A Woman Reborn as a Man: Leading the Whole Village Through Famine to Take the Imperial Exams

A female-oriented novel with a male protagonist and a romantic pairing. Ancient rural life, imperial examinations in a fictional dynasty, family life, and a slow, steady pace! Fang Yu wakes up as Fang Yu, a sickly boy from a farming family. Caught in a natural disaster while traveling with his teacher, Fang Yu becomes Fang Yu, the youngest son of the Fang family. Born prematurely and frail, he is closely protected by his parents, who had him late in life. One day, five-year-old Fang Yu is still kneading mud while wearing split-crotch pants. He looks at the little bird between his legs and sighs deeply. This is so uncomfortable, really uncomfortable! His nephew sees him and immediately calls out, “Grandma, Uncle's squatting down to pee again!” For a while, his mother even thinks some female ghost has possessed the child. Fang Yu looks at the few shabby rooms his family calls home and thinks, No, I can't go on drifting through life like this. With these skinny arms and legs, how long would it take me to make a living by farming? I have to study. I have to take the exams. I have to become an official and bring honor to my family! Eight years later, the southwest is hit by locusts, then a devastating snowstorm. Worst of all, bandits are everywhere, forcing the entire village to flee in search of food.