Quick Transmigration: The main focus is on speed.

The original owner was the youngest son, with only one older brother, Qipan, who was five years older than the original owner. Qipan got married at eighteen and had his first son at nineteen. He then had two more children in three years and lived a prosperous life. The original owner was not envious.

The original owner wasn't in a hurry, but there were people who were. His parents, seeing that he was already eighteen and still hadn't matured, spending his days idly, were so worried that their hair was falling out in clumps. Seeing that his father was about to go bald, his mother felt disgusted. Since his father couldn't grow hair, she decided to start with the original owner.

Qi's mother found one blind date after another for the original owner, but the original owner rejected them without even looking at them. Since the original owner was unwilling, Qi's mother couldn't force him to go through with it, and could only sigh every day as she looked at Qi's father's receding hairline.

The original owner didn't know why his father's hair loss was being blamed on him. Did he think that his father's hair would grow back after he got married?

As the days went by, Father Qi's head grew balder and balder, and Mother Qi stopped insisting on finding a partner for the original owner.

One day, the original owner took his nephew and niece to dig for wild vegetables. On the way back to the village, they saw a girl struggling in the river. The original owner could swim, so without thinking, he rushed in to save her.

For some reason, when the girl was struggling in the river, there was no one around. By the time the original owner of this body rescued her, a large number of people had already gathered on the riverbank.

Liu Ruyan was an educated youth sent to the countryside. After being rescued by the original owner of the body, she clung to him tightly and cried, demanding that the original owner take responsibility for her.

The villagers of Qijia Village are simple and honest. They've never seen a little girl fall into the water and then cling to her savior after being rescued. The villagers around them comforted Liu Ruyan, saying that their village doesn't care about such things, and besides, it's autumn now, and the two of them are wearing plenty of clothes. There's no need for Liu Ruyan to marry the original owner for the sake of her reputation.

The villagers said this, and that's what they really thought. But Liu Ruyan refused; she was determined to marry the original owner of this body, and if she couldn't, she would threaten to kill herself.

When Qi's mother heard the news, she wasn't happy. To be honest, she didn't like this educated youth, Liu, at all. In fact, nobody in the entire Qi family village liked these educated youths. In the educated youths' eyes, the people of Qi family village were just uneducated peasants who didn't know anything about farming. But in the eyes of the people of Qi family village, these educated youths were just good-for-nothings who didn't know anything about farming and were lazy. They weren't good marriage candidates, whether for marriage or other reasons.

Qi's mother disagreed, the original owner disagreed, but no matter how much she disagreed, seeing Liu Ruyan on the verge of death several times, and almost not being able to save her the last time, the village chief still went to find the original owner for the sake of Qi Family Village's year-end rating.

The village chief had tried to persuade Liu Ruyan, but to no avail. The woman who married Liu Ruyan was determined to marry the original owner of this body. The village chief couldn't understand what Liu Ruyan saw in the original owner, a man who idled away his days and earned less work points than a woman.

When asked this question, Liu Ruyan simply said that she had been intimate with the original owner of the body and that if she didn't marry him, she would be drowned in the spittle of the villagers. The village chief even gathered the entire village to assure them that they would never mention that Liu Ruyan had been saved by the original owner.

Even so, Liu Ruyan remained determined to marry the original owner of this body, or else she would kill herself at the village entrance.

The village chief and the villagers really wished Liu Ruyan would just die, but as they wished, if something happened to the educated youth in Qijia Village, the entire village would suffer.

The original owner couldn't bear to see the villagers he had lived with day and night suffering because of him, so he finally stood up and married Liu Ruyan.

On the eve of the wedding, the original owner's house was filled with sighs and groans. Even the seven- or eight-year-old nephew and niece imitated their grandparents, glancing at the original owner and then sighing.

"Why are you sighing about a bountiful harvest and auspicious snow?" The original owner of this body held a child's hand in one hand and found their adorable appearance quite amusing.

"Uncle, Fengnian is worried about you, sigh..." Fengnian sighed again, his little face tense.

Hearing her brother's words, Ruixue nodded and sighed.

