Disaster from the Start: From Barren Fields to Riches

Su Ran was a handful who firmly believed a fortune-teller’s claim that marriage could change her fate.

The first time she acted out, she rejected her childhood sweetheart, only for him to turn around and become a prefect. The second time, she stole a scholar away to be her husband. He was penniless, saddled with two dependents, in debt, with a leaky roof and an empty granary…

Everyone waited for Su Ran to regret her choice, weep bitterly, starve to death, or be driven out of the house… But who would have thought the rundown Xiao family would get a brick-and-tile mansion, the scholar would become the Chief Councilor, and the family’s holdings would grow from not owning a single acre to becoming the biggest landowners in the city, even the whole country…

Everyone said Su Ran had married a capable husband.

The Chief Councilor said, “Everything I have today is thanks to my wife!”