After I Transmigrated, I Helped a Down-and-Out Family Thrive (Food)

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Wen Xiaoman, an orphan who had been alone since childhood, opened her eyes and found herself the newlywed wife of a down-and-out scholar from a poor family.

Her husband was gifted, learning to read at three and composing poetry at five. Unfortunately, he had been spoiled since childhood and had the temperament of a wastrel. Everyone lamented that he was a prodigy who had gone to waste.

Her mother-in-law was born into a distinguished family and was well versed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but knew nothing about household chores. In their struggling household, all she could do was sit there with a furrowed brow and sigh.

Her little sister-in-law had never lifted a finger around the house. Delicate as a willow, she was practically a walking medicine cabinet. Wen Xiaoman had finally met a living Lin Daiyu.

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After her father-in-law died, the family fell into decline and was reduced to scraping by on coarse food. Unable to bear the bleak life, the original owner had taken her own life with a white silk sash, bringing Wen Xiaoman from another world into her place.

Wen Xiaoman looked at her little sister-in-law, who was crying like a rain-soaked pear blossom, and her worried, frowning mother-in-law. Her husband had seen that she was awake and rushed out to fetch water, only to trip and sprawl face-first on the ground.

Wen Xiaoman was so moved that she started to cry. What was she supposed to do? She had a family now, a family that cared about her!

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Looking at the little yard in front of their dilapidated thatched cottage, Wen Xiaoman was full of excitement. She could fence off one section for chicks and dig up another to grow vegetables.

Once the chickens grew up, they would lay eggs and provide meat. Their manure could be composted, too, so the vegetables would have plenty of nutrients. It was a win all around.

The mountain behind the house was full of treasures: fresh mushrooms to pick, spring bamboo shoots that sprouted after rain, soap beans beloved by young noblewomen, and medicinal goji berries and wild ginseng...

There were also delicious wild rabbits and pheasants to catch with traps, and little foxes whose pelts could be sold...

The river not far from home offered fresh fish, shrimp, and other delicious river fare.

Wen Xiaoman put all her skills to use and made sure the family had meat at every meal.

After being widowed, her mother-in-law finally pulled herself together and became one of Huai'an City's most prominent businesswomen.

Her little sister-in-law became the celebrated creator of the fragrant powders and rouge that made her famous throughout Huai'an City, an idol to countless young noblewomen.

And her husband?

He became the top scholar in the imperial examinations, entered government service, and worked for the good of the people.

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