After being missing for a full day and night, Li Xiaoyao—the Shengyu Village locals' notoriously "lazy," "village heartthrob," and "young man who wouldn't do an honest day's work"—returned to the village. He'd also brought back from Immortal Spirit Island a beautiful young bride, barely sixteen and as lovely as a fairy, making Auntie Li so happy these past two days that her grin had nearly split her face.
Once word of Li Xiaoyao's experience got around, all the eligible bachelors in Shengyu Village started getting restless.
They wanted to be like that playboy Little Li, sail out to sea and try their luck on Immortal Spirit Island, and see if they could bring back a pretty fairy to be their wife.
Yes, that was exactly what they wanted.
You could tell from the way Auntie Laifu and Sister Wangcai argued at the tops of their lungs every morning while doing laundry.
Unfortunately, Li Xiaoyao wasn't about to tell them that he'd risked his life chasing the Black Miao, raced ahead of them to Immortal Spirit Island to warn the people there, and only after a fierce battle and a few twists of fate had ended up marrying his little fairy. It wasn't like they imagined, where anyone could sail to the island and find a fairy wife or obtain some magical medicine.
Of course, not everyone in the village was happy for Little Li, or envious of his success. Some people absolutely hated that he'd gone out and come back with a wife.
Take Uncle Ding, for example.
After word of Li Xiaoyao's exploits spread, he was so furious that he went back to bed and didn't eat a thing for an entire day. It wasn't until the middle of the night, when he was too hungry to bear it,