[Building a fortune from the sea + marriage first, love later + protective, rugged husband + two strong leads building wealth + face-slapping the comparison group]
“You’ll cut through wind and waves to keep me safe. I’ll build houses by the sea, make money, and take you along for the ride!”
Her greedy cousin, who cared only about money and status, tied up the orphan Su He and sent her off as a substitute bride to a poor fisherman by the sea.
The steward tossed down two taels of silver to buy her off, but the rugged Xie Linzhou sliced through her knots with one stroke and threw the money back. “She’s a person, not merchandise you can trade!”
That was all it took for Su He to decide she wasn’t leaving.
On their wedding night, the man laid out bedding on the floor to keep his distance. “Once you’ve saved enough money, I’ll send you away.”
Su He opened her ledger. “I’m not leaving. You fish, I do business, and together we’ll make this miserable life work!”
Before he had a wife, Xie Linzhou thought: Women will only slow down my sword arm.
After he got a wife, the battle-hardened man, ears red, handed over every last bit of his fortune. “This is the life! Honey, I caught a big grouper today. I’m craving minced fish soup for dinner!”
An unscrupulous fishmonger tries to force prices down? Su He grades her stock and sells it by category, cutting off his supply completely!
Her scheming cousin laughs at her? Su He opens seafood shops across the country, builds the first grand brick mansion by the sea, and gives her rotten relatives a face-slapping!
Years later, her cousin is still putting up with abuse in the inner courtyard.
Meanwhile, Xie Linzhou, who has fought his way up to become a great naval general, bends down before an army of a hundred thousand to wrap the cloak more snugly around his fabulously wealthy seafood merchant wife.
“Honey, the pirates are gone, and I’m handing over all the money. Let’s go home and eat!”
[Forthright, fiercely protective rugged general × clearheaded businesswoman who knows how to make money]
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