Yu the Great Beauty

His name is Yu Chunlei, nicknamed “Yu the Beauty.” His life was on hard mode from the start: his mother died when he was young, and then his stepmother moved in. At fifteen, he headed south to Suzhou and Hangzhou with 800 yuan in “tuition money,” spending three years learning the ways of the world. At eighteen, he returned to vocational medical school. At twenty-two, he and his clever wife embarked on a wild ride across industries: from a small tailor shop to Michelin tire dealerships, he could make a success of anything!

The wildest part came after he and his thrifty wife had saved a fortune. He went back to the village to “start a second business”: taking over his father's stethoscope to work as the village doctor, winning a landslide election as village chief, and leasing a hundred mu of farmland. From then on, he treated patients with one hand and farmed with the other, while finding time to settle disputes between neighbors and keep his father and stepmother well fed and rosy-cheeked.

Now his son has aced the imperial examination, and his clever wife is still his number-one fan.

This tough Northeastern man's life proves that if you're willing to work hard, endure hardship, and marry the right woman, then no matter how rough your start, you can turn your life into a passionate rural legend!