Xiang Yang is a young man who was born with a big, sturdy build. Years of hard labor have left his skin dark and rough, and his fiery temper has meant that, even at eighteen, no one has come to ask for his hand in marriage.
The villagers gossip, while the elders of the Xiang family worry themselves gray.
Xiang Yang claims not to care, but privately he is determined to find a hardworking, capable husband with real talent.
Liu Changqing is the only child in his family. He's been frail and sickly since childhood, unable to carry a shoulder pole or even lift a basket, and not exactly cut out for domestic life. Now nearly twenty, he still has no marriage proposals.
Liu Changqing has suffered his share of scorn, but he insists to himself that he'll find a sensible, well-read husband or wife who understands him.
Instead, after the elders of both families talked it over, they simply arranged for the two of them to marry.
On their wedding night...
Liu Changqing lifted the red veil and stared at the ugly young man before him, finding fault with everything. "Go sleep on the floor."
Xiang Yang looked over his new husband, with his soft skin and delicate features, then sneered, rolled up his sleeves, and raised a fist. "Say that again?"
Theme: Becoming a better version of yourself.
