After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Was Spoiled by the Toughest, Roughest Man in the Village

(The new novel, A Sweet Country Life: The Mountain Man’s Little Plum, is now available. Please add it to your collection.) The village chief’s son bullied her mercilessly. To break off their engagement, he shoved her into a huge water vat. She boldly declared to him, “I’d rather marry the ugliest, most hideous man in the village than marry you!” The “ugliest man,” a hunchback with a hideous face, actually came looking for her. “Excuse me, did you mean what you said?” “Uh…” And so, he went hunting while she watered the vegetables; he farmed while she embroidered. Together they built a prosperous life and made their days brighter and brighter. But this man, who could hunt in the mountains, farm in the fields, and ride the waves at sea, was no ordinary fellow. He was actually…