The Poisonous Chancellor from a Humble Family: My System Is Hungry Again

For readers who:

Love seeing a scholar turn his fortunes around through the civil service exams, but find stories focused purely on studying too dull

Enjoy farming and infrastructure building, but want to see hands-on, technical know-how

Are tired of overpowered systems and want a golden finger that comes at a price

What to look forward to

Yan Shifan wakes up after death as a farm boy in the Song Dynasty with the same name:

His family owns nothing, his parents are gravely ill, and his little sister is so hungry she chews tree bark.

In his previous life, he was the young grand secretary of the Ming court. In this life, he just wants a bite of meat.

Fortunately, he gets a System: each simulation costs a pound of meat,

while upgrading a skill costs three pounds. If he doesn’t pay, it will drain its Host dry!

And so, the Song Dynasty takes a startling turn:

To learn hunting, he picks the brains of every hunter in the village;

To earn tuition money, he recreates carpentry techniques and improves the spinning wheel;

To deal with corrupt officials, he simulates the county magistrate’s “official authority” skill and slams his hand on the table in court!

Then, in the civil service examination hall, he