A Runaway Slave's Life in the Mountains

This novel is officially published by Jinjiang Literature City. No reposting or pirated sales. My novel, After Fleeing to the Grasslands, is currently being updated in my author profile. Go check it out! After the Marquis of Ning'an's household was confiscated and its members exiled, all the maids were sold off. Qiu Ju was the only one taken along by the family, since she knew a little medicine. When the sickly young master died halfway through the journey, she became the family's punching bag. One foggy morning, bandits appeared on the road. Qiu Ju knew this was her only chance to escape, but running away alone would be a gamble with her life. Better to flee into the mountains than be killed... After wandering for half a month, she needed a way to survive without household registration or travel papers. So Qiu Ju took the place of a village girl and married into a mountain community, becoming a hunter's wife and spending the rest of her life deep in the mountains with a rough-and-ready man. P.S. Just a simple story about life in the mountains. No getting rich, no wealthy families, and no blood feuds. I live in a bustling world and long for a quiet country life, but I'm pampered and afraid of hardship, so... Completed novel: The Pig Farmer's Widow One-line summary: A story about a mature man and woman I'm the old scholar's late-born daughter. He's poor but proud, and every few days I have to buy a piece of pigskin to wipe my "dignified" father's mouth. That's how I developed a crush on the young rogue who sold pork. When I was sixteen, I hinted that he should ask my father for my hand, but he turned a deaf ear. Maybe he could tell I was more interested in the pork he sold than in him. Either way, all my flirtatious glances went to waste. Six years later, I was widowed and living alone. He had gone from selling pork to raising pigs, but he was still single. Excerpt: Woman: Did you ever think of asking for my hand back then? Man: I didn't just think about it. I even had the pork ready. Woman: So why didn't you do anything? Man: Your father's tongue was as sharp as a freshly sharpened butcher's knife. Woman: No wonder you dared to court me. So it was because my father had died. Coming soon: After Fleeing to the Grasslands Mi Niang has a sweet face, but a bitter fate. A great flood washed away her hometown and took her parents with it. Swept along with the refugees, she fled in a daze beyond the pass. She thought she would spend her life as a lonely ghost who died far from home. No one to look after her, no one to care for her. If she fell ill and died, they'd wrap her in a straw mat and toss her to the wolves. Then a taciturn young herdsman appeared. He cured her sick lamb and helped chase away the local ruffians. Under the setting sun, she suddenly noticed how tall the silent boy was. His face, covered in bruises, stirred her lifeless heart. * When you meet someone who understands you, even hardship can be sweet. From the male lead's perspective: Ba Hu hates trouble. To escape his tangled family relationships, he split off from the family before coming of age, taking his servants and livestock with him. He cares for his animals like a devoted father, but when it comes to his own father, he barely says a word. One day, while herding, he came across an ox cart carrying refugees. A quiet girl walking along with a dog caught his attention. The girl was expressionless, the dog wary. He thought a wife like that probably wouldn't fuss and cry at every little thing the way his mother did. But Ba Hu never imagined how wrong he could be. The dog liked meddling in other people's affairs, and the girl wasn't quiet at all. Theme: The fewer your desires, the simpler your life