(The tags aren't very accurate! Don't pay attention to them. This isn't a rural story. The idiot author doesn't even know how they picked this tag. ╮(￣▽￣"")╭ Anyway, I can't change it now! That's that!)
Su Ling grew up in the countryside.
Without fighting for herself, she probably wouldn't even have finished elementary school.
Before she was even an adult, her stepmother wanted to sell her off for a bride price.
If she hadn't run away, all she'd have left in life was a black-and-white photograph.
Luckily, she had her aunt, but she still had to live under someone else's roof and watch what she said.
It seemed like she had a home again, only to lose it once more without even realizing it.
From then on, she hid inside the shell she'd built for herself and stopped opening her heart.
Male lead: I devoted the first half of my life to my country. As for my lower half... Sorry, I mean the rest of my life. I'll devote it all to her!
Male lead number one: I'd die beneath a peony... No, no! I'll try to get my sentence reduced, then come back and marry you!
Male lead number two: She may not be my wife, but we did have a wedding ceremony!
Male lead number three: I was about to bring her home and treasure her. Which jerk just ruined my plans? Show yourself, and I promise I'll beat you to death!
Male lead number four: I work hard to earn money because I only want to take care of her. Don't get the wrong idea: she's like a real little sister to me, the kind I could marry!
Male lead number five: Out in the world, I'm a strong, upright man. At home, I'm a respectable gentleman with no bad habits. I'm such a catch, so how come I'm only number five?
The female lead has had such a hard life, so she absolutely needs a golden finger.
Her golden finger gives her the confidence to persevere through life's hardships.
Life is long. Why make things hard for yourself?
An alternate-history setting. The female lead is a native of this world. No transmigration or rebirth.
The golden finger is very useful, but doesn't get much page time.
Very well written