My Fussy Husband Wants to Marry for Money

[Main Couple]: A bit melodramatic and a bit affected, the bottom spends whatever he earns to enjoy life & a bit selfish and a bit stingy, the top enjoys life alongside his wife

1.

After suddenly transmigrating into a book, he had no useful skills, no money, no food, and a whole family to support...

Yu Er Yang was only average in intelligence. He couldn't carry heavy loads or do manual labor, couldn't pass the imperial exams or invent anything, and when it came to fighting, he couldn't even kill a chicken... With all that going against him, naturally no prince or young master came falling from the sky to sweep him into a domineering romance (wipes tears). To stay alive, he racked his brains and gave it everything he had. He grew potatoes and raised chicks, and at last managed to get close to a scholar from a wealthy family. Who could have guessed that his family would be a bunch of penny-pinching misers...

Sigh, turns out it's better to rely on yourself than chase money!

2.

If Yu Er Yang had known he'd transmigrate into a book, he'd have memorized the entire original novel, down to every punctuation mark! Sadly, after reading it once, he couldn't even remember the protagonist's name. By the time he realized he should latch onto the protagonist, he had already made his fortune. Too late...

There was nothing for it but to pick up a pen and paper. After all, he'd been an avid reader in his previous life, so writing a few melodramatic novels was no problem. He just absolutely had to keep his secret identity under wraps, or he'd definitely get beaten up...

At first, the scholar said, "These words corrupt the mind and poison people's hearts. My family's publishing house will never print them."

Later, the same scholar said, "Stop slacking off and get back to writing!"

3.

From the moment he was old enough to understand, Song Yu's family had been full of conflict over money and material possessions. All the haggling and penny-pinching made him someone who never lifted a finger without something to gain.

He showed filial respect on his father's behalf to compete with his cousins and younger half-brother for the family inheritance.

He made friends because one of them had exam-prep books he had never seen before.

Even marriage, he reasoned, should be to someone who could benefit him the most.

Yu Er Yang asked, puzzled, "What benefit do you get from me?"

Song Yu smiled. "Seeing you makes me happy. That's the greatest benefit of all."

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1. This isn't actually a transmigration story, and there is no System or golden finger.

2. The original book follows the business and imperial exam genre conventions. It isn't a comparison-group story.

3. There may be childbirth very late in the story, but there is almost no child-rearing content.

Theme: Work with your own hands to feed yourself. You can chase money, and you can spend it, too.