The Mama's Boy Ex-Husband of the Female Lead in a Period Novel

Lao Yu's eldest son, Yu Yiqin, was considered the best marriage prospect by every unmarried young woman in the surrounding villages. On the vast black soil plains of Liaoning, where the average man stood five foot seven, he was a towering six foot one, with broad shoulders and long legs. Though his skin was fairer than a woman's, he could hoist a three- or four-hundred-jin sack of feed and carry it off without a second thought. He was hardworking, capable, and good at making money. After a year away working, he came home and built three brick houses for his family. Matchmakers all said that marrying him meant a lifetime of comfort. But Lin Wanwan knew perfectly well that he was the mama's boy ex-husband of the heroine in a historical-era novel. He had brute strength but no brains. His parents favored his younger brother and sister so blatantly it was practically written on their faces, yet he still worked himself to the bone to support them, intent on earning money to find his brother a wife and put his sister through college. The heroine was married to him for three years, but saw him only a handful of times. Her horrible in-laws tormented her day in and day out, and she suffered every imaginable hardship. After going back in time to before the wedding, the heroine finally came to her senses. She let her jealous cousin Lin Wanwan take the match, then turned around and married into a wealthy family. From then on, the hero treasured and protected her, and she went on to have three sons and a daughter. Cousin Lin Wanwan and her ex-husband Yu Yiqin were the contrast pair to the hero and heroine in this historical-era novel. Whenever the heroine returned home in glory with the hero, Lin Wanwan and Yu Yiqin would be dragged out and thoroughly humiliated. As the plot progressed, the hero and heroine's lives grew more and more prosperous, while theirs grew more and more miserable. After transmigrating into the novel, Lin Wanwan said, "A handsome guy with no brains and a strong back? I couldn't love him more." A heroine with eight hundred tricks up her sleeve VS one utterly clueless hero Theme: There is no work more glorious than labor.