The Young Lady of the Feng Family

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[About the farming] Pure farming, a slow and steady story, expected to be over 600,000 words.

[About the setting] An alternate Song dynasty. Readers who demand historical accuracy, please don't read. The Song dynasty had a rich variety of species and a wealth of cuisines, so the heroine has to find other ways to get rich.

Feng Yun transmigrates to a remote mountain village in Jiangzhou, taking the place of the frail, sickly second daughter of the Feng family.

Plentiful rain and mild seasons; fragrant fruits and an abundance of vegetables. The economy is flourishing, and everywhere you look, people are singing and dancing.

Yet the Feng family, in prosperous Jiangzhou, is so poor they can barely afford to eat.

Feng Yun: “How much does salt cost these days?”

Mother: “Forty or fifty copper coins a jin, I suppose.”

Feng Yun leaps up from her stool and cries, “What?! How much? Fifty coins? For one jin? Why not just rob us outright?”

Her mother freezes, silently takes a bite of greens, then looks Feng Yun in the eye and gives her a firm nod to confirm that yes, that's the price.

With taxes of every kind, useless local officials, and the struggle between the old and new political factions...

Feng Yun keeps her feet on the ground. She gathers wild produce, clears land, and opens an inn. With her niche love of poring over old books on food, she makes her mark in Jiangzhou, a place full of diverse crops and delicious cuisine.

By the time her brother rises from humble origins to become a newly appointed jinshi, Feng Yun has bought a house in town. A matchmaker arrives at their home in a flurry and asks, “You capable young lady, which fine young man have you promised yourself to?”

Note: The heroine's career involves farming, growing mushrooms, and running a tea stall.

The romance begins after she comes of age.

I first published a farming story, Jiangnan Is Lovely This Season, about a tea-picking girl on Mount Chushan during the Tang dynasty. If you're interested, please check it out.

Theme: Keep your feet on the ground.