Rough Hands, a Tender Heart: Loving Your Wife Is What Matters Most

[1980s + Rugged Hero + Sweet, Gentle Little Wife + Sweet Romance + Pure Love]

Lu Zhanting was a rugged man nearly two meters tall and a real hand at hard work, but his marriage prospects had his mother, Zhang Guilan, worried sick.

So Zhang Guilan, in a panic, called in Matchmaker Wang again. This time, she brought Jiang Wanwan, the daughter of the village shopkeeper. The young woman had fair skin and a pair of watery almond eyes. She looked simply adorable.

"Guilan, Wanwan's a good, honest girl. It's just that she's been spoiled at home, so she probably can't handle rough work in the fields," Matchmaker Wang said tactfully.

Zhang Guilan beamed. "That's no problem! That lazy brat Zhanting can take care of all the chores around the house!"

Just then, a voice like thunder boomed from outside. "Mom! I'm home!"

The curtain flew aside, and Lu Zhanting strode in, his tall frame radiating heat. Zhang Guilan hurriedly glared at him. "Why are you hollering? You're going to scare the poor girl!"

Lu Zhanting turned and met a pair of clear eyes tinged with shyness. He fell silent at once.

It felt as if a little hammer had given his heart a gentle tap. How could there be such a lovable girl in the world? She was like a gardenia carefully raised in a greenhouse, completely out of place beside a rough man like him, covered in the smell of earth, yet he couldn't look away.

Later, Jiang Wanwan really did marry into the family.

The villagers muttered that the pampered daughter of the village shopkeeper would be tormented by the rough brute. But only Jiang Wanwan knew that her loud, big-built husband had never made her touch cold water or carry a shoulder pole even once.

He used all his strength to hold her in the palm of his hand.