Second Marriage in the 1970s

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Delicate young widow VS cold-faced, rugged man

Jiang Sui Sui is beautiful and delicate, every frown and smile captivating. But she is as soft as dough, obeying her father at home and her husband after marriage. She has never made a choice for herself.

After graduating from high school, she follows her parents' arrangement and marries the younger son of the town chief. For a country girl like her, it's like a sparrow becoming a phoenix, enough to make everyone envious.

But only after marrying into the family does she learn that although the town chief's family is well-off, her mother-in-law is truly difficult to deal with. And with several sisters-in-law fighting like roosters, Jiang Sui Sui's life is anything but easy.

Fortunately, although her husband is a bit of a handful, he protects her. As long as he's around, no one can bully her much. Two years into their marriage, she gets pregnant.

She thinks their life will continue peacefully and happily, but her husband dies in a fight.

She becomes a widow while pregnant and gives birth prematurely. Her mother-in-law, who favors boys over girls, treats her harshly, calling her a jinx who killed her husband. Her sisters-in-law also see their husbands looking at her and call her a seductress who doesn't know how to behave, wishing they could throw her out of the house.

Helpless, she wants to return to her parents for help, but they and her brothers and sisters-in-law refuse, saying that once a woman marries, she belongs to her husband's family, and that obedience and virtue are her duty.

Her daughter isn't even a year old. Holding back her tears, Jiang Sui Sui can only return to that predatory household and struggle to survive.

But while she's sent away to work, her daughter, not yet three, dies tragically.

Left alone, surrounded by wolves and unable to defend herself, she barely clings to life until she dies at thirty.

Reborn, she weeps into her pillow, but her gaze is firm. If no one else can be relied on, she'll rely on herself.

When she gets stranded far from home, unable to find her way back and frantic with worry, she runs into her old classmate Song Bozhou, who drives a freight truck. The man is stern and solemn, and keeps his distance from women.

As she debates whether to ask for help, he spots her in the crowd at a glance, though she has disguised herself to blend in. His deep, resonant voice comes from the truck.

"Jiang Sui Sui, get in."

Song Bozhou lost both parents when he was young and was raised by his older brother and sister-in-law. He's cold and distant, and the only people in his heart are them and the sweet, gentle, kind-hearted Jiang Sui Sui.

But she is too pure for him to presume to pursue. After finally getting the chance to enlist, he secretly vows that once he makes something of himself, he'll come back and marry her.

But things change, and she marries someone else.

Fortunately, that man is a short-lived wretch. This time, Song Bozhou will never let her go...

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Gentle, beautiful country girl VS rebellious young roughneck

My roommate's country wife is so sweet. How do I make her mine?

On the first day of school, everyone in Dorm 406 learns that Xu Junzhu has a country fiancée. Yet he keeps her so well hidden that in four years, he hasn't even shown them a photo.

His roommates speculate that he must look down on his fiancée for being provincial and ignorant, and is hiding her so they won't tease him.

Jiang Zhengnan doesn't believe his friend is that shallow. But as time passes, he can't help imagining what the mysterious country girl must look like:

Plain and simple, with dark skin from years of labor under the sun, dressed in coarse clothes, shy and timid, and speaking with a strong country accent.

She seems completely mismatched with the elegant, talented Xu Junzhu, whose future is bright. But she must have rare qualities to have won his heart so completely.

For example, she must be hardworking, resilient, and genuine.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why his outstanding friend never wavered, despite all the attention from people around him.

Whatever the reason, it definitely has nothing to do with her being pretty.

It isn't until their senior year that his country fiancée finally comes into view.

As it happens, his friend has an unexpected obligation that day and asks him to pick up the fiancée who has traveled all the way from the countryside at the train station.

The moment he sees her, Jiang Zhengnan curses his friend's hypocrisy under his breath.

His friend has spent four years receiving praise for staying true to his humble beginnings and being faithful, when he had a fiancée this beautiful all along.

If she were his...

Realizing how far his thoughts have gone, Jiang Zhengnan immediately stops himself.

He may not be a gentleman, but he would never do something as despicable as coveting his brother's wife.

But why help her?

He must only be sick of her crying. It makes him so restless he can't get anything done.

Sick of the lovestruck way she only has eyes for Xu Junzhu. Sick of her single-minded, unwavering devotion. Sick of everything about her that shows her favoring someone else.

"Do you really have to love him? He's made you cry so much."

In the end, the words he wants to say remain unspoken:

Wouldn't it be better to love me?

I would never make you cry.

Theme: Live positively and grow toward the light.