I kowtowing to those who is willingly reading mtl version... First time reading mtl and I can honestly said my brain has turned mushy On a different note, still reading chapter 1++ Got to the part where mc, older bro and dad found out about Zhang old lady crime (no one in this thread said anything about the soul of biological grandma showed herself... it was so sad... poor dad and grandpa) And of coz the part where the third uncle and old Zhang tried to get back the cheated money MC Godparents are so sweet and finally the white lotus cousin (godmother niece) showed herself, hi hi.. Future brother in law and future mother in law also shows up, mc really don't give much face to future bil
Thanks for the spoiler! Mtl with google translate is bearable though I pity the zhao family that they have missed Xiao Can as a daughter in law, because the writer wrote around 4-5 times that they regret it The recipes that have been given is still his restaurant's, Xiao Cao went to his wedding and his wife is a die hard fan of Xiao Cao, also a successful business woman When Xiao Cao created a medicinal restaurant(that gives delicious food and heals the body) that serves buddha jumps over the wall, half of his customer is gone lol
Honestly, I prefer big brother Zhao. He's honest and simple. After working too much in her past life (and her current life), I just want Xiaocao life a simple life without any drama. But of course, big brother Zhao is not a prince or royal, or secretly a boss of assassin's guild, so he can't become a ML.
lol, Zhao bro into an often occuring rival love interest, would it be better? or would it suddenly be a mediocre misunderstanding-every-time-there-is-a-plot romance novel? Spoiler on ending Spoiler they have 3 kids, eldest son is a business genius, horse riding skill is praised by the husband(husband goes as a god of war legend in the rebel war period that is not expanded on in the novel), the second son is a medical genius, can remember things once he is interested, parents gave him a land full of medicinal fields and makes a hospital to the people for free, he solves a lot of untreated diseases, the youngest, sister, is a martial arts genius that follows the father teaching, when it gets complicated, USE FIST!!!
Big Bro Zhao would be a great ML if the scope of the story remained in the region it started and Xiaocao stays in her home village, or even the nearby town. But he's insufficient if she moves to the capital and the story focus moves to the national level. Both because his rank isn't enough to protect her from the villains/rivals once you get to the capital, and because his rank in the military means he needs to leave her behind a lot. The royal prince ML, on the other hand, has the rank to face slap pretty much anyone in the capital without having to get the emperor/emperor emeritus involved every time. And he has the authority either to delegate his job to underlings so he can spend more time with Xiaocao, or to take her along with him.
Its kinda scary for the youngest brother of MC to have glimpse of what wouldve happened to them if MC didnt transmigrate Spoiler Original Xiaocao died bcoz of the aunt Father died bcoz of the bear Eldest brother died bcoz he was accused of being a thieft and was beaten His mother died bcoz of having to work despite being ill, he was just eight by this time Xiaoloan sold herself as a maid for her brother, ithink she married her master and died due to childbirth (i MTLd this so im not so sure about this part, but ot was something along this line) He worked at the dock at the age of twelve but bcoz of the fight of two factions on running the dock (ithink this is Brother Liu and Foreman Sun) He was injured in the accident and broke his leg He was disabled and had to beg for a living. He died frozen at the age of twenty
Ikr. I prefer him too. Besides, if u need a supp from higher social standing there's still help from her own connections. I just don't understand why in the world these Chinese novels prefer to make the typical MLs like these. 1. Unemotional ice block face or someshit. 2. Deficiency in expressing his feelings to other people. 3. Someshit sad backstory for the sake of it. 4. Always, when I say always I mean ALWAYS have a way better social standing than MC by birth. (Not acquired, typical noble birth) I'm seriously sick of these troupes. But Chinese novel authors never gets tried of using this same old plot devices. Ayyy I would have preferred that Zhao Han dude or the third young master ways better. Even unfavored second prince would have been better than this. The first I read the words *cold unemotional face* I knew that dude is gonna be the ML. And author proved me right, I'm quite disappointed of the fact. For some reason I felt this story was different since MC wasn't revenge crazy naive female MC that wait for ML to rescue her from all the dumb troubles she gets into because of her over confidence. Other than being way too dependent over her cheat stone (tbh she fkin use that stone for every little thing, even feeding donkey or brushing teeth), I didn't really have other qualms over her personality. XD Oh well, thanks for spoilers. I'm gonna stop reading this here. First 200 chapters were quite nice.
