Recaps

Rong Zheng rebuilt his life through hunting and study, then rescued Ye Yun and Ye Chen from their abusive household and married Ye Yun. The couple began making a home together as Rong Zheng started building a new house and Ye Chen made a friend.

• Rong Zheng returned to village life, worked his neglected fields, began hunting, and decided to resume his studies while growing closer to Ye Yun.
• Rong Zheng learned that Ye Yun and Ye Chen were abused and deprived of their inheritance, then promised Ye Yun he would help them leave their uncle’s household.
• Rong Zheng earned money from hunting and confessed his feelings to Ye Yun, but Ye Yun’s family arranged to marry him to Gu Tie to repay Ye Yao’s gambling debt.
• Rong Zheng stopped the forced marriage, proposed to Ye Yun, and secured the brothers’ freedom, fifteen taels, and the return of ten mu of land.
• Rong Zheng and Ye Yun married, and Rong Zheng welcomed Ye Chen into the household while promising to support both brothers and their choices.
• While Rong Zheng was away hunting, Ye Yun settled into married life and grew close to Ming-ge'er, while Ye Bao learned her family planned to marry her off to pay Ye Yao’s debt.
• Rong Zheng returned with valuable game, bought Ye Yun a ribbon, and hired Master Zheng to build a house with fireplaces and heated kang beds.
• Master Zheng’s crew began construction, Ye Yun brought water to the workers, and Ye Chen accepted Wang Liang’s invitation to play.

Rong Zheng builds a home with Ye Yun and Ye Chen, publishes a successful story, and earns top marks in the county and prefectural examinations. He postpones further study to stay near his family and starts selling braised duck, leaving the household with a promising new business.

• Rong Zheng helped Ye Chen grow more confident, arranged the printing of Feng Xuanwen’s story, and sold a wolf to fund their household plans.
• Rong Zheng took Ye Yun and Ye Chen into town, promoted Realm of Wonders and Strangeness at the Forget Worries Pavilion, and bought furniture for their new home.
• Rong Zheng and Ye Yun moved into the completed house, welcomed their neighbors to a housewarming meal, and Rong Zheng comforted Ye Yun as he faced memories of past abuse.
• Rong Zheng began studying at the academy, formed an examination group with Huang Yi and other classmates, and learned that Realm of Wonders and Strangeness had sold well.
• Rong Zheng passed the county examination in first place despite Xu Huaqing’s attempt to suppress his paper, then received congratulations and gifts from the village.
• Rong Zheng sat the prefectural examination and earned first place, receiving ten mu of irrigated farmland as a reward.
• Rong Zheng declined to study at White Deer Academy for now, while Chen Yujie and Huang Yi planned to study in the prefectural city.
• Rong Zheng and Ye Yun sold their Superb Braised Duck at a town stall and sold out by early afternoon.