Love after marriage, with a small golden finger.
Socially anxious Shen Ci wakes up one day to find himself in ancient times, transformed into a dark, skinny young man with a child in tow.
His family went missing while protecting the two of them on the road as they fled famine.
To register as a resident, he needs to marry. But Shen Ci is dark, skinny, and looking after a child, so hardly anyone is willing to take him, even with the government promising three acres of uncultivated land.
In the end, Shen Ci takes the initiative, and the Lin family brings him home.
The Lin family lives in Dasha Village. When they hear that young men and women fleeing famine have arrived in the county, they set out early that morning with Father Lin.
But they arrive too late. Only a few people are left. They aren’t satisfied, but with their second son still unmarried at twenty, they have no choice.
At fourteen, Lin Chengnan took his older brother’s place in the army. The war ended when he was nineteen, and he was able to return home.
After returning to the village, he bought two acres of prime farmland and moved out of the Lin family home to live on his own. At first, many matchmakers came calling.
But he found them annoying and offended them, after which rumors spread that he was a bloodthirsty murderer who loved beating people.
Lin Chengnan was happy to be left in peace, but his parents were worried sick. The villagers believed the rumors, and no family was willing to marry their child to him, except families trying to sell off their children.
The two of them married in a muddle. At first, the villagers even placed bets on how many days someone as frail as Shen Ci could survive under Lin Chengnan’s roof.
But year after year, Shen Ci remained alive and well, and the couple’s life grew better and better, leaving the villagers green with envy.
