Reborn in the 1990s, I want my husband to live to be a hundred.

"Oh, you're eating?" Deng Chunlin said with a smile as he walked in.

"Big brother is here! Have you eaten yet? Come and eat with us, come and eat with us." Qin Yanlin quickly got up, welcomed Deng Chunlin to sit down on a stool, and turned to go to the kitchen to add two more dishes.

"Yanlin, sit down. I've already eaten, but I need to talk to you about something." Pulling Qin Yanlin to sit down, Deng Chunlin took a few candies from his pocket and handed them to the three children. Then, patting Qin Yanlin on the shoulder, he said, "Yanlin, about that ten thousand yuan I told you about, is it okay? I need it urgently."

Qin Yanlin glanced back at Deng Xiuzhen. Although Deng Xiuzhen had said she wouldn't lend the money, he was already somewhat skeptical. After all, Deng Xiuzhen had always been very devoted to her family and had argued with him many times about supporting them. If Deng Xiuzhen insisted on lending the money, he couldn't resist her tantrums and would eventually lend it to her.

Deng Xiuzhen was in a daze, trying to recall, but she couldn't remember Deng Chunlin coming that night. Did Deng Chunlin come at this time in her previous life?

"Xiuzhen, what are you daydreaming about?" Deng Chunlin frowned and scolded. There were four siblings in the Deng family. He was the eldest, followed by his second sister Xiumei, his third sister Xiuzhen, and his younger brother Chunsheng. As the eldest son, he was pampered from a young age. Before his youngest brother Chunping was born, everything in the family revolved around him.

In an era when male preference was still prevalent, his grandparents doted on him, and his parents treated him like their own child. Xiumei and Xiuzhen always gave in to him, and the whole family instilled in Xiumei and Xiuzhen the idea that daughters were born to make endless sacrifices for their maternal family and brothers. Later, Chunsheng was born, which diverted some of his mother's attention, but the pampering couldn't be taken away. His fists were not to be trifled with; he could beat Chunping senseless.

Having lived in that kind of family environment for so long, Xiumei and Xiuzhen would often help him financially even after they got married. He lived a good life.

Deng Xiuzhen came to her senses and looked at Deng Chunlin with a calm expression.

"What kind of look is that? Trying to cause trouble?" Deng Chunlin suddenly stood up, glaring fiercely at Deng Xiuzhen.

"Sigh, I was thinking of helping my older brother, but my family really can't afford it, and I'm feeling a bit sad," Deng Xiuzhen said softly.

Qin Yanlin stared wide-eyed at Deng Xiuzhen, completely speechless. Deng Xiuzhen would never have spoken to Deng Chunlin like this before. Whenever Deng Chunlin raised his voice, Deng Xiuzhen would either cower like a quail or follow him around, asking him to give her money or do chores—in short, she would always be the one who suffered, while her family would have an easier time.

"You're asking for it!" Deng Chunlin overturned the dining table.

"Deng Chunlin! Are you crazy?!" Deng Xiuzhen grabbed Wen Yu and Wen Jing, who were almost knocked over by the dining table, and pulled them into her arms, shouting angrily.

"I just wanted to borrow some money from you, why are you being so sarcastic?"

"Are you just borrowing a little? You're borrowing ten thousand! And you say you're borrowing money, how many times have you borrowed before, and have you ever paid it back? They say if you borrow and pay it back, it's easy to borrow again. You've never paid it back even once, so why should I lend it to you again?"

"I'll beat you to death!" Deng Chunlin cursed as he lunged at Deng Xiuzhen.

Qin Yanlin grabbed Deng Chunlin and said coldly, "Brother, you can't hit her!"

"It's none of your business if I hit my sister!" Deng Chunlin glared angrily at Qin Yanlin.

"She's my wife now!" Qin Yanlin stared coldly at him.

Deng Xiuzhen wasn't worried that Deng Chunsheng would dare to hit Qin Yanlin. Her past life had taught her that her elder brother was a wicked and vicious man who was good at swindling and cheating, but he wasn't very brave and wouldn't dare to fight.

He only dares to bully his own family members. They are all afraid of him. When he goes out, he acts like a dead dog. He becomes silent when he encounters someone tough.

