After Being Mistaken for a Fool Because I Was Born into This World

Su Mingyue transmigrated into ancient times. She had an older sister. Her mother had suffered severe bleeding during childbirth, and the doctor said she was unlikely to conceive again. The whole family wanted a boy. It was so hard. Su Mingyue was so miserable she just wanted to lie down, but she lay down so thoroughly she became bedridden... "Did you know? The Su family's second young lady, Su Mingyue, is an idiot." What a disgrace to someone who had transmigrated into the past! She'd gotten a second chance at life, only to turn out an idiot! Su Mingyue shakily got to her feet. Years later, "It's a shame Yue'er can't sit the imperial exams. Otherwise, the Su family might have a chance to rise again," Grandfather Su, the head of the family, sighed. "I'm only who I am because my wife taught me," Liu Zhang said, looking immensely proud. Her former fiance's eyes were bloodshot. Watch a transmigrator find a different path in a story about the imperial exams. I can't take the imperial exams, but everyone who does is someone I've taught. [Little Scene 1] Liu Zhang's father: "Zhang'er, your future wife is so clever. Can you keep her in line?" Liu Zhang: "Father, what are you talking about? Yue'er has always been gentle, independent, and respectful. Why would either of us need to keep the other in line? Whoever's right gets their way." Liu Zhang's father looked as if he were meeting his son for the first time. In the end, all he could say was, "As long as you're happy." Men who dote on their wives never think of themselves as henpecked. [Little Scene 2] Shen, the wealthy merchant and maternal grandfather: "Yue'er truly is one of the Shen family." Su, the old scholar and paternal grandfather: "Nonsense. She's clearly one of the Su family. We all have the surname Su." Shen Yuan, the homemaker and eldest daughter: "Stop arguing. She's my child." They all show up when it's time to claim the credit. Fuming like a pufferfish.jpg ----/////---- Please check out my recently completed novel, Making a Fortune by Growing Medicinal Herbs in Ancient Times. After surviving an earthquake for three days on half a bottle of mineral water, Li Xiaohan never got rescued. The only thing that came was another aftershock, and she transmigrated into a book. This life is a hard one: she's a farm girl in a remote village, with selfish, biased grandparents and a simple, timid father and mother who let others walk all over them. In the end, her whole family is doomed to die. The difficulty from the start is bad enough, but worse still, the author has set the male lead's imperial exam journey across three dynasties: first, the founding emperor; then, after the crown prince dies young, the crown prince's son takes the throne; and finally, an uncle, a prince with a fief, topples his nephew and successfully launches a rebellion. What point in time is it now? Li Xiaohan counts on her fingers. Oh, the crown prince is about to die, and the emperor is going to name his grandson as heir. In three years, the prince will rebel! Li Xiaohan sighs. In times of chaos, people are worth less than dogs. Why is it so hard just to live a decent life? To survive and live well, Li Xiaohan, with no money or connections, decides to unite everyone she can: She'll kick her biased grandparents and scheming, two-faced cousin to the curb, along with anyone else who holds them back. She'll put her past-life experience in large-scale mixed cultivation of medicinal plants to use, processing eucommia bark, growing notoginseng, raising white wax scale insects, and extracting allicin. Together, they'll make a fortune and safely get through the chaotic times! Years later, a visitor from out of town arrives in Dingcheng. "I keep hearing you talk about Miss Li. Who is she?" The people of Dingcheng reply, "The only Miss Li we would all address with such respect is that Miss Li." The first time Zhang Fu saw Li Xiaohan, she was in his family's pharmacy. He thought she was so skinny she looked like a bean sprout with a pair of lively eyes. Her eyes were simply too lively. She didn't seem like an ordinary herb-gatherer's daughter. Zhang Fu sent people to investigate whether she was a spy, using some roundabout scheme to get close to his family. Later, Zhang Fu, the son of a general who had surrendered, could only suppress his feelings and tell himself that what he felt was merely the affection between colleagues. More than some fleeting, uncertain love, I want you to live a good life. Reader's note: The heroine focuses on her career early on. The male lead appears later. ---- Coming Soon: A Commoner's Household ---- Li Jianqing transmigrates into an ancient version of a left-behind child. Her parents sell pork in the city, while she and her two siblings grow up in the countryside with their grandparents. Because of their grandparents' favoritism and selfishness, the three Li siblings have all been raised a little crooked. Their uncle's family, who study at home, are the refined ones. Their parents, who spend all day selling pork and stink of meat, are crude and unlikeable, no matter how much money they earn. And the three siblings are naturally stupider than their cousins. What do they mean, her second older brother is crude? How could anyone dislike money? Li Jianqing rolls her eyes, shakes off all that misplaced self-pity and insecurity, and puts her years of experience to work: cured-meat clay-pot rice, Dongpo pork, charcoal-grilled pig trotters... Nothing makes her happier than earning money. And if there's anything better, it's earning even more. Li Jianqing is so absorbed in making money that her business keeps growing, but she still isn't quite satisfied. Just then, the poor scholar next door sincerely invites her to start a business in the capital. "If I pass the provincial exam, we'll make our way in the capital together. I'll become an official, and you can open a shop. If I fail, we won't have any connections, and it'll be hard to get by in the capital, so we'll go home and live together." "Deal." Li Jianqing thinks for three seconds, then agrees without hesitation. Years later, the poor scholar has made a name for himself, and the butcher's daughter is wealthy and prosperous. One day, they happen to see a play based on the story from years ago. Onstage, a scholar and a young lady part reluctantly, promising that after he passes the exams, he'll return to ask for her hand. But fate has other plans, and the audience is moved. "Why didn't you tell me back then that you'd come back to marry me once you'd made a name for yourself?" "You're beautiful and capable, my dear. What if someone took advantage of my absence while I was in the capital for the exams? I wasn't going to sit by and let that opportunity slip away." "And why were you willing to come to the capital with me?" "You're handsome and talented, my dear. What if some wealthy family in the capital snatched you up after you passed the exams? Do you think I'd sit by and let that opportunity slip away?" Reader's note: The heroine has her own career, and both leads grow stronger together. Theme: Live toward the sun and walk your own path.