[Transmigrate into a book | Farming during a famine | Raising children | Building wealth | One-on-one romance]
When Lin Wanyin opens her eyes, she discovers she has become the wicked stepmother in an ancient romance novel.
Her husband is a commoner conscripted into the army, his fate unknown, and she has three troublesome stepchildren who will grow up to become top-tier villains!
In the original story, the woman she replaced abused her stepchildren. When her husband, the returning regent, came home, he ran her through with his sword, and the three children ground her bones to dust.
Looking at the three little ones before her, gaunt with hunger and eyes filled with feral cruelty, Lin Wanyin takes a deep breath. “Don’t panic. There’s still time to turn over a new leaf!”
A great drought strikes during a year of famine. She rolls up her sleeves and uses her superb cooking skills and agricultural knowledge to deal with awful relatives, reclaim wasteland, and make delicious food. While other families gnaw on tree bark, hers has braised pork at every meal.
Just as she turns the three little villains into clingy, sweet little darlings, the man rumored to have died in battle suddenly returns in his armor and corners her against the wall. “My dear wife, it’s time we had a child of our own!”
