[Everyday life + farming + building wealth + wartime turmoil + imperial examinations + two equally strong leads]
Jiang Tang transmigrates into the famine years of the Great Wang Dynasty and becomes the lucky bride of Song Shichu, a sickly farmer’s son.
Song Shichu was orphaned at birth and raised with affection only by his grandfather. To the rest of the family, he was a burden best avoided.
Everyone says Song Shichu won’t survive the winter of the sixth year of Fushi. But Jiang Tang climbs the mountain to pick wild fruit and wades into the river to catch snails and shrimp. She builds her business from a tiny stall in town into a thriving shop in the county seat, earning enough silver to save her husband’s life.
Just as Song Shichu gets back on track with the imperial examinations and begins surging ahead, the step-grandmother who drove the young couple out of the house while he was gravely ill has had enough. She rushes over with her granddaughter, demanding that her eldest grandson divorce his wife!
Jiang Tang: “I hear filial piety comes first?”
Song Shichu: “Have mercy, my dear wife!”
Later, Jiang Tang expands her business from the county seat to the prefectural city, then to Wangjing, the capital everyone dreams of visiting. She even becomes the first female merchant to receive an official title in the history of the Great Wang Dynasty...
No matter how far she rises, Song Shichu will always be her strongest support.
As the saying goes: “A sincere heart finds a sincere love. Their devotion never falters, and everyone envies them.”
The author keeps it, five-star praise.