The Top-Notch Old Lady Is Reborn, Stocking Up on Grain and Meat to Survive the Famine

[Satisfying read + no golden finger + farming + everyday family life + reborn in ancient times + building wealth] Shen Guilan favored the family of her second son, who had passed the imperial exam and become a scholar. In the end, when she grew old and sick, that son suggested carrying her up a mountain and abandoning her there. Her third son was quick-witted, but never put his smarts to good use. He was carrying on with a widow old enough to be his mother, and in the end, after taking his second brother’s advice, he carried his elderly mother up the mountain and left her there. Her fourth son was hot-tempered and impulsive, and was beheaded for murder. Her eldest daughter had the worst fate of all: she married an abusive man and was beaten to death. Reborn into a new life, she kicked her second son’s family out and cut ties with them. “You ungrateful brats, you’re all going to labor reform. You only get food if you work, and you’ll only keep a roof over your heads if you earn money. If you refuse to behave, I’ll beat you, beat you, beat you! Reclaim wasteland and plow fields, grow vegetables, raise livestock, and go into business. Build houses, buy shops, buy new clothes, buy pork, Dig a cellar, stockpile rice, stockpile corn,