Ye He had a cold, unkind stepmother, and his father treated him as if he didn't exist. Life was hard for Ye He.
"Maybe things will get better once I get married," Ye He thought.
He had his medical skills to rely on. Perhaps his husband's family would think more highly of him and would never beat him with a stick the way his stepmother did.
But who could have guessed that his stepmother would try to sell him off for two hundred taels of silver?
The man, she said, had a monkey face, no land or house, and no skill to earn a living. He was a vagrant who had appeared from some remote backwater to seek refuge with relatives, and he was almost thirty without a wife.
"I won't marry him!" Ye He trembled all over with shock. For the first time, he found the courage to defy his stepmother.
His stepmother couldn't be bothered to argue. She poured sleeping draught down his throat and sent him off in a bridal sedan.
After the wedding, Ye He's husband, Qin Wuduan, had strong brows and bright eyes. There was nothing ugly about him. He lived in a spacious, two-courtyard residence, ate fine food, and wore silk brocade. There was nothing poor about him.
Ye He didn't know what Qin Wuduan did for a living. He only knew that the man was always covered in wounds.
One night, while Ye He was applying medicine to Qin Wuduan, he finally couldn't hold back and said, "Could you stop taking dangerous jobs?"
Qin Wuduan looked at his little husband in confusion. "?"
Ye He said, "I have my medical skills. I can... I can support you."
Qin Wuduan: "!"
Ye He was especially shocked when Qin Wuduan told him what he did for a living.
"Didn't they say you had no land or house, and didn't even have a proper job?"
Qin Wuduan's expression stiffened.
"Is that what the matchmaker said about me?"
"What else did she say?!"
This story probably won't be very long.
Theme: Pain is only temporary. Fate will open a window for you.
