The scholar often felt uneasy about their future life, watching his wife being busy all day long, transforming from a Miss into a housewife, who enters the kitchen and exits the hall.
For his wife, who defied her family's opposition to marry him, he had long sworn in his heart that he must provide her with a good life.
Unfortunately, he was unlucky and failed to pass the exams, and without any other way to make a lot of money, selling calligraphy and paintings barely earned enough for two meals, let alone the rent that his wife had to pay each month from her dowry. The pressure of life nearly suffocated him, almost crushing his scholar's pride.
He had to face others, who would laugh at him; to them, he still wore an indifferent, carefree expression on his face, but in his heart, he was close to breaking down due to their gossip and idle talk.
"Madam, do you think it's okay?"
