A Thousand Acres of Good Farmland to Raise Dumplings

Su Li opened her eyes to find herself in another world.

Her mother was domineering and aggressive, and cared only about money and status. Her father was a timid man with no say in the household. Her selfish siblings saw her as a thorn in their side.

Unloved and unwanted, she was to be sold as a landlord’s concubine, so her elder brother could afford a wife and her elder sister could save up her dowry.

Fortunately, she had a childhood sweetheart who could be there for her! To make a living, she braved every obstacle and carved out a place of her own.

Scene One

“Ah Li, do you regret marrying me?” A certain man gazed tenderly at the woman in red.

Su Li looked up at the tall, broad-shouldered man standing before her and shook her head. “I’d regret it if I didn’t marry you!”

The man gently embraced the treasure of his life and vowed, “I’ll never let you down in this life, and I’ll follow you through every life to come!”

“Husband, why are you rambling so much on our wedding night?”

Scene Two

“Mother, what are you here for? You said I was like water poured out of the house, and that I’d have nothing more to do with the Su family. So what brings you here today?” Su Li was at a loss as she looked at her birth mother, who seemed to find one excuse after another to visit.

“Child, how can you talk like that? I’m your mother!”

“Oh, now you remember you’re my mother? When you sold me to a brute, why didn’t you remember I was your daughter?”

“You, you…”

Scene Three

“Mother, Father said I’m not allowed to cling to you anymore. He said he’d teach me a lesson if I did.” After his father threatened him, the little dumpling’s first instinct was to run and complain to his mother.

The woman was lounging peacefully in the courtyard on a lazy afternoon. She looked at the two-and-a-half-year-old toddler snuggling against her and said, “Oh, then don’t cling to Mother anymore. Mother only lets your father cling to her. Little dumpling, remember, it’s not that Mother doesn’t love you. You’ll understand when you’re older.”

“Then, Mother, can you have a little brother for me?” the toddler asked, settling for the next best thing.

“Why?” She was puzzled. This little dumpling already knew how to bargain? And what did he want a little brother for?

“I want to teach him a lesson too!” the little dumpling declared loudly, puffing out his chest.

P.S. Li is hopeless at writing blurbs, but I promise this story won’t be abandoned! This is a one-on-one romance.