[Cozy farming story, no golden finger, no pocket dimension, no supernatural abilities, everyday family life, ordinary people building wealth]
The story mainly follows several sisters as they forage for mushrooms, dig up medicinal herbs, farm, cook, and go into business. It’s a slow-paced tale that unfolds gently over time. There’s no golden finger, pocket dimension, or supernatural ability, and later on there won’t be any plot about saving a prince or a marquis. Nor will anyone dig up ginseng and make dozens or hundreds of taels overnight.
Xu Duobao, a wicked concubine, has been reborn! In her previous life, she had no family to rely on and was all alone. Her second elder sister died of illness, her eldest sister was sold, and her third sister disappeared while searching for someone. Xu herself was trapped in the treacherous inner household and eventually died after drinking poisoned wine.
Given another chance at life, she has become a baby. Just as she sets out to change her fate and protect her three sisters, she discovers they have already turned their lives around on their own.
Her eldest sister broke off her engagement to a gambling addict and built a comfortable fortune by opening a restaurant. Her third sister became a traveling merchant and expanded her business across all of Lingnan. Her second sister foraged for mushrooms, cultivated medicinal herbs, improved crop varieties, and helped the entire county eat its fill and prosper. She was even rewarded by the imperial court and honored with a commemorative stele.
Their family’s life grew better and better. They replaced their thatched hut with a spacious house of blue bricks and tiled roofs, filled their storehouse with grain, and had meat with every meal.
Now that’s what a real life looks like!
