A Red Apricot Branch Reaches Beyond the Farm Gate

She was a village official from the twenty-first century, cast aside before the marriage was even consummated.

From then on, her family looked down on her, and others sneered at her.

The first time they tried to arrange a match for her, she was to be a second wife. The second time, a concubine. The third time, she was to marry an ugly man!

Well, an ugly man was fine, as long as he treated her well.

But the groom's family had nothing but four bare walls, and they were so poor they could hear a pin drop.

There was a lazy, greedy father-in-law, a delirious mother-in-law, and a whole crowd of younger siblings who were desperate to get married!

And she was expected to take care of the betrothal gifts and dowry, too!

None of that mattered.

As long as she managed the household well and her husband was capable, it was only a matter of time before they grew rich.

But the most infuriating thing was how those awful people kept crossing her bottom line again and again.

If she didn't teach them a lesson, they'd think she was a lump of dough anyone could knead.

But one day, her husband suddenly transformed into a glorious general...

Even the face that everyone feared suddenly became impossible to look away from...

The hero and heroine are both chaste. If you like the story, don't forget to add it to your bookshelf!