The Hunter's Lovesick Little Chef

In the Great Qian dynasty, at the slave market.

After her landlord’s household is confiscated, the maid Lin Wantang, nicknamed Xiaoman, falls seriously ill. She is so thin she’s little more than skin and bones, and no one wants to buy her. The old woman selling her calls her a bad omen and says that if she can’t sell her, she’ll be thrown into a mass grave.

The hunter Gu Yan passes by and stops. For three years, the villagers have said he brings death to his wives. His stepmother drove him out to an old house at the edge of the village and didn’t even give him a patch of land. He survives by hunting, but now he takes out everything he’s saved over half a year.

“Three taels. That’s all I have.”

He takes the sick girl, who is close to death, home with him.

The villagers all laugh at him for being a fool, wasting his money on a burden. But who would have guessed that the girl is a wonderful cook? The aroma of her braised dishes carries for miles, and her medicinal meals fill the house with guests.

His stepmother grows jealous, relatives come looking for trouble, and rivals try to sabotage them

Gu Yan steps in front of her and says coldly, “She’s my wife. Who dares lay a hand on her?”

From a dilapidated hut to a small stall, from a restaurant to a grand inn, she runs the kitchen while he protects their home.

A bond bought for three taels of silver becomes a lifetime of bliss.