The Hunter's Lovely Wife

Liu Hanzhi is a poor girl with a hard life. Her father died young, her mother is frail, and her family is so poor they can barely afford to eat. To survive, she risks entering the deep mountains to dig for wild yams, only to nearly lose her life to a wild boar’s tusks. Luckily, Du Tieshan, a solitary hunter from the village, saves her. This taciturn, dark-faced man is ruthless and sparing with words, but has a kind heart.

She trades yams for game and patches his hunting clothes with coarse cloth. Little by little, these two souls who have suffered so much fall for each other. But the villagers gossip that Liu Hanzhi brought about her father’s death and Du Tieshan brought about his wife’s, so their marriage can never work. Yet Du Tieshan has set his heart on her. With a load of firewood and grain and half a pig, he pulls her out of her life of hardship.

They farm, hunt, weave cloth, and raise chickens, and their life together grows happier and more prosperous by the day. But life is full of surprises. Old rumors, unresolved grudges, and distant relatives who suddenly show up all bring one trial after another to their marriage…