Long Road of Red Dust

In 1932, eight-year-old orphan Zhang Yaqing wandered as a beggar. Ten years later, to thank the benefactor who once rescued her, she traveled from the county town to the Zhao family in Yushutuo. On the way, she was suddenly robbed by a masked man; two young men came to her rescue. Later, in desperate straits, Zhang Yaqing came to the Zhao family again, and the mistress warmly took her in. She discovered that the two young men who had saved her on the road were the mistress's two sons. Over time, Zhang Yaqing and the elder son, Zhao Shaohai, fell in love and married. Not long after, through voice and physique, Zhang Yaqing identified the village bully Lou Guangku as the masked robber who had waylaid her years ago. Lou Guangku, lusting after Zhang Yaqing's beauty, broke into her home intending to assault her, but Zhao Shaohai broke his leg. Later, Lou Guangku's third son, Lou Wang, was stolen. The brutal and narrow-minded Lou Guangku, without any basis, concluded that Zhang Yaqing and Zhao Shaohai had stolen Lou Wang, and thus launched a frenzied revenge against Zhang Yaqing's family: Zhao Shaohai died with bitter resentment, Zhang Yaqing was stabbed by Lou Guangku's second son, Lou Fu, and nearly killed, her third daughter committed suicide, and her youngest daughter went missing... Zhang Yaqing faced it all tenaciously, battling wits and courage with Lou Guangku amid hardships, bitterness, and endless sorrow. When all the truth came to light, Lou Guangku was overcome with shame and remorse. After entrusting to Zhang Yaqing the son born to the fugitive Lou Fu and Zhang Yaqing's lost youngest daughter, Zhao Yuwei, he leaped from a high building... — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Long Road of Red Dust — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