Making My Fortune in a Period Novel

She woke to find the house bare. Her mother was timid, her father barely scraping by, and her younger brother was still a child. On top of that, her grandparents’ family was eyeing them, hoping to tear off a piece for themselves. Worst of all, they didn’t have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. Was she supposed to live such a miserable life? Xu Miaomiao refused to accept it.