A few tiled-roof houses, a small courtyard enclosed on all sides, family sitting together at ease, warm lamplight making the place feel like home.
The Zhu family was the wealthiest household for miles around, with a comfortable fortune. Yet a family like theirs had waited all this time to find a wife for their son, solely because the Zhu family had practiced the trade of corpse seamstressing for generations. (Corpse seamstressing: the craft of stitching up bodies. When a corpse is missing parts, a corpse seamstress must be called in to sew it together.)
Everyone nearby considered the trade taboo and avoided dealing with the family.
The elder Zhus had a son and a daughter. Their eldest daughter married at seventeen, leaving their younger son, Zhu Jishan. Tall and fierce-looking, he was a blacksmith. People said he liked beating others and had a cold, unpredictable temper. He had passed twenty without finding a match. Watching their son grow older, his parents could no longer sit by, so they sent a matchmaker to find him a bride, saying they would pay whatever bride price was needed.
Some time later, the matchmaker did find a match. A high-ranking official had been convicted of a crime and his household confiscated, so all the servants, including maids and pages, were put up for sale. Among them was a handsome young male servant born into the household, well-mannered and respectful. He could be bought for ten taels.
The elder Zhus clapped their hands and bought him!
When Sui An, the young man they had bought, heard what his future parents-in-law did for a living, he was so scared he did not dare leave his room for three days. He was even more afraid his future husband would wring his neck!
But as the days went by, life turned out to be bearable. He had nice clothes and meat at every meal, and even his fierce husband knew how to be caring and considerate.
People often saw the Zhu family's husband rubbing his waist and shoulders, and assumed he was frequently beaten at home. They had no idea that his husband would not lay even a finger on him, let alone strike him. His only real trouble was that almost every night, the fierce Zhu Jishan pinned him down on the kang...
Theme: A harmonious family working together to build a prosperous life
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Reunited in the Seventh Year
His Teahouse
She Couldn't Handle It
Bone Seeker
He's Poor
The Death Processing Department
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Him and His Stomach [Farming]
A Sweet Little Misunderstanding with My Blind Date
We've Loved Each Other for a Long Time [Esports]
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