Everyday Life in Ancient Times: The Young Bride of a Minor Official's Family

[Child Bride + Retired Rough-and-Ready Soldier + Devoted Couple + Everyday Life + Building a Prosperous Business]

Something unusual has happened recently in Taiping Alley, Peach Blossom Town.

The son of the Cui family at the end of the alley has returned alive from the frontier battlefield.

Word is, he received quite a few rewards and landed a job as a martial officer at the prefectural office. It looks like the family is finally going to rise in status.

Pei Yuying, his child bride, has also become the talk of the neighborhood.

People say Pei Yuying had a hard life. At eleven, she fled from the south and came to this little town, where the Cui family adopted her as a child bride.

Then Cui Yanjing went off to enlist for six whole years. Everyone thought he had died on the battlefield, but he came back safe and sound, and even became an official.

Doesn’t that make Pei Yuying an official’s wife?

Some people were envious, while others were jealous.

More than a comfortable life, Pei Yuying was grateful to have found a man who truly cherished her. A simple life with him, even on humble food, was all she needed.

Scene One

Pei Yuying: I don’t care about being an official’s wife. I just wish someone could cure Cui Yanjing’s awful jealousy.

Cui Yanjing: You’re not allowed to talk to her. No!

Pei Yuying: She’s a woman.

Cui Yanjing: That doesn’t make it okay.

Scene Two

Pei Yuying was a talented painter and opened a calligraphy and painting shop, where she specialized in portraits.

Cui Yanjing: You’re not allowed to stare at him.

Pei Yuying said helplessly: How am I supposed to paint his portrait if I don’t look at him?

Scene Three

Everyone said Cui Yanjing was full of murderous rage and that Pei Yuying was bound to get beaten.

But Cui Yanjing brought home jewelry, clothes, and valuable paintings, always finding new ways to make her happy.

Their life together was loving and prosperous.