Great Tang: Armed with Supreme Skills, I Lie Flat as an Idle Prince

Xiao Gui transmigrates to the Tang dynasty during the Kaiyuan era and becomes a poor tutor in Xuanyuan Village. No System, no golden finger, no powerful father, just a dilapidated thatched hut, nine students, and two copper coins. But he is perfectly content: after teaching, he builds snowmen; during breaks, he takes the children sculpting; and he sneaks down to the river to catch carp and make fish dumplings. His little life is full of simple pleasures.

The village head comes by to arrange a match. Wang Yuanbao, the richest man in Guanzhong, wants Xiao Gui as his live-in son-in-law. Xiao Gui politely declines. Marry into the family? He might as well return to his old career as a flying thief. The other man then offers to fund a school, and Xiao Gui gladly accepts. Just after Shuai Lingyun leaves, an old Taoist slips into his home, eats all the dumplings, burns paper money, and leaves behind a book of breathing techniques before drifting away. Today happens to be the seventh day since Xiao Gui's soul crossed over.

The next day, a little girl of six or seven timidly wanders into the courtyard. Starving, she stares at the roast lamb chops and swallows, but doesn't dare eat. "I'm a wretched girl. Wretched girls can't eat lamb." Xiao Gui crouches down and looks at her seriously. "That's something other people told you to fool you." The girl hesitates for a long time. "Then can I just eat a little, and take a little back for my granny?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.