The Many Affairs of a Farmer's Household

“Silly boy, your roof is leaking, and you’re still fussing over your herbs!”

“Broody guy, your medicine’s about to boil dry. Why are you holding an umbrella for me?”

Shen Tuantuan was born into a tofu-making family in Taohua Village. Since her father was no good at managing the household, the Shen family’s expenses exceeded their income. As an ambitious young woman, Shen Tuantuan decided to pick herself up where she fell and vowed to create a tofu feast that would make the Shen family proud. But why was simply getting back up off the ground so hard...? (There’s something magical about this ground.)

Shen Tuantuan was determined to become a beautiful “Tofu Beauty,” but even the strapping daughter of the village butcher had found someone. Why was nobody interested in her? (This makes no sense!)

One day, gazing at the stacks of silver ingots piled before her, their surfaces gleaming, someone asked, “Would you be willing to become my wife?”

“If you throw in a few more gold pieces, I might consider it, ”

A heap of gold appeared.

“Well, if you have a few property deeds, I can make the decision myself and marry you!”

A stack of property deeds appeared...