The Convict's Wife Strikes It Rich at the Border with Her Gift for Talking to Animals

[A condemned woman assigned a husband + understands animal speech + farming and business + a whole crowd of adorable pets + powerful couple + opening up wasteland and getting rich + face-slapping + frontier war god]

Jiang Yu, a zookeeper at a wildlife park, opened her eyes to find herself a condemned woman exiled to the northern frontier.

She also had a pair of ears that could understand every animal.

At the match-making grounds, she didn't choose the most respectable man. She chose Qi Yuan, the poorest centurion.

All because an old dog was grumbling: “That big guy is fierce! He took down a wild boar with one slash, then gave me a bone to eat!”

Qi Yuan refused outright. “My family is poor. I can't afford to support you.”

Jiang Yu was even more direct. “You don't have to support me. I can farm and provide for the family.”

In the first month, geese guarded the gate, cats watched the storehouse, and dogs herded sheep. The Qi family got three full-time laborers without spending a single coin.

In the second month, bees made honey, foxes found herbs, and donkeys knew the roads. One old mountain ginseng became her first fortune.

Other men's wives embroidered and managed the household. The Qi family's wife treated foxes, negotiated with the queen bee, and paid the geese their monthly military wages.

From the frontier to the farthest reaches of the land, tales of this couple spread everywhere.

Their home was piled high with gleaming silver.

Qi Yuan rose from a poor centurion to a renowned frontier war god, defending the nation's borders and fighting off foreign invaders.

When people asked how he managed it, he thought for a moment and said, “I listen to my wife.”