What’s it like to become a wastrel mocked by the entire internet?
Shen An is dumbfounded as soon as he arrives. The original owner was a drunk and a spendthrift who beat his wife and children, was buried in debt, and had become the butt of everyone’s jokes.
From the start, he has nothing but a straw bed, a wife he once beat, Chen Yueyao, and a younger brother and daughter who are so terrified of him they tremble.
The family’s rice jar is emptier than a face without features, a crack as wide as a finger runs along the wall, and the roof beam is so rotten it might as well lie flat. At the village entrance, a woman spits at him to his face: “Good people die young, but troublemakers live a thousand years.”
Shen An checks his pockets. They’re emptier than a face without features.
His wife gives him a cold look. His younger brother hunches his shoulders and doesn’t dare speak. His daughter timidly hides behind her mother.
It will take time to turn their lives around. There’s a broken house to repair, an elderly mother to care for, a wife and daughter to protect, and a little brother to teach. He also wants to earn a degree so his whole family can hold their heads high.
But the ancient imperial examinations are harder than the 996 overtime grind in his previous life.
He starts with one life and a mountain of debt to shoulder. But Shen An has this to say: “I’ll slowly clean up the mess the original owner made. Wife, just watch.”
I have read too many cool articles about dressing up as a princess or becoming the richest man, and suddenly reading this article felt like drinking a bowl of herbal tea on a hot day. The author doesn't write about the intrigues in the court or the fights between gods. He writes about farmhouse walls, oil pans on stoves, and earthen kangs and straw mats. It writes about Shen An's fifteen cents of wages that she was reluctant to spend in order to tie a wooden hairpin for her daughter-in-law; it writes about the long process of the heroine going from cold to warm, from "bedding line" to "actively turning the booklet." Everyone's reaction is close to the flesh and blood, not suspended or artificial.
I feel like I can write well. The author is very good at it. I hope I can write well.
The author's writing is okay. The heroine appears directly. Come on, come on, I like to watch it. She comes from time-travel and directly takes the lead, leads her family to live a good life, and then takes the imperial examination.
I think it's okay, the writing is good, and it's quite interesting. The protagonist comes back from time travel to make life better at home. I give it five stars. The author keeps working hard.