Blurb: Xie Mingzhu transmigrated to become the newly widowed young second wife of the Zhenyuan Marquis Manor, forced to take on five burdensome stepchildren.
One from the previous wife, one from a concubine, two of her own, and one from an outside mistress.
Just as she was holding the Imperial Decree Golden Book and preparing to enjoy a life of luxury, she was implicated in a relative’s rebellion. In the blink of an eye, her family’s assets were confiscated, and she was exiled to Lingnan.
Lingnan was vast and sparsely populated, with more men than women. To increase the population, the local officials didn’t even spare exiled criminals like them.
Waving the “Population Promotion Order”: Xie Mingzhu, with her five children, was picked over and rejected by everyone. Yue Zhixian, a poor idler who only had himself to feed, arrived late.
The man was unmarried, the woman was unwed! The two were forced by the county magistrate to sign a marriage certificate.
In the Diaojiaolou, Xie Mingzhu sized up her convenient new husband: The seventeen-year-old youth leaned against the firewood gate, teasing a stray dog into circles with half a flatbread. His tattered clothes could not conceal his dashing features.
A marriage arranged by the yamen—definitely not a bad deal. Thus began her chaotic daily life of raising children in Lingnan.
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1.A heartwarming slice-of-life farming story, recording the daily life of the female lead’s family.