A Flourishing Countryside: A Husband's Worth Depends on His Wife

She finally got the chance to stand up for someone, only to die young. After transmigrating into the body of a young lady in ancient times, Gu Chaoyan felt the pressure. Above her was a fierce but loving grandmother; below her, a quiet and gentle cousin. Outside the door, an obnoxious aunt watched like a hawk, hoping to bring her own son into the family as an adopted heir. Gu Chaoyan rolled up her sleeves. She'd fight those who needed fighting and straighten out those who needed it, determined to make a good life for herself. She never expected that transmigrating would also bind her to a Merit System. Want perfect recall? Want to be beautiful? Want to live longer? Earn merit points and shop, shop, shop, trading them for whatever she wanted! Originally cold-hearted, Gu Chaoyan worked hard to complete merit quests under the pressure to keep shopping. She farmed, made money, and supported her family, and before she knew it, she had become the greatest philanthropist in the Great Mu Empire. Before she knew it, she'd become the most esteemed person in Great Mu. Chaoyan looked at a certain man in dismay. "Weren't you supposed to rise in status through your husband?" The hero smiled. "I think it's just as nice for a husband to rise in status through his wife." Bonus Scene One: Madam Zhou held up a piece of paper and declared confidently, "Look, this is the marriage agreement your father made with our family back then. Once Chaoyan comes of age, she'll marry into the Zhou family." Inside, she was happily calculating how the Gu family's five hundred mu of irrigated fields would soon belong to the Zhou family. Gu Chaoyan: "Are you sure? If you lie, you'll be struck by lightning!" Madam Zhou declared firmly, "I swear to heaven, our families had a marriage agreement! If I'm lying, may lightning strike me!" Gu Chaoyan silently spent one hundred merit points to call down a bolt of lightning. The instant Madam Zhou finished swearing, a bolt appeared out of nowhere in the cloudless sky and struck her directly. The crowd ran around shouting the news: Old Madam Zhou lied and got struck by lightning! Bonus Scene Two: Though the hero was a young general with a long list of military achievements, rumors claimed he lived off his wife. At last, the deputy general couldn't take it anymore and burst into tears. "General, everyone out there says you're living off your wife!" The hero sneered. "You think I don't know what they're up to? They're trying to provoke me into leaving so they can cozy up to my wife. Fat chance!" The deputy general was left utterly bewildered.