After years of hard work, office drone Xu Rongyue finally achieved her dream at the age of thirty-five: she had saved up a million yuan and could move to a low-cost city in the Northeast to enjoy a leisurely retirement.
But on the very first day of her retirement, she was delighted with a transmigration, arriving in the Great Yan dynasty, a realm that had never existed in history. She became the elderly wife of an official, ten years older than before, and gained two stepsons for free.
What left Xu Rongyue even more dejected was that she hadn't gotten to enjoy a single moment of her good fortune before the whole family was exiled to Ningguta. Looking at her pampered family, who had always relied on others and couldn't manage on their own, Xu Rongyue nearly burst into tears. All she could do was grit her teeth, roll up her sleeves, and get to work.
So what if it was Ningguta? Who cared if it was remote and bitterly cold?
Xu Rongyue led the whole family in working hard, gradually transforming Ningguta into her own retirement haven. But somehow, she accidentally turned it into a place more prosperous than the capital, drawing countless merchants and making it the finest city in all of Great Yan.
Years later, Xu Rongyue sat in her courtyard, staring blankly at the crowds of merchants and tourists gathered outside. All she'd wanted was to retire. How had things ended up like this?
