The General’s Estate Has Fallen on Hard Times? No Matter, His Wife Will Handle It

On the first day of her marriage, Su Jian woke to the sound of someone crying.

“Waaah… Miss, why did the general have to leave for the front today of all days?”

Su Jian looked at the little maid crouched beside her bed, crying her eyes out, and felt a little dazed.

“Miss has been spoiled since childhood, and now there’s no one to manage this huge General’s Residence. How are we supposed to get by from now on?”

Su Jian felt a headache coming on, but then, once she accepted the situation, she was delighted. Her husband was away, there was no mother-in-law or sister-in-law to deal with, and the only other family member was a young brother-in-law of about three or four. Sure, the General’s Residence was a bit shabby, the family was poor, and there were plenty of people to feed… but that was fine. Making money was her favorite thing to do!

A year later:

The General’s Residence had been transformed, and the fields and estates around it were all yielding bumper harvests.

Two years later:

People no longer talked about the general. Every conversation was about “my lady.”

Four years later:

Everyone recognized only the general’s wife.

Zhan Zhan hadn’t received a letter from home in more than three years. Now that the war was over, he finally returned home in glory with his rewards, thinking he’d help everyone live a better life. But… was this prosperous street before him, and this grand mansion towering in front of him, really his?

“Make way. You’re blocking our madam’s path.”

Zhan Zhan stepped aside. He watched a servant clear the way as a maid helped Su Jian down from her carriage. Though they hadn’t seen each other in years, he recognized his wife at once. He was about to speak, but then… he saw Su Jian stroking her belly, her face full of tenderness.

“Sister-in-law, am I going to have a little nephew?”

The childish question left Zhan Zhan rigid, his pupils shrinking.