"So what if I marry someone I don't like? What's the big deal? Stop sighing and complaining. If the person I marry is someone I can live with, then I'll live a good life with her. If she's not, then..." The original owner paused here, looked at Qi's father and mother, and said, "Father and Mother, you should decide on a separation of the family for me and my eldest brother. I'll take her with me when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Qi's father, mother, elder brother, and sister-in-law all became anxious.

In this day and age, with parents still alive, what talk of separating the family? If they really separated, how many people would scorn the youngest son would have to endure? Moreover, in the eyes of the four, the original owner was still a child who hadn't grown up. If he really separated from the family and went away, they were genuinely afraid he would starve to death.

Although the original owner was seen as an idle person by the villagers, only his own family knew what kind of person he was. On weekdays, the original owner would not go up the mountain to hunt or set small traps, but would bring home a lot of food, and sometimes he would take it to town to exchange for money. Every time he came back from town, he would bring things for the whole family, and he never forgot to bring back anything for his sister-in-law, Qi.

Since Qi's sister-in-law's family had all passed away, she treated her husband's family as her own. She didn't look down on the original owner even before she knew she had such abilities. Moreover, the original owner was indeed very good to her as her sister-in-law.

All four of them tried to persuade the original owner, insisting that the family should not be separated. The original owner merely nodded in agreement, but his mind remained unchanged.

There must be a reason behind this unusual situation. To outsiders, I'm just an idle person, yet that woman surnamed Liu insists on marrying me. There must be a reason! It's just that the original owner didn't find out the reason, otherwise she wouldn't have been forced into this predicament. If only I had known, I should have just let her drown back then.

Because Liu Ruyan was in a hurry, she married the original owner the day after the original owner agreed. The original owner was careful and did not get a marriage certificate. Liu Ruyan also seemed to have forgotten about it and did not bring it up. The original owner was relieved.

On their wedding day, Liu Ruyan moved into the original owner's room. The original owner had slept on the floor, but when she woke up, she found herself in bed. Turning her head, she saw Liu Ruyan with half of her shoulder exposed. The original owner panicked immediately, having no recollection of what had happened the night before.

A month later, Liu Ruyan announced her pregnancy. The original owner suspected that the son was not his, but had no evidence to prove it, so he had to suppress his suspicions and continue living with Liu Ruyan.

Three years later, news of the college entrance examination came that Liu Ruyan had been admitted to university. The original owner of the body and her family were kept in the dark. It was only when the admission notice was delivered to the Qi family that the Qi family found out that Liu Ruyan had taken the college entrance examination.

Liu Ruyan left without her son, and the original owner didn't stop her, thinking it was for the best.

Fifteen years later, Liu Ruyan returned to Qijia Village in a glamorous manner, taking her son with her. Before leaving, she revealed that Qi Funian was not her biological child at all. The original owner was not shocked when she found out; on the contrary, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, she thought that it was over that Qi Fu Nian had been taken away by Liu Ru Yan, but she never expected that the son she had raised for Liu Ru Yan for seventeen years would cause her trouble. In order to prevent the original owner from entangled with her, Liu Ru Yan had someone set a fire, and the original owner died in the fire.

Upon learning of the original owner's death, Qi Funian showed no sadness or grief whatsoever. Instead, he sat in the car, touching this and that with great curiosity.

The original owner's family was devastated when they learned of his death, but because it was an accident, they could only give him a grand funeral. As for Qi Fu Nian? They assumed that Qi Fu Nian had also died in the fire and even set up a memorial tablet for that ungrateful brat.

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"Uncle, I want to eat grilled fish. Shall we go to the river to catch fish later?" Qi Fengnian grabbed Qi Yuan's hand and swayed it from side to side. He didn't look like a seven or eight-year-old boy at all, yet he was still acting like a spoiled child.

"Fish? Uncle, Ruixue wants some too." Ruixue blinked her big eyes and smacked her lips instinctively when she heard the words "grilled fish."

"Would you like grilled fish or grilled rabbit?" In the previous life, it was because Qi Fengnian wanted to eat grilled fish that they went down the mountain a little earlier and saw Liu Ruyan struggling in the river. In this life, Qi Yuan does not plan to go down the mountain so early, but he doesn't know if Liu Ruyan will drown.

