I Snatched a Scholar for a Husband

Taoxi Village has two people famous for their unmatched qualities.

One is Hua Xianggu, who can carry a wild boar as easily as a chicken and whose voice shakes the hills.

The other is Jin Chunming, a refined young scholar as graceful as bamboo, who studies hard in a shabby house with a drafty window.

When Hua Xianggu carries a bleeding wild boar and crashes through the Jin family's fence, he's holding a moldy book.

“Scholar, wild boar meat will put some strength in you!” she booms.

Jin Chunming's fingers tremble. “This is highly improper!”

Beneath the setting sun, she wipes her sweat and mutters, “Scholars... are so hard to feed.”

Her father grabs her hand, coughing up blood. “Xianggu, I just want to see you marry a respectable man...”