Song Ning was once a wealthy ger in town, but his stepmother casually arranged his marriage to a poor hunter in the countryside known for being unlucky with wives.

He couldn’t adjust to rural life. He knew neither how to tend the fire nor cook. Though his mother-in-law taught him, he always botched things, earning him the neighbors’ ridicule as a useless fool.

Song Ning could only wipe away tears in secret. Thankfully, though the hunter was taciturn, he treated his young husband exceptionally well—helping with cooking and firewood, even secretly washing his clothes.

Worried he’d be uncomfortable on straw mats, he specially laid out a cotton mattress. Knowing he was lonely, he introduced him to friends. He even learned to mend clothes himself.

The poor hunter even went out of his way to spoil his young husband—buying him chicks, sugar-coated hawthorn berries…

Song Ning found country life quite pleasant. The hunter, not wanting him to work, raised chickens and ducks for him. They bought a mule, built a new house, and acquired farmland, their life growing increasingly prosperous.

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Wei Hu had lost two betrothed husbands in succession, earning him a reputation for being unlucky with wives.

He went hunting in the mountains, only to return home to find a timid ger waiting. His mother claimed it was his new husband.

Wei Hu felt helpless and tried to send the ger back home. But the ger cried and refused to leave, so he had no choice but to keep him.

The ger couldn’t wash clothes or cook, and when bullied, would only cry in secret. Wei Hu began helping the ger with the chores.

Seeing the ger’s hands chapped from splitting firewood, Wei Hu’s heart ached even more. His young ger was born into wealth—how could he bear to see him suffer hardship? Wei Hu resolved to earn silver diligently, determined to shield his ger from hardship.