hmm, no longer holding his wife's hand, he gestured for her to wrap her arm around his.

"Goodbye, big sir~"

Shen Man held only a pack of egg cake in her left hand, with two mangoes in her pocket; her right hand was empty.

After bidding farewell to the old sir, she easily slipped her arm around the man's, thinking it was just a few steps on the deck—was it really necessary to be as clingy as conjoined twins?

Would married people answering this question, the husbands of sisters, constantly display their sovereignty when outside?

Shen Man had never been married before, and she wasn't sure whether her current way of getting along with her man was right......

Jiang Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, his stern expression shifted a bit, and the little person in his heart knelt down smoothly:

I earnestly ask all you ladies, please answer well, I would be deeply grateful.