After Marrying the Lame Hunter as His Substitute Bride

A helpless local girl, and a record of her life after leaving her birth family behind.

Zhao Sanniang was born into a family where neither her father nor her mother cared for her. Her family arranged for her to marry Liu Zhuang, a hunter who had originally been meant to wed her eldest sister.

Everyone in Shangxi Village said Zhao Sanniang was terribly pitiful. Her siblings were the family's treasures, while she was treated like a weed. Now she had been married off in her sister's place to a husband with a lame leg, and her life was sure to get even worse. Even Zhao Sanniang herself thought she had merely gone from one pit of misery to another.

To her surprise, her new home had cotton quilts and bowls of white rice. Her in-laws were reasonable, her younger siblings-in-law were sweet and sensible, and her husband cherished and cared for her... For the first time, she felt loved. Even in the middle of the night, she would wake from dreams thinking it had all been a dream.

Everyone in Liu Family Village said the Liu family was in a terrible state. The father had poor eyesight, the younger siblings were still children, and after Liu Zhuang was badly injured, he had been tricked into a marriage. How could the family possibly get by?

But after Zhao Sanniang married into the family, she led them into the mountains to forage for food, clear land and grow vegetables. Chickens and ducks filled the yard, and they started a small business... The young couple built a lively life together, managing every little detail from firewood and rice to oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.

Later, Liu Zhuang's leg healed... This big, burly man followed his wife around, with her in his eyes and his heart.

Zhao Sanniang looked at the wolfish gaze he gave her night after night and wanted to cry. So clingy! This man was far too clingy!

Reading guide: 1v1, a cozy ancient farming story. No rebirth, imperial examinations, princes, kings, or emperors. The leads marry first and fall in love later. There will be a few awful characters. The heroine becomes more beautiful later, and both her appearance and her life improve. The story focuses on steady, gradual progress.

Theme: Supporting one another, loving life, and becoming self-reliant and strong