Better to Be Jade Than Emerald

Cuiyu grew up listening to the clatter of the abacus, and became a dab hand at using one. Then the owner of Yongsheng Trading House died suddenly. To repay her debt of gratitude, she married Zheng Yiming, the Zheng family's young master, in the mourning hall. From the very start of their marriage, she knew this was a debt she could never settle in a lifetime. Blame and turmoil came one after another: the admiration of a bandit chief, the distance of her husband in name only, a journey to the frontier, and bringing a coffin home... When the turmoil finally quieted for a time, Cuiyu realized that once you have seen an eagle soaring beneath the vast heavens, you can never return to life beneath the eaves. What she wanted was a life full of grandeur and adventure.