While grabbing red envelopes on New Year's Eve, Lin Xiaoman's family of five fell down the stairs and walked collectively to a shabby thatched hut on the outskirts of Bianjing during the reign of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty. They were penniless and only had a few modern gadgets such as dead mobile phones and lighters. However, because they had seen through the modern pressures of mortgage loans, insolvency, and forced marriages, they unanimously decided to take root in the Song Dynasty and never look back!
Lin Xiaoman, a former Internet operator, has become the family's chief financial planner. With his father who is a god at cooking, his mother who has a social ceiling, his grandfather who is invincible in mortise and tenon skills, and his grandmother who is good at diet and massage, he starts to make money in various ways. From setting up a stall at the entrance of the village to sell modern snacks on the street, to opening a "Family Fun" chain store in Bianjing, it opened three stores: a gourmet shop, a health shop, and a craftsman shop. It relied on modern marketing ideas such as limited sales, member check-in, and Song Dynasty takeout to spread business throughout Bianjing.
Dad's spicy food and hotpot make Bianjing's rich and powerful people cry. Mom uses her chatter and bargaining to gain connections in the city. Grandpa's mortise-and-tenon items are snapped up by literati. Grandma's dietary supplements have become a hit in the aristocratic circle. Lin Xiaoman has built "Family Fun" into a top brand in Bianjing. There is no slander or ruthlessness in the whole process, meeting noble people and forming good relationships, no bloody calculations, just hilarious daily routines and warm reunions.
In the end, the Lin family bought a house and land in Bianjing, their children got married, and their elders enjoyed their old age in peace. "Family Joy" became a century-old brand in the Song Dynasty. The family completely escaped the involution of modern times, and lived a happy life of easy money and family happiness in the splendid Northern Song Dynasty.
Reader comments
It's fun, it's great to travel through time with the whole family!
It's fun, it's great to travel through time with the whole family!