A Jiangnan Beauty's Wine-Brewing Journal

My new novel, My Little Sister Is Hard to Win Over, is now available. Come give it a read.

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Blurb:

After transmigrating, she couldn’t even secure the identity of a highborn illegitimate daughter. Instead, she became one of the lowest members of society in ancient times. Just when she had worked hard to improve her standing, she was discriminated against?

By a twist of fate, Xie Jiyi transmigrated with her own brewery. She had planned to make her own way, sell wine, and grow rich, but soon found herself caught up in all kinds of restrictions.

She was an exceptional brewer, and gradually made a name for herself in the area. Her wine was even sent to the homes of nobles across the land. Seizing the opportunity, she headed to the capital alone and opened a brewery.

Her unconventional ways drew plenty of ridicule. Later, when her brewery became famous throughout the land, her rivals could only watch in bitter envy and laugh that she would never find a husband.

Then Xie Jiyi took a sip of wine and brought out the man whose heart and eyes held only her.

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Merchants value profit and care little for parting. Jiang Yan thought that profit was the only thing that could win Xie Jiyi's heart. Fortunately, she eventually came to be by his side.

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A woman who made her living selling wine came to the capital. Her exquisite osmanthus wine became famous throughout the land, earning the emperor's praise and a decree to establish a brewery.

Before long, she also created alcohol said to disinfect wounds and stop sores, and donated it to field hospitals, earning the people's acclaim.

There were also the wildly popular wines of the capital: grape wine, beer, and fruit wine fermented from fresh produce.

The proprietress brought the brewing trade to its peak, then went on to open the largest pharmacy in the capital.

People speculated that at the very least, she must be a highly knowledgeable matron from the palace to have achieved so much.

When epidemic disease ravaged the land, the proprietress of the rumors appeared in the streets to offer aid. The young woman had delicate brows and a lovely smile. A graceful beauty from Jiangnan, light and delicate, she seemed almost too ethereal to be real.

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One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first.

“Graceful and full of charm, so light and delicate she seems unable to contain herself.” From “Song of the Concubine's Ill Fate,” by Wu Pingyi, Tang Dynasty.

Theme: Strive ceaselessly for self-improvement