Spoiler: Summary for Chap 230-300 When the ML successfully got the corn and potato and all kinds of things our MC went on to promise ML that she can plant these vegies and even dared to accept a decree. The ML's backstory was already mentioned so I'll get on with what happened after the quick flashback. ML tries to go to the village with the pretext "I'm here for the progress of planting corn and potatoes" when in fact he just loves to go to Yu family's house. He realized that Xiacao's family doesn't have any malice unlike nobles in the capital where blood relatives doesn't hesitate to kill one another for power. He was somehow envious how warm the Yu family is. So everytime he talks to our MC it's like his layers of ice walls are melting and even his guard Mr. Liu, her mother, and the emperor stated that "This king of the county who treats words as precious as gold talks a lot when it comes to Yu's second daughter." That's why Princess Jing (ML mother) loves Xiacao to be her in-law because she knows how to cook, has medical knowledge, and more importantly not greedy and can make her son abandon his walls. ML told MC he's going to the mountain to hunt but Yu hai was worried because it's not really safe in the mountains because he was already bitten by a bear. Luckily Xiaocao was able to convince ML that it's still a rainy weather and it would be hard for hunting. But at that time Xiacao was playing with her three well known friends close to her age and there's one girl who tagged along (#plusone). ML warned her that one of her friends have impure thoughts and Xiacao got mad because he was badmouthing her friends which felt like disrespecting her. She even went on saying that the girls are her age what impure thoughts could such girls have? MC: How do you even know they have impure thoughts? ML: Intuition MC: Ha! I didn't know you're a transgender. Only females have strong intuition. Damn mc's wits Everytime these kids meet they would go on to work on harvesting things such as spoonworms so the kids wear work clothes but this tagged along girl doesn't "My father told me that even if I'm working I should still show that I'm a girl". Later on the MC noticed the tag along girl coming to her house not even invited but it doesn't really bother her because the plus one didn't do anything wrong to her. That's when ML showed up ready for hunting. When ML and MC were arguing, ML told MC "I'm good at hunting if you want you can request anything" and our MC teased ML that she went on to mention beasts like bears, tigers, wolves. ML reprimanded Mc by saying "You dared to request for beasts you really want trouble" that's when Tag along girl butt in the convo saying "Xiacao didn't mean what she said please forgive her". And ohhh bhoi ML was pissed off because he can already see the little girl's hidden agenda a.k.a flirting with the ML. Now Xiaocao admired the ML's intuition for what he said the other day was true and said "Your handsome face can even cause such things". MC pitied the plus one but can't do anything because there's still a caste system and plus one did not have any manners and talked to ML. Now tagged along girl was dragged by the guards. MC secretly followed ML and her father into the woods and was scolded by his father for sneaking. ML's arms were strained by saving MC's father in the woods while hunting a black bear. The black bear was lured by little dumplings and in MC's heart she already scolded dumplings a million times for endangering her father. Now ML can't lift heavy objects. Old Yu divorced Zhang as she was so evil she wants her husband dead than spend money. Old Yu got sick saving Dashan by the sea and caught a cold. Now Zhang concluded it was a terrible disease and he needs to be isolated so he wouldn't affect other people. Luckily Xiaocao and Yuhang visited their grandpa and MC ranted on about everything and argued with Zhang saying "Are you a doctor? How come you diagnosed our grandfather with a terrible disease when it's just pneumonia from saving uncle dashan. If you went to the doctor his condition couldn't have worsen. But you would rather kill your husband than spend money" Viola¡ All the villagers knew what happened and felt sorry for Old Yu. Old Yu really felt sorry and regrets not breaking off with the evil woman who killed her late wife. He had regrets with how he let her oldest daughter marry someone from the north. Old Yu since then lived with the MC's family. MC was able to predict that there would be a locust plague in two days and warned his father to harvest the corn and potatoes than wait for the disaster to happen. Yu hai warned the village by saying he met an old man who was a fairy and predicted that there would be a locust plague. Some villagers believed what Yu hai said. Others didn't for example old zhang. After the disaster everyone in beijing was affected by the plague but the dongshan village were the most affected. The prices of goods skyrocketed. MC met the wolf she saved long ago and the grey wolf recognized the human who helped him so he entrusted his two kids (white and black pups) because of the plague the wolf's having a hard time finding food. ML was very worried of MC because of the plague and imagined the disappointed look of the MC of not being able to save the crops. So he requested the emperor to let him handle the relief goods to the people. He quickly went on to Dongshan village to deliver goods but was surprised with how the Yu's saved the crops. ML who lived in the old general's house was invited by the Yu's because of the wolves howling at night. Later on 30 wolves went down and attacked their house, luckily they set traps. The leader of the wolves was about to kill Yu hai but was saved by the grey wolf. The grey wolf was about to be killed by the guards but MC was able to stop it. Now our MC has an instant 3 wolves pet. black white and gray. Oh and I forgot to mention that before this wolf incident the emperor disguised himself as the MC's older brother and was able to recognize MC to be the person who transmigrated. During lunch time the aid of the emperor, Su ran, suggested to taste test the locust and ML saw MC staring at Su ran (MC was actually astonished by Su ran's looks) "What are you looking at?" MC quickly explained that the locust are safe to eat but the exception is for those who have allergies. Now I'm currently reading on how the emperor will bestow a reward to the Yu family for successfully planting corn and potatoes.
