[Farming] [Sweet Romance] [Devoted Couple] [Slow-Burn] [Lighthearted Comedy]
Song Xueyin was stunningly beautiful, but her mother's difficult childbirth left her frail. She was slow to react and had been born with incredible strength.
Her parents died young, leaving her a few acres of good farmland. Her clansmen feared her brute strength, so no one dared covet her property.
Disastrous blizzards struck the northern lands, and large numbers of refugees fled to the area. The authorities allowed the village's young women to claim refugees as husbands.
The village girls all chose strong, capable men. Song Xueyin, however, was laughed at by everyone. No one dared marry her, the "strong simpleton."
When everyone else had left, only one person remained: Shen Pusheng, a down-and-out scholar with a high fever, an injured leg, and dirt covering him from head to toe.
Everyone else thought he would be a burden, but Song Xueyin took one look at him and chose him on the spot, carrying him straight home.
She spent all her savings on a doctor and tended to him with care every day, washing his clothes, making him porridge, and looking after him attentively.
Once she'd washed off all the mud, Song Xueyin stared in astonishment...
The lame, sickly scholar she'd picked up was actually a breathtaking beauty!
Song Xueyin slammed the door shut and kept a close watch on him. "This is my husband. No one is allowed to steal him!"
A sweet, simple-minded wife who's strong enough for all the hard labor x a gentle, refined, handsome scholar fallen on hard times.
She handles all the heavy work in the fields, while he makes plans and takes care of household matters.
They spend their days snuggling close, always wanting to lean in for a kiss. Relying on one another, they farm and provide for their family, building a thriving life and filling every passing year with sweetness.
Very nice novel.