The Making of a Rich Woman in the Eighties

The spoiled heiress Guan Shuyue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the vicious older sister in a period novel who torments the heroine. In the original story, she steals the heroine's fiance and goes from a country bumpkin to the wife of the town's richest man. Her younger sister, Guan Lengyue, is forced to marry a simple, honest young man from the neighboring village. Who knew the richest man was a wastrel who only cared about food, drink, and entertainment? A year later, he'd squandered the family fortune. Meanwhile, the simple young man everyone looked down on made a fortune through his own efforts. In the end, the older sister meets a tragic fate. After her family goes broke, she and her husband, who are both used to a life of luxury, freeze to death on a cold night. Having learned how the story was supposed to go, Guan Shuyue decides that this time she won't compete for anything. She'll just marry the honest young man and coast her way into becoming a rich man's wife. Who could have guessed? Her first night after transmigrating into the book is her wedding night. Her head is spinning from the wine, and her fiance, who's about to go bankrupt, is unhurriedly undoing his buttons. Guan Shuyue: ???? Wait. Guan Shuyue: A fortune-teller said my fate is unlucky. Anyone who gets close to me will have their family ruined within a year. Richest Man: ???? Weren't you the one who went to all that trouble to climb into my bed? His hands keep undoing his buttons: Besides, my family is loaded. Go ahead and squander as much as you like. * The deed is done. Guan Shuyue is at a loss. After thinking it over, she decides she'd better get used to life after bankruptcy early. That way, she can manage somehow or earn a little money through hard work, instead of ending up in such a miserable state. So while the richest man's family wears fine silks, she wears shabby clothes covered in patches. While the richest man's family basks in the sun, she works hard in the tea fields. While the richest man's family feasts on meat and fish, she eats a bowl of rice with a single bite of fermented tofu. The usually tolerant family of the richest man: ???? A year later, the family goes broke. He finds Guan Shuyue and says, "You've spent a year married to me without having much of a good life. Now I'm broke, so let's get divorced. You can find another family and live well!" Guan Shuyue wipes the dirt from her face. "There's no need to get divorced." Richest Man: "?" "We're rich again!" Over the past year, she'd picked up all kinds of skills, started several small businesses, and amassed a fair bit of wealth. Now she was one of the few little rich ladies in town. Rich Man: I'd already gotten the rope ready to hang myself, and now you're telling me we're rich again?! Theme: Work with your own hands, and you'll have enough to eat and wear