From what I've read (230-300) she wanted the ML to teach her on how to do the sidestep like easily climbing trees or walls but ML told her it takes years to master and with her age she should just stop thinking about it.
In the future, will the FL have any female friends outside of her village? Will these characters get an opportunity to shine? Will her siblings get an opportunity to shine on their own in the future? Do the supporting male characters that have "especially noted" the FL get their own love line? I'm kind of tired of reading how everyone loves the FL. She's certainly very special, but her characterization sort of rubs me the wrong way. I'm okay with ppl thinking positively and being neutral towards a FL, but my ish here is how those that like her like her A LOT!
According to the spoilers, third master of restaurant that befriend Xiaocao got a wife with business mind too. They married happily. Idk about big brother Han.
Gosh these guys in ancient china likes to marry themselves with their closest relative. It's giving me a headache. Spoiler: ML & MC moments (ch 330+) They went to Beijing and ML wanted MC to stay at the house he prepared but Madam Fang (godmother) insisted that her daughter should stay in the General's house. There they met the "beautiful lady" Jiang Zixian, Princess Jing's niece (ML's cousin), who's flirting with the ML. ML got angry because he knows the true color of Zixian. She just wants the status and wealth. The next day when the gang was about to inspect the land where corns would be planted, MC got curious as to why ML's face was so gloomy and asked him if her mother invited Zixian to stay in their house. ML got annoyed and they start to argue. MC: King Jun, did the beauty chase you and chase you home yesterday? ML: Are you blind? She is also a beautiful girl? If the beautiful girls are all like this, the sow can pass the scourge MC: what's the standard of beauty in your heart? ML: clean MC's thoughts: Do all the ladies in Beijing look bright on the surface, in fact, they are all ghosts, not bathing or brushing their teeth? ML: I say cleanly, not externally, but mentally MC: Oh ... you also noticed that she was not purely motivated to you? But it's no wonder, saucy man, woman is good. You are handsome and golden, your future is great, it is easy to attract the little girl's eyes, okay? Another scene where ML teases the stubborn MC. MC: this girl will definitely grow into a beautiful lady in the future ML: I didn't expect you to be quite small but your heart is big. Say, I'll give you the position of side concubine is that good enough? MC: Side concubine? who's your side concubine?! Who wants to be a flat wife? ML: Not a concubine? What do you want to do? Be an equal wife? (I think equal wife=main wife) Hmm let me think about it. Okay I'll let you be an equal wife. MC: Dream on! This lady will not serve a husband with other women! This lady is pursuing a lifetime relationship, a couple! If you can't do it, you might as well roll as far as you can! ML: You originally want to monopolize the favor of King Jun? Then you have to treat me better! My shoulders are sore, give me..."
Omygosh I need to share this because I'm so happy for the Yu and Qian family! Spoiler: Ch 358 "8-yr old Xiao Shitou" As everyone already mentioned, Uncle Yu Bo didn't pass the exam and Grandma Zhang's mood is extremely bleak. Like how come his son has been studying for 10 years but Little Shitou passed the exam at such a young age. It was also revealed that Yu Bo's father in law passed the exam when he's already 40 yrs old so Yu Bo's wife did not really take it to heart that her husband failed the exam. Shitou and Qian Wen passed the exam and everyone in the village are talking and praising about it. (っ´▽`)っ Now I'm currently reading the next chapter and it seems Old Zhang is up to trouble again. She believes little Shitou blocks her son's fortune. And maybe the examiner just got confused because they both have the surname of Yu . I personally don't judge how many years it takes for people to pass such an exam. At the end of the day it's their lives and they are the one's who took the effort and time to achieve their dreams.
Yes. Everyone in the village knew she killed Yu Hai's mother. Yu Bo was in distress for her mother ruining his reputation. So he promised himself to study harder and brag to people when he does pass the exams.