[Period setting + Food + Going into business] [Mutual devotion, one-on-one romance]
Jiang Qionghua woke up inside a burlap sack.
Through her hazy senses, she realized she had been kidnapped and sold.
And this was the 1970s, when there were no phones or internet, and roads had yet to reach deep into the mountains!
After escaping, she collapsed by the roadside from exhaustion. A strange man found her and took her home.
Who would have thought the kidnappers would dare come to his door and demand compensation?
Zhao Feiang, who wanted to become her hero, said, “I’ll pay you. Just leave her alone!”
Jiang Qionghua: “...I think I’ve run into an idiot.”
The kidnappers named an outrageous price and took every last bit of Zhao Feiang’s savings.
Jiang Qionghua: “I’ll pay you back. Once the debt is settled, I’ll leave at once.”
Zhao Feiang stared at her in a daze. “I only wanted to be your hero. I never asked you to pay me back!”
While staying at Zhao Feiang’s home, Jiang Qionghua took charge of all three meals.
Plain noodles, potato cakes, roasted chicken legs, spicy carp...
Under Jiang Qionghua’s hands, even the simplest ingredients came alive with a whole new flavor.
She also helped Zhao Feiang fight human-trafficking rings, making him a hero featured in the Dongshan Provincial newspaper. Then she led him out of the mountains and south to start a business, where they built a happy life beyond anything he’d ever dreamed of.
Zhao Feiang had thought he would spend his life alone. For the first time, he found himself longing for a family.
His muscular arms should have been used for sawing wood.
But now they were wrapped around Jiang Qionghua’s leg.
The burly man cried and pleaded, “Will you be my wife?”
Jiang Qionghua squeezed the muscles on his arm and said with satisfaction, “I suppose I could.”
Note: This isn’t a strong female lead story. The author just loves her precious girl.
The male lead is a burly man, 1.9 meters tall and weighing 90 kilos. He’s a carpenter.
Like recipes, most of the directory names are for food. 😂