Gu Qiao, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of velvet-flower making, opened her eyes and found herself inside a farming novel about a real and fake heiress, as the vicious supporting female character.
The original owner had been spoiled by her adoptive parents and raised in luxury. After learning the truth about her birth, she was still allowed to stay with her adoptive family, yet showed them no gratitude.
She had secretly bullied and framed the heroine, who had been reclaimed by her birth family, and even stole the heroine’s credit for saving the male lead’s life, tricking him into a marriage everyone envied.
Just before the wedding, her evil deeds came to light. Her engagement was broken off, her reputation was ruined, everyone turned against her, and her adoptive parents lost all faith in her and sent her back to the farming family whose child she had been switched with.
Looking at the family of honest, hardworking people who were clearly destined to be cannon fodder, Gu Qiao sighed at her disastrous start.
Her father was about to die unexpectedly, killed off by the plot.
Her mother had been bedridden for years and would die as soon as she heard the terrible news.
Her little sister would be tricked by their aunt into becoming a servant, then meet a tragic end.
To change her family’s miserable fate, Gu Qiao decided to return to her old trade.
With her skillful hands, she made life brighter and brighter for her family.
Spring Peach, Summer Lotus, Autumn Chrysanthemum, Winter Plum...
Flowers bloomed along the way, never fading with the seasons.
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Liu Xubai came from a poor family. To support his studies, he set up a wooden table and sold calligraphy and paintings on street corners during his days off, barely making ends meet.
One day, a new vendor set up across from him, spreading plain cloth over her stall and using a wooden box as a display stand.
He glanced up and saw her nimble fingers at work, twisting ordinary threads into flowers for every season. Among the bustling sights and sounds of the marketplace, she created an elegance all her own.
He had always believed that a scholar should aspire to great heights. Somehow, though, his brush gradually began filling with patterns of flowers and leaves.
As the years stretched on, the scent of ink mingled with the softness of silk thread, and their lives took on a charm of their own.
Both leads have only ever been with each other, one-on-one romance
Theme: Build your fortune through your own efforts
