Guest Under the Lamp: Changming

Tangxi Town is divided into two banks by a river. Businessmen live on the south side and scholars live on the north side. They share the same waterway and no one looks down on the other. Yan Mochen is from the north. The orphan adopted by the Yan family, the third son in name, but his actual status is only half an inch higher than that of a servant. He lives in the eyes of his aunt and uncle, and in the use of his eldest brother. The only place he can stay is under the old copper lamp in the library. His brother-in-law used his name to sign his articles, and his mother-in-law used him as a favor to pay tribute to the Hanlin who returned home from old age - everyone paved the way for him, and no one asked him if he was willing. Su Wantang is from the south. The third young lady of the Su Family Tea House, her mother died young and her stepmother is in charge of the family. When she was sixteen, her father promised her to a forty-year-old salt merchant in exchange for business. She tore up the marriage certificate and ran away. On a rainy night, she went into the Yan family library and bumped into the shadow of a bookworm's lamp. He hid her, gave her food to let her go, and his palms were all sweaty. She laughed at him, saying that his writing was too soft and lacked the finishing touch. People from the Su family were searching outside, and people from the Yan family were also forcing him. Everyone was waiting for him to bow his head, just like every time before. But he didn't. When his aunt said in public, "Pack up and get ready to leave," he clutched his sleeves and trembled all over, but took a step forward: "Mom, I won't go." For the first time in seventeen years. At the end of the volume, he gave up his identity in the Yan family, and she gave up the wealth of the Su family. Two people, a book, and an old copper lamp took a night boat down the Tangxi River south. When the boat reached the middle of the river, she asked him if he was afraid. He moved the light toward her. "The lights are still on, so don't be afraid." Always bright, the lamp never goes out. From now on, no matter how strong the wind is, I will not be destroyed.