[Transmigration, farming, System assistance, food and infrastructure, a warm ensemble cast, lighthearted humor, one heroine]
After dying suddenly from overwork, office worker Wang Jianguo transmigrates into the body of Wang Dazhuang, a penniless ancient peasant buried in debt! From the start, all he has is a broken bowl and three drafty thatched huts. It’s hard to imagine a lower point in life. Worse still, the “Make a Living and Get Rich” System he’s bound to seems rather unreliable. His starter pack is a broken-bowl repair skill and a guide to identifying weeds? To stay alive, Wang Dazhuang has no choice but to start by cleaning latrines, gritting his teeth as he follows the System’s quests and feels his way forward from the depths of despair. He fries wild greens into “emerald tempura,” boils pig offal into braised delicacies whose aroma travels for miles, and unexpectedly discovers chili seedlings by the latrine that could make him rich... With modern knowledge and help from the System, which sometimes lets him down, he opens the way with food and tackles farming and infrastructure alike. He rises from “chief pig-raising expert” to head of the “Five Grains Cycle Cooperative,” turning a poor mountain village into a prosperous earthly paradise.
Along this comeback trail of absurd quests and laughter, the gentle and clever Li Xiuniang quietly enters his life, becoming the first to sample his bizarre cooking, his accounting strategist, and his emotional refuge. From their first meeting by the latrine to standing side by side against natural and man-made disasters, and then venturing into the county town and spreading their business model, the two gradually fall in love, and their romance blossoms naturally. Just as Wang Dazhuang’s name rises and trouble starts brewing, he and Xiuniang retire together at the height of their success. In the paradise they built with their own hands, they enjoy a leisurely pastoral life, playing with their grandchildren and savoring sweets. This is a joyful farming tale about striking gold from “dung,” and cultivating a prosperous age with food, technology, and warmth.
