[Period setting + sweet romance + awakening + heroine doesn't suffer + spoiled, self-centered heiress VS lusty, tough, lovesick country boy]
After her family ran into trouble, Yu Chunsu was forced to move to the countryside. Unable to endure hardship or labor, she listened when a rough country boy promised to marry her and give her a good life. Looking at his tall, muscular build, handsome face, and the 500 yuan bride price he offered, she gritted her teeth and married him.
After they married, she carried on exactly as before. She didn't cook, wash clothes, or work in the fields. Every day, she spent Jiang Chenzhou's money, ordered him to do the cooking and laundry, and expected him to wait on her.
The man worked during the day, then did the laundry and cooking. At night, he still had to put in some physical labor and serve his pampered young lady.
Yu Chunsu's favorite thing to say was, "You may be an ugly toad who got to eat swan meat, but that means you have to treat me well."
She thought she was being fierce, never realizing that Jiang Chenzhou loved seeing his sweet girl throw a tantrum.
One day, she awakened to the truth and discovered she was the troublesome ex-wife of Jiang Chenzhou, a future big shot. Before long, people would trick her into cheating on him.
After she ran off with all his savings, she would be sold into the red-light district.
Without his troublesome ex-wife dragging him down, Jiang Chenzhou would leave the village and rise to prominence, becoming the grandson of a high-ranking officer. He would return to the village in glory, with a beautiful young woman by his side.
Everyone in the village would praise him, while his troublesome ex-wife would constantly be compared to his new wife.
Why should she, the wife who stood by him through hard times, suffer while the beautiful young woman got to enjoy the good life?
Yu Chunsu was furious. Every day, she lectured Jiang Chenzhou: "You have to treat me well! You absolutely have to treat me well!"
Jiang Chenzhou's life was stagnant, but then one day, the man whose life he'd once saved sent him a telegram saying he wanted to marry his daughter off to him.