"Roasted rabbit? Roasted rabbit!" Upon hearing "roasted rabbit," the two children simultaneously swallowed hard. Roasted rabbit was much tastier than roasted fish, and rabbit fur could be used to make gloves—fluffy and warm in winter!

With roasted rabbits, roasted fish had to take a backseat. The three of them stayed in the mountains for almost another hour. When they came down the mountain, Qi Yuan's basket had two more big, fat rabbits, and Qi Fengnian's basket had more than a dozen bird eggs.

The three uncles and nephews happily descended the mountain. Along the way, Qi Fengnian and Qi Ruixue chattered on and on about how they planned to eat rabbit that night, and Qi Yuan didn't find it annoying at all.

When passing by the river, Qi Yuan saw Liu Ruyan struggling in the water, yet she was still alive. This made Qi Yuan suspect that in her previous life, Liu Ruyan had deliberately waited on the original owner's way home to plot against her.

"Good harvest, auspicious snow, can you sing? Uncle really wants to hear someone sing right now." Qi Yuan glanced at Liu Ruyan not far away. Seeing her splashing around, she didn't look like someone who couldn't swim at all. It was just that the original owner of this body was too busy saving people in the previous life to notice.

He changed his wish, regardless of whether she could swim or not. Even if she couldn't, if she drowned, it wouldn't be his fault.

"Uncle, I can!"

"Uncle, I can sing too!" The two children, unaware of the commotion on the other side of the river, raised their hands to indicate that they knew the song when they heard Qiyuan ask.

"We are Chairman Mao's Red Guards, honing our red hearts amidst great storms..." The loud singing drowned out the commotion on the other side of the river. Qi Yuan had long since turned his gaze away, listening to the two children sing, occasionally joining in with a couple of lines.

Liu Ruyan in the river was still waiting for Qiyuan to come over. Long before Qiyuan came down the mountain, Liu Ruyan had been waiting at the foot of the mountain. She clearly saw Qiyuan's figure and ran over to jump into the river according to the time. Why did Qiyuan not come over for so long?

And why did singing suddenly start coming from there?

The river water in autumn was bone-chillingly cold. Liu Ruyan, who had just jogged across, was already shivering in the icy water. The alternation between hot and cold water made her prone to cramps.

Qi Yuan and her two children returned home. As soon as Qi Yuan closed the door, her mother knew that she had brought back something good again. She went over to take a look and, lo and behold, two big, fat rabbits.

"We're in luck today, we brought back two rabbits. Your mother and sister-in-law will cook you a nice meal later!" Mother Qi said, carrying the two rabbits towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Qi Fengnian tugged at Qi Yuan's sleeve, looking very anxious.

"Mom, save one to roast and eat later."

Upon hearing this, Mother Qi frowned and said, "Roasting rabbit isn't worth it, it's better to..."

"Mom, I want to eat roasted rabbit." Qi Yuan's words successfully interrupted her mother's next words.

Qi's mother glanced at Qi Fengnian, who was tightly clutching Qi Yuan's sleeve, and then at Qi Yuan herself, saying, "Just keep spoiling him!" With that, she took the two rabbits into the kitchen without saying whether she agreed or not.

Qi Fengnian pouted, his little shoulders slumped, and Qi Yuan patted Qi Fengnian's head and said, "Your grandma is teasing you. Hurry up and put the bird eggs away, and take your sister to wash them clean so we can wait to roast the rabbit."

"Really! That's great!" Qi Fengnian's dimmed eyes lit up again at his words of prayer, and he pulled Ruixue to get busy.

Before long, Qi's father, elder brother, and sister-in-law also returned home. As soon as they entered, they smelled the aroma of roasted meat. Although Qi Yuan always brought home game, he rarely ate roasted food. When they saw that it was roasted rabbit, they were very happy. They quickly tidied themselves up and went to help. The family sat around the grill, watching the rabbit's skin turn golden brown.

"Old woman, brush some honey on it," said Qi's father, recalling the image of his father roasting rabbit for him when he was a child.