On the contrary, Qin Yanlin was very good to his family. He would argue with her at home, but he never hit her and would always compromise and give in to her in the end. As a result, people outside said that Qin Yanlin was a coward, which made Deng Xiuzhen in her previous life sometimes feel that he was not presentable and even a little disgusted.

However, when they looked back on those days more than a decade later, they realized that Qin Yanlin was not afraid of ruthlessness. Otherwise, they would not have been able to do business peacefully in the supply and marketing cooperative for so many years, nor would they have confronted Qin Xiubing head-on, which led to Qin Xiubing using underhanded tactics to injure them.

"You, you, you, you have the guts, why don't you lend it to me! When you get bullied, let's see where you go! When Qin Yanlin beats you to death one day, without your family, let's see who will back you up!" Deng Chunlin cursed and walked away.

Deng Xiuzhen watched coldly without saying a word. She felt that it was a waste of energy to scold such a person.

"Xiuzhen, I won't hit you," Qin Yanlin whispered as he walked up to Deng Xiuzhen.

"I know," Deng Xiuzhen replied with a smile. Of course she knew that besides being tight-lipped about money, afraid she would use it to support her family, Qin Yanlin had never hit her during all the years they lived together, no matter how big the conflicts or how much they argued.

Qin Yanlin wasn't good at sweet talk or coaxing her, but he cared for her in every way, which was why she felt that Qin Yanlin was the only person she could rely on in that lifetime.

"Mom," Wen Yu mumbled, tugging at Xiu Zhen's clothes, his voice trembling with tears.

A sense of unease and repulsion washed over her, but seeing the little child and the tears on his face glistening in the lamplight, Deng Xiuzhen ultimately couldn't bear it.

She pulled Qin Wenyu into her arms and whispered comfortingly, "It's okay, it's okay."

After tidying up the main room and kitchen, and the family washing up, it was nine o'clock.

In those days, there were no cell phones, and parents could simply turn off the TV without the children daring to object. Children didn't have much homework either; even Wenjing, a sixth grader, only had a little, which she finished quickly.

Unless it's a holiday or a special occasion, people usually go to bed around 10 p.m.

"Yanlin, let's just forget about the foundation," Deng Xiuzhen whispered, looking at the top of the mosquito net.

“We don’t want a foundation. If we rent a place to do business, firstly, we won’t have a good shop, and secondly, it will be a problem for our family to live in. We don’t have jobs or land. How are we going to support our three children?” Deng Xiuzhen’s behavior today surprised Qin Yanlin. He felt that his wife seemed like a different person. If he didn’t firmly believe that there were no ghosts or gods in this world, he would have thought that Deng Xiuzhen was possessed by a ghost.

Deng Xiuzhen wanted to suggest that they go to the city to do business, but she couldn't say so because she was completely unfamiliar with the city.

Qin Yanlin was an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative. Her family lived in a village next to the cooperative. She met Qin Yanlin through an introduction, and after they got married, because of her rural household registration, they were able to have two children, but both were girls. Qin Yanlin's parents gossiped about this a lot, and some neighbors secretly said that they were destined to be childless. Unable to swallow their pride, they had a son, Qin Wenyu.

Then Qin Yanlin was fired and lost his job. He didn't have a household registration for agricultural products and therefore no land. Although the Deng family's land was nominally related to Deng Xiuzhen, with her parents and Deng Chunsheng around, it wasn't their turn to cultivate it.

Fortunately, the supply and marketing cooperatives underwent restructuring. Qin Yanlin, being quick-witted, and his team leased the cooperative's storefront and started a business, making some money over the years. But any profitable venture inevitably attracts envy, and the former cooperative employees demanded the return of the storefronts. Since they could no longer operate the storefronts, they decided to buy land nearby and build houses to continue their business.

If he didn't go into business, Qin Yanlin really couldn't think of a better way out.

"What do you think we should do?" Qin Yanlin thought it would be better to ask Deng Xiuzhen. There might not be a solution, but it might be better for the couple to discuss it together.

Deng Xiuzhen didn't answer, pretending to be asleep. With her eyes closed, she thought about what to do tomorrow, how to prevent Qin Yanlin from getting hurt in that conflict.