It finally ended on December 31, 2024!
Thank you all for sticking with me until the end. Of course, thank you also to those who didn't finish reading. Whether you've accompanied the author this far or not, you're all wonderful readers.
That concludes this post. Let's chat about this book.
This book has many flaws, but sometimes I had no choice but to write it.
The first point of contention is that the author lacks common sense.
Hmm... that's indeed a fact. The author is just an ordinary person, and there are many things they don't understand, and they have their own blind spots in common sense.
If the setting is in the south, why would there be ginseng on the mountain?
Doesn't the South have ginseng?
Haha, I later learned from readers that ginseng is a specialty of the North and is not found in the South.
I am so sorry for making such a silly mistake.
But I only saw Baozi comment on this much later, by which time it had already reached hundreds of thousands of words, and I simply couldn't revise it anymore. So, I'll just leave it as it is.
There's also Hu spicy soup; the author didn't include any personal bias in writing about it.
The main problem is that there are countless farming novels on the market, and things like "offal" and "ice jelly" have been overused.
I really can't bring myself to write any more of this.
After much thought, I decided to write about spicy soup, so I decided to write about spicy soup.
To be honest, I've never had Hu spicy soup before, but I'll definitely try it sometime.
Besides these, there are various price issues, such as how much it costs to buy bricks and tiles, how much it costs to buy meat...
Well... because prices fluctuated frequently in ancient times, just like pork today. Today it might be 28 yuan per jin (500g), but after a while it might be 20 yuan per jin. Prices do change.
Therefore, we can only choose a price that we believe is in line with the social norms at the time.
I hope everyone will be understanding.
The second flaw is that the female lead discovers the cassava and tries to convince the whole family that she can handle it.
Many fans say that the female lead deliberately framed Jin Hua.
However, when the female protagonist first transmigrated, her interpersonal environment was terrible. She was anxious to change this and wanted to do it quickly, so she had to resort to some underhanded tactics.
The female lead wrongly accused someone; there's no way to clear her name, nor is there any need to.
But my real intention in writing this section is to use this incident to lay bare the conflict between Du, Jin Hua, and the female protagonist, and then highlight Jin Hua's fiery personality.
When I was writing it, I hesitated, knowing that if I wrote it, the female lead would definitely be criticized.
If we don't write it down, Jin Hua's personality won't come through, which is such a pity.
In the end, I felt I should still write it, to let the female lead endure some criticism. It would help develop her character, which was worthwhile. It would also make her more realistic.
The third point of contention is the scene where the female lead fights with Li Jiaojiao over ginseng.
Many people ask why the female lead didn't dig up the ginseng beforehand? That would have allowed Li Jiaojiao to miss out.
That was the original plan, but I prefer the part where the female lead uses jade to trick Li Jiaojiao out of the money she got from selling ginseng.
Therefore, it wasn't written that the female lead dug up ginseng beforehand, and a reasonable explanation was given.
The fourth point of contention is the names of the female lead's two daughters.
Many people say that their names sound like maidservant names, which are not proper, and have the same meaning as Zhao Di.
But... well... the author thinks it's alright. When they named them, they thought it was cute.
Characters like Zhao Ling'er and Huo Ling'er are clearly very cute and also very much like female leads.
At the time, I felt that since I was a girl from a farming family, I didn't want to come up with a fancy or artistic name, so I focused on something simple and easy to pronounce.
At the time, we also planned to name them Jinjin and Huanhuan, and Qingqing and Huanhuan, but for some reason, we didn't use them.
As for Ye Jin and Ye Huan, they were considered at the time. But then they thought about how the three boys, Ye Yong, Ye Xuan, and Ye Peng, all had single-character names.
Ye Jin and Ye Huan seemed like brothers with Ye Yong and the others, so it was useless.
Also, I especially love the character "欢" (huān).
It's a matter of personal preference; I just think it's quite cute. Since it's not the female lead, but rather her daughter, I wanted to go with my own taste.
I didn't expect such a strong reaction from everyone, hahaha.
The fifth point of contention is Ye Peng and the Wei family.
Many people are saying, why did you portray the Wei family mother and son so badly? They were fine at the beginning.
But when I started writing, I had already decided on the personalities and fates of all the characters.
Wei's character is that of a dog that bites but doesn't bark. The reason she didn't seem bad before was because she was poor and only had the worry of getting enough to eat. Moreover, Du always took the lead while she hid behind and reaped the benefits.
Moreover, I've been explaining their personalities for a long time.
For example, around chapter 30, the female protagonist buys fabric for her family, but Mrs. Du feels that she has bought too much and quickly refuses.
When Wei wrote, "Seeing this, Wei was too embarrassed to ask for it," her true intention was naturally to spend more of her sister-in-law's money to buy more cloth.
She simply dared not speak because she saw that Madam Du had spoken.
Most of the time, she kept quiet until Madam Du spoke up, at which point she had no choice but to obey Madam Du's decision, otherwise her bad intentions would be exposed.
There are so many details like this, both explicit and implicit.
That was all in the early stages. A book was over a million words long, and they started describing her personality traits around the 100,000-word mark. There was no sudden change in her character. Nor was there any deliberate attempt to portray her negatively.
The same principle applies to Ye Peng.
His selfishness was evident from his very first appearance.
For example, when Jin'er and Huan'er shared candy, Jin Hua refused to eat it. Ye Peng took the candy to Jin Hua's room, hoping to appease her.
Everyone praises him as a good kid, but that's only because they see him from the female lead's perspective.
From Jin Hua's perspective, Ye Peng was just talking without understanding the situation.
One is my cousin who has lived with me for over ten years, and the other is my cousin who I only see a few times a year.
His act of hurting his cousin in order to help his beloved cousin is inherently selfish.
In this situation, he should actually remain silent.
Instead of hurting her cousin to please her sweetheart.
If he wanted to please his sweetheart, he could have done it himself. Why use Jin Hua as a favor?
Besides that, there are many other things that followed.
Reading books and the like.
Of course, he also has a good side, like being a sunny, cheerful, and funny big boy.
As long as his interests are not affected, he can remain cheerful and optimistic.
But once you touch upon it, all the true colors will be revealed.
In addition, there were Erquan and Wei Xiaojuan, among others.
Anyway, the character's personality matches my initial idea.
And then there's Shen Zhiyan, Manman... I feel that every character in this book, by the end, has lived up to the original characterization I envisioned, and their personalities haven't strayed from the original.
This is what I'm most satisfied with; every character is exactly as I imagined, without any deviation.
Thank you, myself!
Thank you to all my darlings who have been with me all this time!
I also want to thank every character I created, all of whom worked so hard to bring them to life on the page!
Finally, I wish everyone a Happy New Year! May all of you become incredibly wealthy, beautiful, handsome, healthy, and have everything you desire in 2025!
Best regards, love you all! See you again someday!
——Yao Yao Ruo Shui
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