The villages and towns of the Northern Song Dynasty looked peaceful during the day, but quite unusual at night. Scholar Lin Fan has been extremely busy these days - the villagers seem to look for him exclusively at night: asking him to write family letters, arrange land deeds, resolve quarrels between neighbors, and calculate autumn harvest accounts, all of which are looking for him for advice.
"Although this night in the countryside is lively and interesting, it is so tiring that one can hardly stand straight up!" He pressed his waist and sighed helplessly.