A miraculous transmigration brought him to the world of a period drama. From the start, he became a hungry, helpless baby, and the local neighborhood office sent him to the infamous "Courtyard of Plenty" to be adopted. He thought he would be welcomed into warm arms, but reality doused his hopes: everyone in the courtyard looked down on him.
Aunt Yi took pity on him and wanted to adopt the poor child, but Yi Zhonghai coldly refused. Just as it seemed the child would be abandoned by fate, the courtyard's poorest widowed mother and her children stepped forward and took him in. All the neighbors waited to laugh at the family, certain they couldn't make ends meet and would eventually have to sell their home and return to the countryside.
But fate's twists always come when least expected. The neighborhood office brought over a compensation payment. It turned out the baby was the descendant of a martyr's family. Not only would his upbringing cost them nothing, the state would also provide compensation until he turned eighteen. The courtyard neighbors immediately regretted their decision, but they had no idea an even bigger surprise awaited the child.
The baby activated a Growth System. By reaching various growth milestones, he could unlock talents and earn rewards. As an infant, he worked tirelessly to roll over a thousand times and gained heaven-defying comprehension. As a toddler, he mastered ten ways to fold paper airplanes and gained a wondrous storage space. As a teenager, he won a hundred rounds of the soldiers-and-bandits game and acquired grandmaster-level martial arts.
As he grew older, the protagonist used the abilities granted by the System to rise to the top in this period-drama world. He not only helped the family that adopted him enjoy a better life, but also made the people in the courtyard who had once looked down on them see them in a whole new light.
