Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Raising a Grandson to Pass the Imperial Exams

It's a great read. It's about an ordinary, mature woman who travels back to ancient times, lives a simple life, and raises her grandchildren. Sigh, I feel like she's better than me. At least she's good at Chinese. I've been reading novels for over ten years, but I never really understand them. I'm lucky if I can even write a story outline.

This is a super good novel! There's no nagging little girl, no all-knowing male lead, and no reformed, awful mother-in-law. It's unlike most time-travel historical novels, and there are no exploitative relatives. It's ordinary yet not bland, realistic yet not melodramatic.

It's quite good, with a slow and steady flow. The constant noise in the village at the beginning was a bit annoying, but the saying "there's always trouble around a widow's door" is reasonable. The second sister-in-law's character is quite interesting. I thought she would be jealous of the female lead throughout, but she eventually came to terms with it and made peace with herself.

I finally finished reading it! The plot was captivating. Although it lacked dramatic highs and lows and the language wasn't particularly sharp, the overall feeling was one of subtle yet clever writing. It's definitely worth reading. 👍👍👍 In addition, it is written very realistically, especially regarding his failure to rank among the top in the imperial examinations.

2026.5.28 Seeing that the Liu family had inexplicably bought a half-dead slave, and then went to treat his injuries and pay a high price to redeem his sister, he couldn't stand it anymore.

It's good-looking and very realistic, unlike many imperial examination novels I've read where the top scholar is always the best, achieving the highest honors in three or six examinations in a row 😂

It's a great theme: raising a grandson steadily and patiently, teaching him calligraphy, guiding him through the imperial examinations, and ultimately leading him to a high-ranking official position, becoming a third-place scholar (探花). The only issues are occasional typos that make it difficult to read, and some parts are written too meticulously, a bit too much. It's a little wordy 😅. Otherwise, it's great. Keep up the good work! 👍

It's really good, I want to keep watching. It's just too short. I'll save it for later.

I like this setting; I don't connect too much with the extended family, and I just raise the baby on my own.

The novel is so captivating, I couldn't put it down, I even read it during meals! Highly recommended!