[The full manuscript is currently complete. I don't know how to write a very long story, so I'll start posting once I've saved up enough chapters.]
Behind every damaged antique lies a heartwarming story. The yellowed letter is a family heirloom passed down through generations of Wang, a doctor at Yaqingtang. The chipped porcelain vase was part of the dowry brought twenty years ago by the beloved husband of Shopkeeper Liu from West Street...
Su Qing, a lone outsider, was forced to settle in a matriarchal world. Relying on the antique restoration skills she had learned in her own time, she became a craftswoman at the Shao family's antique shop in the capital.
She was easygoing and took life as it came. After meeting many friends with very different personalities, she gradually found her place in this matriarchal society.
In the neighboring courtyard, just across the wall from Su Qing's home, lived a man named Chang Baibai.
Chang Baibai worked from sunrise to sunset, making a living by selling tofu brined in spiced broth. He was hardworking and capable, but loved money more than life itself.
Su Qing and Chang Baibai's story began with a single copper coin and ended with her handing over every coin she had.
[Content warning: No explicit scenes, but this story features a male pregnancy setting.]
*A short, clean matriarchal romance, one-on-one
Theme: Love can make the years feel short.
