After I Transmigrated, I Became a Worthless Burden Worth Two Taels of Silver

Modern office worker Lin Wei opens her eyes and finds herself in an ancient, remote mountain village, sold to the Shen family for two taels of silver as a “money-losing burden.” Her mother-in-law, Wang Cuihua, yanks her by the hair and calls her a jinx. Her eldest brother-in-law watches coldly, while the second spits out, “You’re a bottomless pit.” The only one on her side is her new husband, Shen Qing, a sickly man coughing as if he might stop breathing at any moment, unable to get a complete sentence out from his bed. Their home is bare, with only half a sack of coarse rice left. Her husband’s family, who favor sons over daughters, work her like an ox, and each of the brothers has his own agenda: one steals food, another stirs up trouble, and the spoiled youngest brother is waiting to suck her dry. Lin Wei clenches her fists. Since she’s been reborn as a “money-losing burden,” she’ll make this life worth a fortune! She uses modern first-aid knowledge to stabilize her sickly husband, insists on splitting from the family despite being branded “unfilial,” and grows out-of-season vegetables on their three thin mu of land. She sells wild greens and honey gathered in the hills, opens a little shop in town, then takes over a restaurant in the county seat. The Lin Family brand keeps growing. She stocks up on grain before droughts, leads the escape from famine when floods come, fights bandits and corrupt officials, and puts her modern survival skills to full use against locust plagues. Her sickly husband gradually grows into a strong man who can protect her, and the brothers who once picked fights with her slowly learn to work together. Even her mother-in-law, who spent half her life cursing her, finally says with tears in her eyes, “You’re a good daughter-in-law.” From a wife bought for two taels of silver and looked down on by everyone, Lin Wei becomes a first-rank lady who leads her whole family through disasters and builds a fortune. She looks back with a smile. “Who says women are a burden? This ‘burden’ of mine can hold up a whole family and save everyone around her!”