Southern Wind

The Xiao family, known as the poorest amongst the mountaineers had just spent all their savings as dowry for a daughter-in-law, who was disfigured, dark, skinny, and mute. Mocked as the ugliest bride within miles, she eventually had enough of a life in poverty and escaped, only to fall in the hands of rogues who murdered her. 

When she opened her eyes again, her soul was now that of a killer's, and her disfigurement was healed while her unhealthily tanned skin was now fair as day.... And she could also talk! As she became the most beautiful bride. Villagers kept their distance from the Xiao family, claiming that they were jinxes. But despite her poverty, the bride was fortunate to have a loyal mountaineer husband who spoiled her to bits. Hence, the bride guided her husband to riches, buying farms and tending to them diligently, while starting a family to gain riches through blood and sweat.

The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

Xiao Yuchuan nodded. "Because of this, Father often quarreled with Mom, always telling her it made no sense why she favored one son over another when we were both her flesh and blood. Mom would invariably retort that I brought bad luck and claimed that marrying Father was picking up a great bargain he didn't deserve any control over. However, after I turned ten, for reasons I didn't understand, Father started treating me poorly too. Like Mom, he began either beating or scolding me often and frequently left me hungry."


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