Synopsis

ByXishuiRiver,therelivedafamilywiththesurnameRuo,whoseluckwassodisastrouslypoorthatitwasasifmisfortunewaspossessedbytheirverysouls.Whenotherfamilieshadbountifulharvests,theRuoFamilyharvestednotasinglegrain.Theirplantedvegetablesweredevouredbyinsects,theirchickensgotchickenplague,theirpigsgotswinefever…

Despitethehouseholdbeingfullofstrongmen,theywereeithermad,crippled,orblind…

Whatwouldhavebeenafamilyofgreatprospectsbecamethepoorestwithintenmiles.

TheonlythingthatothersenviedabouttheRuoFamilywasitsthrivingmalemembers!TheoldladyoftheRuoFamilyhadgivenbirthtosixsons,whothengaveherfourgrandsons.Shedreamtdayandnightofhavingagranddaughter.Whenshefinallygotagrandchild,toherdismay,thechildwasmentallydisabled:atoverthreeyearsold,shestillcouldn’tspeakorwalk,couldn’teveneatorrelieveherselfwithouthelp.

EveryonethoughttheRuoFamilywouldneverturntheirfortunesaroundinthislifetime!Thatwasuntilthehalf-oldthree-year-oldmentallydisabledchildsuddenlycalledout,“Mom…”

Theheavensbegantochange.

Theworldbegantoturnmysterious.

IntheRuoFamily’scourtyard,thepersimmonsripenedovernight.Thevegetablesinthefields,nearlynibbledbarebyinsects,turnedlushandgreen.Theoldhenthathadneverlaideggssuddenlystartedlaying…

Whileothersfacedfamine,theRuoFamily’sgranarywasfull.

Theeldestsonwasnolongermad,thesecondsonwasnolongercrippled,thethirdsonwasnolongerblind…

TheoldladyoftheRuoFamily,withherhandsonherhips,laughedheartilytothesky,“WhosaysmyXuanbaoisadimwit?She’sclearlyatreasureofblessings!”

(Thisisafarmingnovelwithahintoffairycharm,wherethefemaleprotagonistinapreviouslifewasajust-awakeneddaylilythathasreincarnatedasahuman.)

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