Cast Out by Her Father? Branded a Criminal Wife? She Bets on Marriage to Change Her Fate and Strikes It Rich

[Exile, Crisis of a Convicted Wife, Frontier Life, Water Powers, Farming and Reclamation, Get Rich Through Business, Women Supporting Women, Two Strong and Straightforward Spouses]

On the day she transmigrates, Ning Zhaoxin is abandoned by her biological father and sent with her mother to the southern frontier as a convict slave, alongside her maternal grandmother's family.

Everyone says convict slaves are lower than dirt and won't last three days in a military camp before being violated and killed.

To save her gravely ill cousin, Ning Zhaoxin stops the Xiao brothers after they earn a military commendation. "Do you want wives?"

The Xiao brothers reply, "We can't afford to support women. Even if we wanted a wife, we'd choose someone sturdy who can work, not someone so frail with a sickly girl in tow."

Ning Zhaoxin answers firmly, "My cousin and I don't need you to support us. I can farm, hunt, and identify medicinal herbs. My cousin can read and manage a household. A man chooses a wife to be the mother of his children. We can support ourselves, and we'll be able to raise our children well, too."

From then on, two couples become famous throughout Nanzhao.

The brothers wield their swords against the enemy, protecting the people from harm.

The sisters farm and trade, ensuring the people have food and warm clothes.

The mountains are steep and barren, so people can only starve to death?

Ning Zhaoxin leads the people of Nanzhao in planting medicinal herbs across the hills, bringing prosperity and a comfortable life to everyone.

The grain harvest is poor, so she uses Gui Water to nourish and improve the seeds, raising the yield. From then on, the people have their fill at every meal.

Kaoliang wine and fruit wine fill Great Xia with their fragrance.

Just as Ning Zhaoxin becomes the richest woman in the land, she accidentally discovers that her husband, who fought his way up from a lowly soldier to become a great general, has a very unusual identity.