[Rural 1980s] [Fake Marriage] [Married First, Love Later] [Making Money and Taking on the Worst of the Family] [Realistic Life] [Raising Children] [Building Wealth] [Character Growth]
Shen Chunmiao accidentally caught her husband cheating and took the initiative to ask for a divorce.
A woman has to leave with nothing when she divorces? Yeah, right. She wasn't leaving without her money and land.
After returning to her parents' home, her parents thought she was an embarrassment, her older brother and sister-in-law worried she'd freeload, and everyone mocked and excluded her. They even schemed to take her divorce settlement.
No matter. There's always a way forward, so she'd make her own way in life.
Just then, a man proposed a deal: if she married him (a fake marriage), he'd give her a house after one year, a place she could call home.
Shen Chunmiao weighed the pros and cons and accepted what seemed like a windfall from the heavens.
But only after stepping into the house did she discover the secret hidden beneath this "marriage agreement": the family patriarch had his own reasons for setting the terms to secure a huge inheritance.
They were both wretched souls, unloved by their fathers and mothers. Rather than stand alone, they could keep each other warm.
They divided the land, took on wicked people, and went to the city to make a living. They started a business and weathered life's ups and downs together.
