Li Qingshan’s mother arranged a marriage for him, but he wasn’t too pleased. Currently penniless and having failed at learning butchery, taking a spouse now would only make them suffer together. Yet, his mother pressed him with threats of suicide, leaving Li Qingshan no choice but to agree—though he couldn’t help but worry about whether the fish youth would be easy to get along with. # After fleeing the floods in Nanjiang, the young man Liu Yu, who relied only on his grandmother, married a poor man from Taoyuan Village to secure residency in Yunshui County. Most marriages in the world are about making do, and Liu Yu held no expectations for this union. Even when the widower who’d long been deliberately seducing Li Qingshan showed up soon after the wedding, Liu Yu paid little mind. But later…