A young yeoman farmer from Jiangnan in the Southern Song Dynasty, under the dual background of the rise of the commodity economy and the intensification of land annexation, grew from a traditional farmer who focused on "cultivating one-third of an acre" to a "new farmer" who took care of both food production and commercial operations. It shows how individuals can break through the boundaries of survival and realize the dual improvement of land value and self-worth amid agricultural technological innovation and changes in social concepts.
