A Mountain Life Journal from Blackwind Stronghold

Chen Shushu transmigrated into the daughter of a bandit from Blackwind Stronghold.

No one had enough to eat. Becoming a bandit at least meant you wouldn't starve, but times were hard, and even the "sheep" passing by weren't fat anymore.

Blackwind Stronghold hadn't had a successful raid in days.

Dozens of people gathered around a pot of watery wild-vegetable porridge. Even the chief was considering killing a "sheep" to eat.

Chen Shushu: "..."

There were mountains and water, and they had hands and feet. Why did they have to take the road to ruin?

Wasn't it just a matter of clearing land and farming, raising chickens and sheep, gathering herbs in the mountains, and saving money to start a business?

Chen Shushu rolled up her sleeves with a few elderly people, children, and women, determined to use their own strength to find another way to make a living.

She threw herself into it with the same drive she'd had when starting a company, leading people up the mountains and out to sea.

In spring, they dug up crisp bamboo shoots; in summer, they gathered fresh mushrooms; in autumn, they roasted sweet chestnuts; in winter, they simmered cured meat.

The barren wilderness gradually gained fields, apiaries, herb gardens, tea gardens, and sheep pens.

In the first year, they had enough to eat. In the second, they had a surplus. In the third, merchants from below the mountain came by horse-drawn carriage to buy their mountain goods, respectfully calling her "Madam Chen."

The poor bandit den of old became a little paradise amid the chaos of war.

In the bandits' eyes, Chen Shushu was also a "little lamb," being a woman.

Once their basic needs were met, other desires arose. The chief of Blackwind Stronghold was eager to marry Chen Shushu and make her his wife.

Luckily, Chen Shushu had already chosen someone: the hostage in her room, a frail merchant who had been abducted to the mountain.

Xiao Chengyan was traveling incognito on official business when he was ambushed halfway there. He thought he was as good as dead.

Who knew that when he woke up, the little bandit girl would only ask, "Can you write? If so, help me keep the books."

He quietly hid the document about suppressing the bandits and pretended to be a merchant, deciding to observe for a few more days.

As he observed, he got married and had a child. Before long, he never wanted to leave.

Until one day, it was discovered that he was actually a prince whom the court had long since declared dead.

Xiao Chengyan: As a prince, I married a bandit chief. What am I supposed to do now?

Chen Shushu: How much ransom should I ask the court for this hostage...?

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