A Good Woman Is Hard to Marry

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Gu Linglong was born into the body of a baby in a minor official's household. Her father was a typical patriarch, thoroughly devoted to the ideas that "a woman's virtue lies in a lack of talent" and "men handle the outside, women handle the home." He was filial to his parents, provided for his children, remembered to care for his wife and concubines, and even had a few close female friends outside the home...

Her mother was a typical woman under the feudal system: bound feet just three inches long, eyes downcast and shoulders hunched, unable to read or write. Every day she served her parents-in-law and husband, raised the children and the children of the concubines, and managed the household's daily meals and expenses with her own bookkeeping system...

Her full brothers were courteous and well-mannered, examining their conduct three times a day and constantly reciting classical phrases. They were dutiful to their elders and affectionate toward their juniors, but not toward their sisters...

Her half-brothers and half-sisters were also very much boys and girls of their era...

At first, Gu Linglong thought she'd come here to fight the other women in the household. Then she realized there was no way to fight at all... She thought she'd come to advance society, only to discover that she couldn't even leave the house, let alone make soap or cement... Finally, she wondered if she'd come here simply to get married. But it turned out she couldn't even find a husband!

Theme: No matter how turbulent life gets, face it with composure.