A Home by the Brook and Running Water

My completed farming novel, A Day-to-Day Guide to Farming and Supporting a Family in Ancient Times, is also in my collection. Come give it a try~

Liu Manyue had helped her father fish and sell fish since she was little. She was hardworking and capable, but had also developed a fiery temper. Though she was beautiful, she still had no marriage prospects, and who knew how many people mocked her behind her back.

Liu Manyue let those comments go in one ear and out the other, focusing only on selling fish and making money.

The newly arrived village schoolteacher loved eating fish, but wasn't much of a cook. He was willing to pay a high price for the fish balls, fish cakes, dried fish, and other dishes her family prepared...

Liu Manyue was delighted. Now her younger brother could study, and she had gained a generous customer. She also got an idea from the arrangement and led her family into a new business processing fish. Their purses grew fatter by the day.

But gradually, gossip began to spread around the village about her and the teacher.

Liu Manyue hadn't paid it any attention at first. Who could have guessed that before long, the teacher would really tell her he wanted to marry her?

Liu Manyue: The teacher is handsome, wealthy, and talented. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad?

[Note] The male lead remains a schoolteacher and never becomes an official. His leg is lame, and it won't get better.

Theme: Self-reliance.