Married Off as a Substitute and Exiled, the Heir’s Wife Builds a Granary in the North

Sang Zhixia was once a promising PhD in agronomy. Then one fall later, she became a lowborn daughter forced into a marriage in someone else's place! On their wedding day, the groom stormed into the bridal chamber and flung a divorce letter at her face. But an imperial edict ordering the family to be confiscated arrived right on its heels. Sang Zhixia watched helplessly as a eunuch bribed by her legitimate elder sister tore up the letter that would have set her free. In tears, she followed her good-for-nothing husband onto a three-thousand-mile exile route. The northwestern countryside was bitterly cold. Their hut's roof let in the wind by day and the rain by night, and to make things worse, they were surrounded by a bunch of ridiculous relatives who couldn't get used to their fall from privilege. Life was hard... But if she wanted to survive, she had to farm. When it came to digging soil, planting seeds, making money, and getting rich, who could scare a PhD in agronomy? The black earth of the northwest yielded the most delightful crops, and the cold winds brought forth the brightest flowers. As the bitter winter passed, a vast spring breeze swept in, one that belonged to Sang Zhixia alone. But she stared at the devoted wastrel in bewilderment. “Didn't we agree I was just a substitute bride?” Why is it that I'm actually his one true love???