Pan Dalong was a programmer in his previous life. In this life, he transmigrated into Water Margin and became the male version of Pan Jinlian.
The woman he married was called Wu Zhier. She sold steamed buns on Zishi Street, stood less than five feet tall, and smiled with eyes curved like crescent moons. Every morning, she left with her carrying pole before dawn. Her feet were swollen by the time she came home at night, but she always remembered to bring him something delicious.
He helped her make sesame flatbreads, and she heated water for him to wash his feet. He chased off the freeloading thugs who tried to bully her, and she saved up her spare silver for days to buy him a silver hairpin shaped like a pair of intertwined lotuses.
There was no passionate, earth-shaking love between them, no solemn vows of eternal devotion. It was simply that when someone was by your side and treated you well, you wanted to treat them well in return.
There is no cheating, scheming, or betrayal in this story. The main couple stay strictly monogamous from beginning to end. The side couple is female Wu Song and male Lan'er.
Content warning: A matriarchal world, told from the male lead's perspective, with men who can bear children. The male lead has some unhealthy psychological habits, and the author is also a man. But this is a story about two people gradually making a good life together amid the everyday business of food and bills.
That's all.
