He Marries a Widow, and I Have Ten Thousand Gold in My Hands

Shen Lingyi and the young general Gu Yanchuan were childhood sweethearts and had been engaged since childhood. Before the expedition, Gu Yanchuan had promised to welcome her when he returned home. Shen Lingyi kept this promise and waited in the Gu family's old house for three years. She took care of his mother and took care of the housework for him, living like half a Gu family member. But when Gu Yanchuan returned to the court, what he brought back was not a marriage certificate, but a piece of news that shocked the capital: he wanted to marry Liu Sumiang, the wife of his late subordinate Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan once risked his life to save him on the battlefield and left him alone before his death; Liu Sumiang was pregnant with a posthumous son, and her husband's family was mean. Without anyone to protect her, mother and son would not be able to survive. Gu Yanchuan chose to include her in his family in order to repay his old kindness and calm the discussions among the army and the clan. Everyone praised him for his love and righteousness, but only Shen Lingyi understood that she was the one who was gently abandoned under that "righteousness". After breaking off the engagement, Shen Lingyi left the capital and went south to the south of the Yangtze River. From being a bookkeeper to being the owner of a business, from keeping people's accounts to being in charge of a business, she gradually gained a foothold amidst the contempt and calculations of others, and gradually understood that the greatest dignity of a woman in this world is not who comes to marry her, but that she can decide whether to stay or not. Many years later, Gu Yanchuan reunited with her again. Only then did he truly understand that what he had lost back then was not just a woman waiting for his return, but a person who could have been by his side and worthy of his serious treatment. It's a pity that some people can share adversity, but they may not be able to share the rest of their lives; some people understand belatedly that they can't exchange for the spring begonia of the year...