[Blurb]
Yu Jinyue, an agricultural science student, transmigrated to ancient times. When she woke up, she was a refugee who had just survived a flood.
Under the authorities' arrangements, she and her younger sister traveled several miles and settled in Jiangling. Beneath the great dike, they were given fifteen mu of barren land and a thatched hut to call their own.
The first thing the sisters did after settling in was befriend their neighbors. They borrowed all sorts of tools to fetch water, gather firewood, cut grass, and dig up wild vegetables... and finally ate their first hot meal.
At least, they wouldn't starve to death anymore.
But they didn't have a single coin to their names.
How long would they have to rely on their neighbors even for flint to start a cooking fire?
The next day, a peddler arrived at the village dock.
He was tall and burly, with a handsome face.
Most importantly, his boat was loaded with all kinds of household necessities she urgently needed.
Yu Jinyue gritted her teeth and swallowed her pride. “Um, could I buy some things on credit from you? I'll write you an IOU!”
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Zhang Tiankuo had been making his way on the river since he was a boy. He was a strong swimmer, powerful, and in excellent shape. He also commanded over a hundred men and was the chief of Qingfeng Stronghold's thirteen peaks, ten li outside Jiangling City.
In other words, he was a river pirate chief.
When the authorities resettled the refugees, they took over a large stretch of reed beds along the riverbank. To get the scoop, he disguised himself as a merchant and rowed into the village.
The moment he stepped onto the dock, he met a woman so poor she had the nerve to ask for credit.
At first, he agreed to let her buy on credit just to see her make a fool of herself.
Who knew she'd not only keep her word, but turn that stretch of barren land into fertile fields and get bumper harvests year after year, going from refugee to agricultural official.
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On the day Yu Jinyue received her transfer order,
Zhang Tiankuo invited her aboard his boat for a ride on the river and a farewell dinner.
The moon reached its zenith, and the boat came to the middle of the river.
His gaze fixed intently on the drowsy woman. In a low voice, he said, “From now on, I'll be counting on you to look after my thirteen water strongholds, Madam Yu...”
Yu Jinyue: ???
#I thought you were like a younger brother, but you thought I was going to be your bandit bride? #
*A resilient, sunny, career-minded heroine X a sharp-tongued but softhearted, big-dog hero
[Reader's Guide]
1. Not a story about a larger-than-life heroine. This is a slice-of-life farming novel.
2. Romance plays a substantial part. The heroine and hero start out with nothing, and each will have a career of their own later on.
3. The setting is fictional, and everything serves the story. If anything bothers you, please stop reading. There's no need to tell the author you've dropped it.
Below is the upcoming novel A Maid's Undercover Observation Log. If you're interested, please add it to your reading list!
Chunxiao, a burned-out office worker, transmigrated into the personal maid of Sheng Mingwei, the eldest legitimate daughter of the wealthiest family in Cangzhou.
All she had to do was serve tea and water and praise her mistress's beauty to earn one tael of silver a month. She had her own room, meals from a private kitchen, and could follow the young lady to pick out rouge and powder, buy fine silks, see performances, take boat rides, and stroll through gardens...
It was so much more comfortable than the life of a corporate drudge that had ended with her sudden death.
Chunxiao secretly vowed: She had to hold on to this job!
The new guards at the Sheng estate were all impressively built, practicing their martial arts bare-chested in the outer courtyard every day, making for a very pleasing sight.
Especially the one surnamed Liang.
Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a thick, well-defined chest. He was a veritable bodhisattva of a man.
In keeping with her firm rule against sneaking a taste, Chunxiao went for a stroll around the outer courtyard with her maid friends every day. Then one day, she accidentally discovered his true identity: Liang was an undercover agent hiding in the Sheng household to search for evidence of bribery.
What? He wanted to destroy her job?
No way!
Indignant, Chunxiao strode over and grabbed his arm, only to see the knife at his waist glint in the light and feel her heart shudder three times.
Thinking quickly, she smiled and asked, “Head Guard Liang, how did you train to get a physique like that?”
