CompletedQing brick walls, verdant tiles, and flowers blooming along the path perfume the air. The grandeur of noble halls contrasts with delicate hands weaving celestial garments.
The story centers on Ayuan, a child who is neither particularly clever nor articulate. She lacks the liveliness and charm of most children, instead displaying a timid and soft-spoken demeanor, with a love for food and an obedient nature that sometimes makes her seem dull. On occasion, her mischievous antics are oddly unconventional.
If life had continued uneventfully, these traits might have defined Ayuan’s life.
However, on her third birthday, her second uncle brought home a baby girl he had found. From that day on, the impoverished Fu family, once struggling to survive, began to flourish:
Wild chickens appeared on the road.
Wild boars came to their door at night.
Rivers yielded fish that practically jumped into their hands, and mountains revealed ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms at every turn.
Setting up a street stall brought an endless flow of customers, and even money seemed to pop up everywhere they went.
The entire village marveled at the family’s good fortune, claiming they had picked up a "fortune baby." Beautiful, kind, lucky, and cheerful, the new arrival quickly became the family's treasure, making the other children—including Ayuan—seem pale and withered in comparison.
Yet, while others envied the Fu family’s supposed luck, they experienced an overwhelming string of misfortunes and hardships. It was within this turmoil that Ayuan began her transformation...
Tags: Farming Life, Business, Ancient Romance, Fortune, Transformation, Slice of Life