[Marriage first, love later + both sexually inexperienced + clear-headed heroine + loyal dog hero + building a prosperous life + mutual salvation]
When Song Qiongzhu opened her eyes, she had become the daughter of a disgraced official exiled to the borderlands.
Her biological father was hypocritical and selfish, and her biological mother was timid and helpless. To save themselves, they were actually planning to sell her for money!
Song Qiongzhu fled in the middle of the night and stumbled into the black market.
To break free from her birth family for good, she turned around and sent her cruel father to the black market, trading him for Kong Jingfeng, a fierce, taciturn man covered in scars. Her mother also found someone else and got married.
She made a deal with the man she had acquired: first, they would be married in name only. Once she had established her business, they would be even, and each could go their own way.
Armed with her modern cooking skills, Song Qiongzhu started with a street stall, saving up money bit by bit and working toward her goals of buying a home and living freely.
Kong Jingfeng had been a brilliant youth, but by adulthood he had sunk into a lowly existence. When he was sick of life and near death, someone pulled him out of the abyss. Song Qiongzhu's kindness and warmth gradually healed him.
He reined in his violent temper and silently stood behind her, protecting her year after year and giving her all his loyalty and tenderness.
In the bitter cold of the borderlands, they found warmth together. Ordinary people, they saved each other and worked with their own hands to build a peaceful life and a happy home.
[Content notes: Set in a fictional dynasty, in a borderland setting. Some ingredients will have certain enhancements. Cooking is a means of making a living, but it won't take up too much of the story. The male lead has a simple background, with no secret identities such as princes or generals. There are no power struggles or court intrigue, just the ordinary days of a couple supporting each other and working hard to build a life.]
