Blurb:
Zhong Wan transmigrates into an ancient world where women hold power and men are subordinate. Women run the household, marry husbands and take concubines, and carry on the family line.
Unfortunately, he's a man. And because the family matriarch favored girls so much, his parents had always told everyone he was a daughter.
Now both his parents are dead, and he's left with nothing but an empty house, a family full of weirdos, and the constant fear that his secret identity will be exposed.
Zhong Wan, disguised as a woman: ...
Since he knows no one and nothing here, and being a man would make everything difficult, Zhong Wan has no choice but to put up with it for now.
But his mother-in-law still won't leave him alone. She promptly arranges a marriage for him, telling him to marry the village's "ugliest" man, an "old" bachelor over twenty who has never found a husband. After all, he's the only one who doesn't mind that the Zhong family can't afford a dowry.
Zhong Wan: "..." This is where he draws the line!
Clenching his fists and clutching his skirt, he runs off to see what kind of person is about to marry into his family. Then he looks at his future "husband," who's half a head taller than him, with broad shoulders and long legs, and falls silent...
Wait, man, you're so tall and handsome. Isn't it weird to be someone's wife?!
Later, he nervously keeps his secret identity hidden while dealing with his bargain-bin husband, and desperately considers ways to make money: cooking food, improving crops, planting fruit trees, opening a shop, running an inn...
He tries every money-making scheme he can think of. Then, one day:
Having gone from owning nothing to possessing fertile fields and a beautiful home, Zhong Wan rests his head on his husband's shoulder, eyes brimming with tears and the corners of his eyes flushed red. He thinks indignantly: Fine, fine, turns out I'm the joke here.
Reader's Guide:
1. Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, acting until he's exhausted, wife-top × quiet and capable, calmly watching you act, husband-bottom
2. The female-dominant world is just the setting. At heart, it's a marriage-first, love-later story about building wealth!
3. One-on-one romance, happy ending
Theme: Adapt to your surroundings and thrive
