Liu Ya'er has never made a decision for herself in her life.
When she was nineteen, her father died, and her brother and sister-in-law decided to "sell" her to the second-rate carpenter in town.
He Diao'er has never obeyed anyone in his life.
At the age of twenty-two, when his mother started crying and making trouble, he held his nose and married that boring gourd village girl.
On their wedding night, he was drunk and she sat there all night. Three months after the marriage, he went out every day while she fed the chickens, cooked and waited for the door.
He thought she was too talkative and was like a mute, and she was afraid that he was too talkative; he taught her how to recognize money and settle accounts, and she cooked and sewed clothes for him; Jin Qiaoer came back to flirt, and Tong Shuanzhu wrote letters to test her - there were quarrels, a cold war, a broken leg, and a messy heart.
What happened next?
Later, he repaired cars and she became a tailor, and their daughter was named Liu Ya'er. Later, they still quarreled over trivial matters, but they reconciled after the quarrel. Later, she said, "We have to live our lives," and he said, "I've wronged you."
The idea: From the most "incorrect" starting point of a relationship (arrangement, illiteracy, dislike), through the most "unromantic" daily practices (cooking, sewing, settling accounts, raising children), two people can develop the "strongest" emotional connection. This kind of connection is not called love, nor is it called family affection. It is called "days" - and "days" itself is the meaning.