The Clever Eldest Sister Builds a Fortune

She’s a Lin family girl who gets dumped from the start? Lin Yusi says: Good riddance! He used her money to pass the county exam and become a scholar, then turned around to climb the social ladder and ruin her reputation. How could she put up with that? She slapped the accounts down on the table. “You can break off the engagement, but give my money back, or I’ll see you at the county yamen!” Her family was so poor you could hear the wind whistling through their pockets, so she’d have to build their fortune all over again! To make money, she set up a stall in town, managed an estate, and opened a shop in the county seat. To make a name for herself, she used schemes, waged business wars, and called in favors. Her whole family pitched in. At long last, her business took off, and she became a wealthy merchant in the region. But then bandits ran rampant and waves of refugees broke out. The handsome young man she’d hired along the way, who had helped her build her fortune, donned his armor. Before setting out to quell the unrest, he pledged himself to her: “After this battle, Boss, won’t you take pity on me and hire me for the rest of my life?”