The Imperial Exams: A Bride Raised in a Poor Family

[Business and farming + no golden finger + imperial exam story. Romance: love grows over time, gentle and gradual] Xiao E, a modern painter of traditional Chinese scenes, transmigrates and becomes the Xiao family’s child bride and lucky charm. She arrives to find the household in chaos and completely broke. They can’t even afford the travel expenses for her scholar husband to sit the imperial exams. Xiao E has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work, leading the whole family in making money. She also has to pretend to be a great master, guide her clueless husband, and earn herself the title of his teacher. All the while, she secretly saves money, ready to run at a moment’s notice. Her clueless husband is always thinking of her and only wants to pass the exams so he can set her free to live her own life. Then, after he earns the top honors in both examinations, Xiao E disappears as promised. He is left feeling empty and searches for her everywhere… One day, her clueless husband is clueless no more. Pinning the woman he has longed for beneath him, he asks in a hoarse voice: “Master, you taught me martial arts and showed me how to live. Why didn’t you teach me where to put this heart of mine?” Xiao E’s face turns red as she teases him. “Who’s your master? Isn’t your master a great expert from Wudang?” His eyes redden as he presses his lips to her ear and confesses, “My lady, you were so hard to find!”