He remembered very clearly that, at the time, his kind first wife, Madam Liu, had a weak body and they were very poor. Despite that, she still happily received her younger cousin and her cousin’s son. In the beginning, Madam Zhang rushed to do all of the work around the house and treated his son and daughter better than she treated her own son. In addition, she also did her best to take care of her older cousin, who was bedridden. He didn’t say anything in regards to this and only spent long days out of the house fishing and gathering seafood to subsidize their income. 

Under Madam Zhang’s tender care, Madam Liu’s condition started to improve and even the doctor said that after she finished the last two prescriptions she would be almost fully recovered. However, no one expected that, after she finished the two medications, Madam Liu’s illness would recur.

Everything that was of value at home had been sold off, and they had already borrowed money from those who could afford it. Madam Liu continued to take medication but she never recovered again. Her body, which had originally been weak, only managed to hang on for another month or so before death came to get her.

Not long after Madam Liu passed away, he felt like that having his home lack a female figure wasn’t good....