Transmigration: After Severing Family Ties, I Led My Husband's Family to a Prosperous Life

Ye Mengyi, a modern agricultural science graduate, dies after an exhausting all-nighter in her laboratory and transmigrates into the body of a fifteen-year-old girl with the same name. The original Ye Mengyi lived a life of extreme hardship in a rural household during an ancient era. After her father, a scholar who had passed the imperial examination, died from illness while traveling to take further exams, she was left at the mercy of her paternal grandmother and two aunts. They treated her as a servant, forcing her to perform grueling labor while denying her food and warmth. The conflict escalated when her spoiled seven-year-old cousin, Ye Qingan, shoved her down a mountain slope after she refused to give him her basket of wild vegetables. Ye Mengyi suffered a severe head injury and lay bleeding on the mountain until she was discovered by Lu Qingshan, a hunter living at the foot of the eastern mountains.

Lu Qingshan, a man of quiet strength and moral integrity, carried the unconscious girl back to the village. Upon arriving at the Ye household, he witnessed the family’s true nature. The matriarch and her daughters-in-law were not concerned for Ye Mengyi’s life but were instead plotting how to marry her off to Lu Qingshan to avoid paying the five taels of silver required for medical treatment. They viewed Ye Mengyi as a cursed burden and sought to transfer her entirely to the Lu family, a household already struggling with poverty, a disabled father, and thirteen members to feed. Lu Qingshan, recognizing the exploitation, was initially reluctant. However, Ye Mengyi, regaining consciousness, saw an opportunity to escape her abusive family. She publicly declared her willingness to marry Lu Qingshan, not for love, but as a means of survival and liberation.

The core conflict centered on Ye Mengyi’s desire to sever all ties with the Ye family. She demanded a formal severance document, the return of her father’s books, and a clean break from relatives who had abused her. Lu Qingshan supported her demands, forcing the Ye family to agree under the threat of public scandal and legal intervention by the Village Chief. The severance was officially recorded, marking Ye Mengyi’s transition from an abused orphan to Lu Qingshan’s fiancée. She left the Ye household with nothing but her books and patched clothes, entering the Lu family’s dilapidated thatched cottages. Despite their poverty, the Lu family welcomed her with warmth. Grandma Lu, her crippled father Lu Dahe, and her hardworking uncles and aunts shared their meager resources, offering her the only eggs and chicken soup they had saved for special occasions.

Ye Mengyi, determined not to be a burden, began planning economic improvements for the family. Drawing on her agricultural knowledge, she proposed processing wild vegetables for long-term storage and sale, as well as tanning animal pelts to increase the value of Lu Qingshan’s hunting profits. Her ideas brought a sense of hope and purpose to the household. However, the Ye family refused to accept the severance. Late one night, Old Madam Ye, Feng Yan, and Yang Yun broke into the Lu residence, demanding that Ye Mengyi continue to provide labor and gifts to the Ye family despite the legal document. They attempted to physically assault Ye Mengyi, but the Lu family defended her fiercely. Lu Qingshan and his uncles drove the intruders out, and Ye Mengyi publicly denounced their cruelty, reinforcing her rejection of her birth family.

The following day, the Village Chief facilitated a simple but official wedding ceremony, witnessed by the entire village. This public union solidified Ye Mengyi’s status as a member of the Lu family and legally barred the Ye family from further claims. The story concludes with Ye Mengyi and Lu Qingshan standing together, holding their marriage certificate. While the Ye family seethed with resentment in the background, Ye Mengyi looked toward the future with optimism. She was no longer the victim of abuse but a partner in a humble yet loving household, ready to use her skills to build a better life for herself and her new family.