Liang Shen lowered his eyes and pried her groping hand off his arm. His voice was low and cold. “Miss Chunxiao, please behave yourself...”
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Liang Shen came from a military family. He was the youngest centurion in the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, and his superior trusted him enough to send him undercover into the Sheng estate to search for evidence.
The Sheng household was lavish and heavily guarded.
Before he could make a move, two maids began circling the outer courtyard every day, watching his every step and nearly catching him meeting his informant.
Only after he cornered one of them against a wall did he discover that the fair-skinned, beautiful little maid with tears in her eyes simply wanted to learn how to get stronger for her frail older brother.
After some negotiation,
he agreed to secretly teach her a set of boxing techniques in exchange for her letting him into the inner courtyard. Just like that, he successfully turned her to his side.
Only, the way she looked at him was far too heated...
That night, Chunxiao returned to the inner courtyard and pulled out her little notebook, writing down each character carefully:
Fifth day of the third month, clear.
Bodhisattva Liang spent a quarter of an hour flipping through the account books in the master's study.
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Theme: All I need is the clear breeze over the river and the bright moon among the mountains
I would like to make two suggestions. I don't know much about the writing process, so you can just have fun seeing if it works or not. 1. If the collection is not good, ask the editor or your writing friends or the authors under your editor's name to help recommend it? What you wrote is very good, very real and not too exaggerated. 2. Although there are male and female protagonists, I feel that yours is a micro-group portrait. You can give more descriptions of these group portraits. Now I feel like they have features but not many and are very thin. Moreover, the personality tone of the male and female protagonists should have been set, so they can be shown to no one else (such as the funny one, the cute one, the cunning one, the one who loves to take advantage, the one who loves to learn...), Which can also attract many types of readers. For example, the supporting characters in "Hundred Flowers" are also very popular for CP. So it would be nice to have more ink about the supporting characters. And some plots can be more, such as this time the duck eats worms. Some ducks are worried about coming to see the ducks, and they are afraid that the ducks will not eat well, so they go down to catch the ducks and eat them themselves. Some go back to other people's homes. Everyone caught it together. Others, such as those with small family members, the old and the weak, would like to bring a garland to the duck because they have no other thanks. There are also funny scenes of being chased by a duck and eating a mouthful of mud, etc., Or funny scenes of the Nong Cheng watching a duck eat insects and then being scolded by a duck and then running all over the river (he is afraid of ducks, but he does not blame everyone). Anyway, just write about a few funny people or things. Let the picture move and become beautiful. It feels like there are still a lot of difficulties ahead, but when I think about it later, I feel that there is hope and hope for this day. It is to write a picture that is hard but hopeful. It's hard to describe, I don't know if I can describe it. 😅Finally, author, your writing is very good. I hope it can help you. If not, just have fun. Come on!!
Although it is an official match, this kind of behavior of "a young gangster who thinks he is very handsome grabs his brother to declare his sovereignty in front of the good girl he likes and ruins her reputation" really makes people feel physically uncomfortable...
Wow, it's so cool. I'll pay the heroine some money again or ask the heroine to forgive me if his rice is damaged.
Alas😮💨, I have to wait again. However, biological control seems to have to use ducks🦆, but how to ensure that the ducks do not eat the seedlings? The grass seedlings are very tender now. This isn't the stage for release, right? [Question mark][question mark]
Today, it seems that Zhang Tiankuo and Zhang Tiankuo are getting further and further apart.
It's all the people at the bottom who make things difficult for the people at the bottom. No matter how pitiful and difficult the people in the bandits' den are, the boats that were robbed had boatmen and servants. Aren't they pitiful? I really don't believe that the owner's family wouldn't make things difficult for them if their boat was robbed. It's not just a matter of a few people, it's a matter of many families. Besides, it's not okay to hate the rich. Do rich people deserve to be robbed? Not all rich people are bad people. Even if the ancients thought this way, does the heroine, a modern person, still have to sympathize with bandits?
It's not enough. It's really painful to follow the series.
Chen Shuzhuang, I think you are a talent! 😏
A bolt from the blue, the master. 😂
Fan Da should not be so stingy.