An Old Woman's Shortcut to the Market: Stockpiling a Barn Full of Grain During the Famine

[Modern-Day Travel] [Farming] [Business] [Cozy Everyday Family Life] [Raising Kids] [Unhurried Pace]

Xie Suzhi devoted herself to raising her stepson, only for him to throw her out the moment he passed the provincial exam and became a scholar.

With nowhere else to turn, the old woman went to seek help from her biological son, whom she had once driven out of the house.

But her son lived in a thatched hut, and his rice jar had long been empty.

Just when she was losing hope, she discovered she could travel to a farmers’ market in the future. It was wonderful there: unwanted vegetables were scattered everywhere, and buying pork even came with a free slab of pork fat.

She decided she would make it up to her son and daughter-in-law, raise her two grandchildren to be plump and healthy, and start a business trading goods between the two worlds.

As for her ungrateful stepson, she heard he’d lost his scholarly honors and ate worse than her family’s dog!

Through famine, farming, and opening a shop, the once-looked-down-upon woman in her forties gradually builds a remarkable life in both worlds!