Daily Life of a Powerful Household's Matriarch

The chaos of war has only just ended, and a new dynasty has just been established.

Meng Yuan was born into the Meng family of Fufeng, one of the Five Great Clans. She liked refined young noblemen, yet in the end she married a lowborn brute from the peasantry: Duke Dingguo Huo Pingye.

Barely half a year after their wedding, she died, leaving her body behind for someone else to inhabit.

Meng Yuan, who transmigrated after working three jobs and dying from overwork: "...A home, a car, money, free time, and a husband who's never home? I could live like this for a hundred years!!!"

Meng Yuan stays busy in her new life, but she loves every minute of it.

The chairs aren't comfortable? She replaces them with folding chairs.

Tired of stewed and boiled dishes? The iron wok is born.

To make entertainment more varied, she has cheap paper made, and all kinds of classic web novels become wildly popular...

Every day, she leisurely plays mahjong, listens to stories, eats hotpot, watches live theater... Then she takes a sip of milk tea and can't help but sigh from the bottom of her heart: "Now this is the life!"

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The legitimate daughter of the mighty Meng family of Fufeng has married a peasant-born brute. The noble ladies of the capital are all waiting to laugh at her.

But after a single banquet, all the rumors fall apart.

At the table, Meng Yuan points to the folding chair and says with a smile, "My husband's leg has an old injury. It pains me to see him kneel every time, so I had this chair made."

She smiles at Huo Pingye, looking utterly affectionate.

Huo Pingye: "..." He scoffs inwardly. She feels sorry for him? Hah.

When Meng Yuan calls him "husband" for the first time, he is astonished and wary, and still treats her coldly.

But before long, he discovers that...

His timid, cowardly younger sister has become generous and cheerful.

His arrogant, unruly younger brother has become obedient and well-behaved.

His honest, simple parents have become reasonable and know their limits.

His troublesome relatives have stopped coming around...

Meng Yuan smiles. "No need to thank me too much. Just remember to hand over your monthly salary on time."

Huo Pingye: "...Here. This is this month's salary, the deed to a shop in the Eastern Market, the deed to a shop in the Western Market, the land deeds to a few estates outside the city... Everything I own."

At first, the two treated each other with icy politeness.

Later, somehow, things changed.

Meng Yuan: "Go take a bath. Don't get my fine Shu brocade dirty."

Huo Pingye says coldly, "You find me disgusting?"

Meng Yuan: "Yes."

Huo Pingye turns and leaves, his handsome face icy and expressionless as he hurries to bathe.

A little scene

Meng Yuan frowns and scolds him: "Gently, you brute!"

Huo Pingye's expression changes. "You find me disgusting?!"

Meng Yuan: "...Could you say something else for once?"

Huo Pingye looks at her, then suddenly asks in a cold voice, "Who were you meeting at the restaurant today? That cousin from the Cui family you wrote dozens of love poems to?"

He hasn't received a single one!

Meng Yuan is bewildered. "...Love poems? Dozens of them?"

Huo Pingye sneers scornfully. "That limp, pretty-faced weakling, what can he do that I can't? I advise you to give up on him as soon as possible!"

Meng Yuan: "…"

[Easygoing, life-loving, pleasure-seeking female lead x rough, cold-faced general male lead who says one thing and means another, and is terribly jealous]

P.S.

1. Marriage first, love later. Sweet romance, one-on-one, happy ending.

2. The female lead has her own career storyline.

Theme: Love life.