The Village Beauty Makes Money and Wins Her Husband Back with Ease

Everyone in Gu Laoer’s family had only daughters, so they were looked down on and called either bad-luck charms or money pits. Then their youngest daughter was born, and all kinds of good fortune followed.

The imperial court introduced a policy rewarding families with daughters under the age of nine. Gu Laoer’s family qualified for four rewards, which they received in such abundance that those who had been showing off their sons turned green with envy and started trying for daughters themselves.

Food from the skies and rivers came pouring into their home, and silver would occasionally rain down from above. Even the neighbors benefited.