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In the deep mountains of 1957, poor hunter Chen Shitou traded an entire wild boar for two jin of scarce pork to save up for betrothal gifts and "bought" Lin Xiumei, who was forced into marriage by her family. On their wedding night, Xiumei held a pair of scissors and shouted, "I'd rather die than marry you!" But Shitou squatted by the threshold and handed her a bowl of hot porridge: "I know you're wronged. Eat something hot first—if you want to leave, I'll take you tomorrow." The next day, Xiumei found the wound medicine hidden under Shitou's pillow—it was from him being covered in thorns while saving her from a cliff fall. She also saw the wild mushrooms warming on the stove, which he had picked before dawn. When her family came to take her back by force, Shitou grabbed his hunting rifle and stood in the doorway: "She's my wife—unless I die." In this "pork transaction," lies the clumsiest sincerity and the warmest human connection.
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