Cui Youyi, a modern ice-carving artist, slips into the water one day and transmigrates, only to find herself facing a disastrous start: exile to Ningguta.
First she is beaten within an inch of her life, then a notorious wastrel tries to take her away as a slave.
Even the survival System she binds to is useless, stuck loading the whole time...
With a fragile sister-in-law, an ailing older brother, a hungry little nephew, and her own breathless legs, she has no choice but to grab a big knife and fight to keep her family alive.
The good news: Ice carving is revered in Ningguta.
The bad news: Women aren't allowed to touch ice carvings in Ningguta.
Hah. Cui Youyi is going to make a beautiful life for herself in Ningguta through ice carving!
As for that bookish young county magistrate, who only knows how to bang his gavel...
She'll take him home and spoil him!
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The male lead steals another man's sweetheart:
One day, Wang Jun receives a letter from a friend saying that his helplessly frail sweetheart is about to be exiled to Ningguta, and asking him to take good care of her.
Wang Jun can't help wondering:
Just how frail does someone have to be to be helpless?
He'll make sure to look after his friend's "frail, sickly invalid" sweetheart.
Until their first meeting...
His friend's "frail, sickly invalid" sweetheart is swinging a nearly one-meter-long blade and cutting through the air with tremendous force.
Her ice-carving skills are so masterful they're practically divine.
Wang Jun thinks maybe his friend is the one who's sick.
Everyone says you shouldn't covet your friend's wife, but she's only a sweetheart...
Heh. He thinks he'll just steal her!
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"Women are inauspicious. How can you practice ice carving?"
Cui Youyi: "You've practiced for eighteen years longer than I have. How come you still haven't carved a decent trumpet vine blossom?"
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A little scene after marriage:
One afternoon, after their lovemaking, Wang Jun is still insatiable.
Rubbing her aching back, Cui Youyi regrets it for the first time. "Why did I ever bring this sly fox home?"
After they make love, the System that's been loading all this time finally gets fixed!
[System warning]
[You have five seconds of survival time remaining. Redeem an ice-carving work immediately to gain more time.]
[Five]
[Four]
[Three]
Cui Youyi promptly pushes Wang Jun away.
"Dear System, I'm on it!"
Reader's guide:
1. Many details are fictionalized to suit the plot.
2. The male lead has a particular setting. Please proceed with caution if that's not your thing.
3. The main plot focuses more on the female lead's career.
Theme: Grow through adversity and promote traditional culture
Is it the male protagonist who prays devoutly?
Is it the male protagonist who prays devoutly?
By the way, where is the ex who is coming?
By the way, where is the ex who is coming?