Late-Blooming Magnolia

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The day the main branch of the family drove us out, my lame father moved the whole family into a leaky, run-down thatched hut at the west end of the village.

We were so poor that all we could have for every meal was rice gruel.

Plenty of villagers waited to see us make fools of ourselves, but I focused on saving every last coin to support my family.

Gathering wild vegetables, weaving bamboo baskets, making pickles, opening a shop.

Later, I saved up enough to take over an embroidery workshop on the verge of closing. I devoted myself to honing the embroiderers' skills and coming up with ways to market their work. Our embroidery became famous throughout Linzhou, drawing countless officials' wives, noble young ladies, talented scholars, and writers eager to buy it.

One moonlit night, I suddenly realized that the young traveling merchant who was always helping me with chores and dropping by for a meal every few days seemed to have more than friendly intentions toward me.

[Reader's Guide]

* A slow-paced farming story that takes its time.

* The story of an ordinary person without a golden finger, slowly making a life for herself.

* A sharp-tongued but softhearted, tsundere heroine. The story follows her perspective, but is told in third person.

* The romance is very, very slow to develop. There are two male leads, with one appearing before the other. No harem: the heroine will make her own choice.

* Set in a fictional world, with most details inspired by the Northern Song dynasty.

Theme: Perseverance