The Hunter's Darling

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Potato, egg, and sausage rice; fish fillet soup and noodles.

Crispy meat pies and pork tripe chicken soup; pork stir-fried with chili peppers and noodle soup.

Mapo tofu and stir-fried pork; sesame, honey, and brown sugar eggs.

Soft, sticky kidney bean and rib soup; mutton dumplings to satisfy your cravings every meal.

A tiled-roof house, two people starting a family, three meals a day, and four seasons like a painting.

When Zhu Ke first stepped into the poor Xie family's little courtyard,

she never imagined that the cold, frightening hunter before her

would one day use his broad, sturdy shoulders to shelter her,

and give her the finest home in the world.

There was just one thing that wasn't quite so good:

the cold man of hers, who had frightened her at first,

seemed to be getting more and more clingy lately.

☆ Everyday farming and food, a story about getting rich and falling in love

☆ Feel free to skip the first three chapters. Their life together begins in Chapter Four

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When Rui Niang was fifteen, she was sold to an old widower in the mountains. Perhaps heaven was looking out for her: the old man died the day after their wedding. Rui Niang lived alone in the mountains for a year before her aunt brought her back to the capital.

She had thought her aunt was her savior, but before long, her aunt had promised her in marriage to the Lu family, blacksmiths living on the outskirts of the city.

There wasn't a soul in the capital who hadn't heard of the Lu family. Lu Yue had buried two wives. He was a hulking man with thick brows and dark eyes, and he rarely smiled, which made him frightening. All sorts of rumors circulated behind his back. Who knew how many days Rui Niang would survive after marrying him?

Her aunt had said, "I don't want this either, but you've already been married once... Sometimes, we have to lower our standards..."

Rui Niang lowered her head and said nothing. After a moment, she took the marriage proposal from her aunt and said softly, "I'll marry him."

And so began the Lu family's good fortune and Rui Niang's happy life...

A little scene:

Rui Niang: Will you hit me?

Lu Yue: No.

Rui Niang: Will you leave me hungry?

Lu Yue: ...There's plenty of food at home.

Rui Niang: What about your silver?

Lu Yue: ...It's all yours.

Theme: A good life is earned through hard work