Cui Hongdou transmigrated into a book. Her parents are dead, and she has four younger siblings to support. She has become the eldest sister in this farming novel, destined to support her brothers and sisters, work herself to the bone, and ultimately be rewarded with a chastity archway.
On arriving in this world, Cui Hongdou flopped down and stretched out her legs.
Who cares? She’s not going to play the role of this ill-fated eldest sister!
And so...
Her eldest younger brother threatens to kill himself because he can’t afford a bride price?
Cui Hongdou hands him a hoe: Finish plowing the fields before you die, then dig yourself a grave and bury yourself.
Her second younger brother keeps wondering whether he was adopted?
Cui Hongdou works it out on her abacus: Pay back everything you’ve spent on food and lodging over the years before you run away, or I’ll report you to the authorities!
Her third younger brother picks fights with people for no reason?
Cui Hongdou sends him off with tears in her eyes: Go join the army. The family really could use one less mouth to feed.
Her only younger sister wants nothing more than to become a servant girl for the landlord?
Cui Hongdou gives her her full support: You can take over all the chores at home. You need to build a solid foundation if you want to become the head maid.
The four younger siblings: "..." Their eldest sister is terrifying.
With the sky falling down around them, all they can do is become good people.
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Yang Yueniang has always known that she is the heroine of a farming novel, blessed with the power to bring prosperity to her husband.
She is supposed to marry Cui Dalaang and run the household, with Cui Hongdou, the hardworking eldest sister, at her beck and call. Cui Dalaang will listen to her and prosper thanks to her, and together they will build a fortune and have six sons in a row.
She waits and waits, but Cui Dalaang never comes to propose. Instead, she hears unbelievable news.
Cui Da becomes a landlord,
Cui Er passes the imperial examinations with top honors,
Cui San wins a great victory in battle,
and even the most hopeless Cui Xiaomei becomes a renowned embroidery master.
And every one of them often weeps and declares, "I owe everything I have today to my eldest sister!"
Yang Yueniang: ???
Weren’t they supposed to prosper thanks to her?
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Cui Hongdou only wants to lie flat, but somehow she turns her four troublesome younger siblings into fiercely devoted sister-supporters.
Proposals from promising young men pour into her home, all hoping to become live-in sons-in-law.
But the young gentlemen cross rivers and brave the snow, all just to say:
"They’re no good. Don’t marry them."
[Synopsis dated January 27, 2022]
Theme: Devotion to the eldest sister
