The Fire-Starter Girl in the County Magistrate's House

Copywriting: Li Xiaoxiao was chasing a星际战狼 (interstellar war wolf) when she inexplicably穿越 (transmigrated) to the Great Wu Dynasty over 30,000 years ago, becoming a refugee fleeing after a great flood.

With no household registration or travel permits, she was taken in by the newly appointed County Magistrate of Biyang County due to her brute strength and became a fire-starter girl in the kitchen.

Kitchen manager Mao Mama let out a sigh of relief; she finally found someone who could work.

Unfortunately, although this girl was good at everything, she ate a bit too much.

Li Xiaoxiao argued eloquently, 'I eat a lot because I work fast; I can do the work of three people!'

Watching her single-handedly lift a jar weighing over a hundred catties and finish a day's worth of work in just one shichen (two hours), Mao Mama shut her mouth.

Li Xiaoxiao was very satisfied. This place provided food, lodging, and full stomachs, along with a monthly salary. She had high hopes of achieving her lofty goal of coasting through life.

But was she perhaps being too happy too soon? Not two days after her arrival, the County Magistrate fell deathly ill. His only son, Meng Guanqi, held only the rank of a xiucai (scholar). If the County Magistrate were to die, would this fourteen-year-old xiucai be the first to sell her off?

Left with no choice, she turned into a wet nurse and secretly saved Magistrate Meng to maintain her peaceful life of idleness.

However, how could this ordinary little county office be plagued by so much trouble?

Magistrate Meng offended his superior, Meng Guanqi provoked the superior's wife's nephew, the young lady's maid ran off with the coachman carrying valuables, and Madam Liu was caught red-handed pawning off财物 (valuables)...

Li Xiaoxiao rushed about and was forced to get involved in the hustle. Where was the promised good life of coasting along? Why was she so busy?

And just what kind of storm-tossed体质 (constitution) did this fair-skinned, snowy-looking young master have? He was drugged one moment and involved in the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince the next; behind the conspiracy lay yet another conspiracy...

Li Xiaoxiao had to hustle along with him, and amidst the hustle, cough, she started a romance with the young master.

Everyone said they were a mismatch.

Li Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, 'Don't talk about status differences or skin color disparities. We are the most perfect match.'

Because I have the merit of helping the founding emperor.

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Meng Guanqi was accustomed to keeping a low profile since he was a child. He didn't fight or grab, was obedient, and even did his homework in duplicate: the good version for his father to see and the average version for the teacher to see.

Despite keeping such a low profile, he was still driven out of the capital and followed his father to take office in Biyang County.

Unexpectedly, this remote little county was also full of crises. He was drugged, schemed against, and assassinated. Every time, the maid by his side stepped forward to save him from fire and water.

He had never接触 (contacted) other women; he only knew that not everyone could be like Li Xiaoxiao, standing tall and resilient in adversity, living freely and in high spirits.

People said she didn't配得上 (match) him, but in his eyes and heart, she was even more confident and beautiful than a celestial goddess from the highest heavens. It was she who redeemed him.

Knowing she didn't like a cage-like life and always dreamed of flying freely one day, he resolved to become an imperial envoy and take her to traverse the myriad rivers and mountains.

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The first sword upon coming ashore, first cuts off the lover.

Although this phrase is an internet slang from later generations, Tu Jiaojiao felt it really suited her and her husband, Yan Shu.

Yan Shu was an educated youth sent down to their township in 1972. At the time, the township was suffering from famine, and many people in the village starved to death. Tu Jiaojiao saved Yan Shu behind her family's back, using the life-saving food she had secretly hoarded.

As for why she saved him, Tu Jiaojiao slammed the table and said it was because she was quick to help others, brave in doing good deeds, and righteous—actually, that wasn't it.

It was because she couldn't move when she saw Yan Shu. That high nose bridge, deep eyes, legs longer than her life, that stubborn look in his eyes, and melancholic气质 (temperament) bewitched her completely. She just wanted to capture him quickly...

To marry him, she didn't even mind him living in a cow shed on the verge of collapse.

So when Yan Shu asked how to repay the life-saving恩 (favor), Tu Jiaojiao didn't hesitate: 'Marry me. If you have a chance to return to the city later, remember to take me back with you.'

Yan Shu's veins bulged on his forehead, but the food was in her hands, so he had to compromise.

The two hastily got married. The bridal chamber was the cattle pen assigned to Yan Shu by the team, but Tu Jiaojiao didn't mind at all.

After five years of marriage, Tu Jiaojiao hadn't been able to conceive. She was feeling uneasy, but Yan Shu迎来了 (welcomed) a turning point in his fate—the college entrance examination was reinstated.

Yan Shu prepared for the exam with all his might and had to hand over the household chores to Tu Jiaojiao, solemnly promising that once he got into college, he would definitely take her to the city.

He succeeded, becoming the first student from their remote township to be admitted back to the city, and he kept his promise by taking Tu Jiaojiao back with him.

But the very next day after returning to the city, Yan Shu formally asked her for a divorce.

Tu Jiaojiao had a dream. In the dream, a famine suddenly struck the township. She dreamt she saved an educated youth named Yan Shu and married him. But this educated youth ate her food and drank her water, took her to the city, and then suddenly asked her for a divorce.

Tu Jiaojiao: You ungrateful turtle egg (bastard), do you think only you know how to study?

Then, two golden phoenixes flew out of Wuli Township in 1977.

Content Tags: Marquis of the Court, Commoner Life, Crossing Through Time, Farming Novel, Motivational, Redemption

Li Xiaoxiao, Meng Guanqi, Meng Ying

One-sentence Synopsis: Female Lead with MAX Combat Power vs. Stunningly Beautiful Male Lead

Theme: How can wealth and nobility compare to love grown over time?