[Transmigrate into a book, exile, beachcombing, farming, food, System, strong heroine, everyday life, building a fortune]
Lin Rantang only meant to go beachcombing, but by accident she transmigrated into a book as a widowed wife exiled to an island.
The original owner had made enemies of everyone, mistreated her in-laws, and bullied her three adopted sons, before dying a miserable death on the island.
Looking at the dilapidated little courtyard, the hungry children, and the endless sea, Lin Rantang immediately decided to return to her old trade: beachcombing and fishing!
The beach is full of treasure, and rare seafood is there for the taking. She opens a fish shop and serves private-dining customers. She makes sugar and refines salt, taking the family from one bowl of taro porridge a day to three seafood feasts a day.
The System even unlocks a golden finger that lets her explore the seabed: king crabs, tiger prawns, and sunken treasure, she brings it all home.
Life is thriving, and the rifts between relatives gradually heal. The whole family works together to build a better life. Whoops, did she accidentally become the richest person around?
Wait, being the richest person around is more than enough. There's no need for her to become empress, right?
Years later, someone asks Zhou Jinxuan why he raised an army in rebellion. The man is silent for a moment, then answers with a sigh.
“My wife's business kept growing, and she'd already prepared the troops, provisions, and money. If I didn't act soon, she'd have started the rebellion herself.”
If you ask Zhou Jinxuan what memory he treasures most, it isn't his illustrious reputation as a general or ruling the realm as emperor. The memory he holds dearest is the time after he was exiled to the island and driven to desperation, when Lin Rantang lived with him like an ordinary wife.
