I Transmigrated into an Old Woman from a Poor Family

After transmigrating, Wen Ruyu never imagined that she could go from being an independent modern woman to a widowed mother of four, not yet forty, with a grandchild already born.

Her children were growing up, but in families that had always been poor, success depended on their own efforts.

After her only son with an official position died, the original owner had to take her children back to their hometown.

Looking at the declining household, she saw that her eldest son, the most gifted at reading, had to give up his studies to go into business; one daughter was delicate and seemed useless for now; and her other two legitimate sons were wasting their lives on frivolous pursuits.

As for the annoying concubine-born son, he'd passed the scholar exam and was now being egged on by his mother to split off from the family?

With a terrible hand of cards, Wen Ruyu could only shake her head.

But who was Wen Ruyu? A suitably selfish and self-reliant businesswoman.

Making good use of the resources at hand to raise herself to success had always been her way of handling things since entering society.

Since her eldest son had a talent for studying, he could give up business and return to his studies!

As for her two useless sons, she'd spend less money on them. People without promise didn't deserve to waste the planet's resources.

The concubine-born son wanted to split off? Then filial piety would be used to crush him. Scholars should abide by the rules of scholars.

As for her daughter, Wen Ruyu had always believed in spoiling girls with money. There were no means for it right now, so she'd create them!

Watch as she makes her plans and leads a declining family back to glory! Making money and disciplining her children.

Let's set a small goal: becoming a noblewoman!

Author's notes:

1. Here, "poor family" means a family of scholars who entered officialdom by passing exams, rather than through military achievements.

2. The female lead has no romance, but neither she nor her previous life was chaste.

3. This is an ensemble-cast story. That means the author will write about a group of people, and the female lead won't appear in every chapter.

4. The plot is a slow burn, and some parts unfold slowly. Please be gentle if anything seems unreasonable.

5. One son likes men. There may be many potential content warnings, and I can't list them all, so consider buying one chapter at a time.

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The Young Lady of the Republic of China

The master smokes opium, the madam plays mahjong, the older brother returns from overseas with a female confidante, and the younger brother tastes the rouge on a maid's lips and says it's sweet.

Shu Yufen silently gives the heavens the finger. This mansion is tilting way too far, and she doesn't think she can hold it up.

The Tycoon System, But It's Weirdly Different

After accidentally obtaining a tycoon System, He Lin was lost in fantasies of throwing money around with a handsome man at her left and a beautiful woman at her right, only for the System to slap her with reality.

Why do other people's tycoon Systems give them billions in cash to spend however they want, with handsome men and beautiful women both at their beck and call?

Why does her tycoon System require her to raise people's favorability before it sets a spending limit?

Why do other people's tycoon Systems exchange cash for achievements, while hers gives her a shopping platform where she can only use the glittering diamonds she earns to buy currency and valuable goods?

Looking at the huge villa listed for 100 diamonds on the shopping page, then at her current diamond balance, He Lin began to suspect that her tycoon System was a fake disguised in the clothing of some warm-and-cozy System.

Why can other people's System lotteries improve their looks and physique, while she draws a pile of bizarre stuff?

Can someone tell her what kind of useless features "Transform into an Elegant Little Girl" and "Three-Day Experience Card as a Heartthrob" are supposed to be?

But when she exchanged her System diamonds for a stack of red banknotes, He Lin finally confirmed what kind of tycoon System she had.

It might be bizarre, but since it was a tycoon System, she could forgive it.

Thesis: Face adversity with courage and turn the tables against the odds.