To cut to the chase: Liu Ye transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s wife in ancient times and gets stuck with a terrible System.
The System’s demand: She must turn her husband, a scholar who hates studying, into the top scorer in the imperial exams, or she’ll suffer terrible luck.
The good news: Her husband is handsome and a good person.
The bad news: He doesn’t want to study and spends every day clamoring to go home and farm!
The even worse news: The System’s punishment is that if her husband doesn’t study, she’ll have bad luck!
So this is what their life looks like:
Day one, Gu Yunshen slacks off instead of memorizing his books.
Liu Ye gets hit by bird droppings, falls into a mud pit, and has her clothes stolen by a dog.
Liu Ye, gritting her teeth: “Gu Yunshen! Get your butt back to your books!”
Day two, Gu Yunshen tries to write a divorce letter and run away.
Liu Ye’s fishpond springs a leak, her silkworms get sick, and her business takes a huge loss.
Liu Ye, slamming down her ruler in a rage: “You’re not leaving this house until you pass the provincial exam!”
Day three, Gu Yunshen finally starts studying in earnest.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve received 50 taels of silver, high-quality rice seeds, and +1 Constitution.]
Liu Ye, wiping away tears: “Why couldn’t you have done that sooner?!”
The villagers: What a strange couple...
The wife earns the money and supports the family while the husband stays home studying?
No, seriously, why is it like that?!
Ten years later, Gu Yunshen becomes the Grand Secretary.
The emperor asks, “Aiqing Gu, what’s the secret to your success?”
Gu Yunshen, expressionless: “My wife said she’d break my legs if I didn’t pass the top scholar exam.”
The emperor: “...”
Liu Ye, smugly: “That’s right. You can’t spoil a man, you have to push him!”
