Spring Comes to the Withered Wood at Just the Right Time

After Liu Tingzhang’s parents died, his grandfather was left old and frail, while his grandmother took to her bed after losing her son and daughter-in-law. His younger siblings were still children, so the household needed a woman to manage its affairs. His grandfather therefore arranged a marriage for him with a young woman from the Lan family. She was nineteen, two years older than Liu Tingzhang. Her parents were both gone, and all she had at home were an elderly grandmother and a fifteen-year-old girl. After some discussion, the Liu and Lan families formally arranged the marriage...

Later, he became a third-rank court official, respected by all who met him as Lord Liu... Yet at home, he was the husband who stayed by his wife’s side, calling her “Big Sister.”