The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Life Around as an Old Woman

Good news: Qin Shuyu has transmigrated, experiencing the kind of adventure many people dream of.

Bad news: She has transmigrated into a weathered old woman with a face full of wrinkles, and the villagers avoid her because she’s such a piece of work!

She’s even skipped all the big milestones in life and ended up with four children right away! And they’re all hopeless!

The family has only a few taels of silver. They might not even survive until next year’s autumn harvest!

Qin Shuyu grabbed her head, her mind completely shattered.

Wait! Where the heck have you sent me!!!

Don’t people who transmigrate come from prominent families and have stunning looks? How come I’m the one getting treated by a different set of rules?

Hahaha, I’ll just lie flat. Whoever wants this miserable life can have it.

Luckily, she was bound to a trading System. Qin Shuyu opened the trading panel, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

“System, why do I have to spend silver to unlock and activate supplies before I can buy them?”

“Free meals don’t fall from the sky. Host, don’t expect to get something for nothing. But once supplies are unlocked, Host can buy them at less than half the market price, so please work hard to earn money.”

Fine. It’s still better than eating wild vegetable cakes with barely any oil in them.

“Ding! A wild, unpolluted century-old ginseng has been discovered. Would you like to sell it?”

“Ding! Five wild, unpolluted, high-quality lingzhi mushrooms have been discovered. Would you like to sell them?”

Great, great, great! Improving their lives starts with becoming a rich woman!

After accumulating some funds through the System, Qin Shuyu didn’t just live off her savings. Instead, she started a street-food stall, selling traditional smoked bean tea and delicious braised bean pods. Every item became a hit!

The whole family worked together to run their stall, tackling all sorts of problems along the way, until they finally opened their own shop.

When it came to her family, Qin Shuyu guided them toward finding their own paths. If they refused to listen, she had no qualms about teaching them a lesson with some tough love.

She also made a point of lending a hand to the villagers. The better-off would help the less fortunate, and the whole village would lift itself out of poverty.

As for anyone who dared to provoke her, she wouldn’t give them the time of day. She’d slap them down in front of everyone.

She also made sure the younger generation got an education. Whether grandsons or granddaughters, she sent them all to school to learn to read and write. Anyone who wanted to remain illiterate would have to get past her iron fist first.

She got her whole family under control, and the villagers all supported her. But she never let it go to her head, staying true to herself all the while.

Here’s a peek at my next pre-release, “Has Senior Brother Said a Word Today?”

A lazy little nobody who just wants to eat and wait for death ✖️ a taciturn senior brother

Chu Qingli is an outer-sect disciple of the Xuanqing Sect. Her aptitude is mediocre, and so is her talent. Though she wants to improve, the path of cultivation is full of obstacles for her. So she lies flat!

She thought she could live a peaceful life until her natural end, but during the Immortal Sects Grand Competition, the sect’s senior brother, Qin Yan, suddenly suffered a cultivation deviation. Not only did he injure countless disciples, he also opened the gate to the forbidden grounds, allowing the demon clan to steal a divine artifact.

To appease the other immortal sects, Qin Yan volunteered to leave the mountain and retrieve the artifact. He swore upon his Dao Heart that if he failed to recover it, he would never return to the mountain.

And since Chu Qingli had “helped out a little” when the demon clan opened the forbidden grounds, she was bundled up and thrown off the mountain alongside him.

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Chu Qingli, who only wanted to eat and drink without a care, felt the sky come crashing down!!! She was just a little nobody. How was she supposed to fight the demon clan? She’d be lucky not to get hacked to death by a foot soldier!!!

After leaving the mountain, Chu Qingli tried to escape the life of sleeping under the stars and eating whatever she could find. But she absolutely couldn’t bring it up herself, or the sect would surely reject her, and she’d never get to live a peaceful life again.

So she decided to drop “friendly” hints to Qin Yan.

Chu Qingli, when she saw an inn: “Senior Brother, do we have any spirit stones?”

Chu Qingli, when she saw a magical artifact: “Senior Brother, can I touch it?”

Chu Qingli, when she saw an immortal robe: “Senior Brother, could I borrow this and try it on?”

Qin Yan: ...

Chu Qingli, after trying for ages: ...

Chu Qingli fell silent. Chu Qingli’s sky came crashing down!

She fumed inwardly: Why won’t Senior Brother speak? Why isn’t he angry? Why won’t he send me back?

Chu Qingli was close to tears. With nowhere else to turn, she swallowed her grievance and reluctantly followed Qin Yan in search of the divine artifact.

Qin Yan had never met a female cultivator like Chu Qingli: lazy and diligent at the same time. She practiced cultivation sporadically, but when it came to eating, she never missed a meal. Skip one, and she’d cry and throw a fit.

Then she started pushing her luck, taking his spirit stones, using his bonded artifact, and even wanting to wear his clothes...

Qin Yan had thought he would be so embarrassed and angry he’d lose his temper. Instead, he found himself ordering the dishes Chu Qingli loved. Whenever he obtained a divine weapon, he immediately gave it to her for protection. In the end, he even secretly made two sets of clothes, one for Chu Qingli and one for himself.

He thought that if Chu Qingli was the one by his side, then protecting her for the rest of his life might not be so bad.

Reading Guide:

1. A sweet, one-on-one romance with both leads having no prior relationships.

2. The female lead really does have mediocre aptitude and talent at first, but she’ll have plenty of lucky encounters along the way.

3. The male lead is a mute who can speak. Everyone thinks he’s practicing a vow of silence, but there’s actually a reason for it.

Theme: No matter how difficult life gets, keep striving to live well.