The Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, While I Feast on Meat from the Supermarket

The moment Chen Shi opened his eyes, he found himself a thirty-five-year-old farmer in ancient times, with a dead wife.

His eldest, third, and fourth sons knelt on the ground, wailing.

His eldest son was already married.

He had become the old patriarch of an ancient household.

Chen Shi's vision went dark. He turned over to face the earthen wall, speechless with grief.

Hmm?

[Ding!]

Fortunately, he awakened a System with a general merchandise trading supermarket built in.

[Ding! Wild shepherd's purse detected. Exchange it for two copper coins?]

[Ding! Exchange for one jin of pork? Spend thirty copper coins?]

During a famine, the villagers of Dongwan Village were so hungry they were about to eat tree bark. Meanwhile, the Chen family stayed home, eating polished rice and steamed buns made from fine white flour every day, with pork in abundance.

Chen Shi led his family in running small businesses, working hard to build a better life;

he also led trustworthy villagers toward shared prosperity.

They built roads, opened workshops, and created Dongwan Village's commercial street.

Dongwan Village became Dongwan Town, then Dongwan County...