A Widow's Guide to Getting Rich in Ancient Times

Yao Chun transmigrates, starting from the start with nothing but a torn straw mat and a widow's identity. She's poor and has two children to raise, and there's not a grain of food left at home. The family of three has been chewing on tree roots for three days! Yao Chun holds her two-year-old stepdaughter while her seven-year-old sister-in-law sinks into thought... What else can she do? She can only return to her old trade! Starting with a little street stall. When Luo Hanhai hears that his good-for-nothing eldest son has run off to a small county in the south to live in seclusion and become a concubine, he's so furious he wants to rush over at once. His wife, Yan Fangrui, quickly explains, "The man Yao was married to before has already passed away, so An'er would be a remarried husband at most." Luo Hanhai's blood boils. Without thinking, he says, "Even a remarried husband is unacceptable. It sounds so humiliating! I won't allow it!" Yan Fangrui, herself a remarried wife, clenches her fist. A month after Yao Chun marries, a middle-aged man with two black eyes shows up, claiming to be her father-in-law and demanding that she divorce his son. Yao Chun rubs her hands together. "Sorry, which of my husbands are you the father of?" Luo Hanhai: "???" Hadn't he heard that her former husband and his parents were all dead and buried? Yao Chun: Well, you never know. Maybe they came back from the dead. She's got experience with that sort of thing. Only after the fact does Luo Hanhai realize he's been played. He finds his eldest son to complain. "Look at the way she treats me. You'd think she couldn't stand me!" Luo Song'an doesn't even bother to look up. "Then you should reflect on yourself." Luo Hanhai: "..." A hardworking female lead who knows when she's well off x a world-weary, lazy male lead Reader's guide: A real widow, two-year age gap, male lead is a virgin, fictional setting, don't nitpick historical details or compare it to real life. Theme: Keep living, keep loving life