Imperial Exams: Sell My Sister from the Start? I Write a Feel-Good Novel and Turn My Luck Around

(Imperial examinations + rags-to-riches comeback + slice of life + an ensemble cast of ordinary people) Transmigrated into the lowest rung of ancient society, with no golden finger and only a modern mind to rely on, he earns silver by writing popular stories and passes the imperial examinations through sheer ability. Stepping on the faces of awful relatives and snobbish bullies, he rises from a poor boy overlooked by his family to claim a place on the honors roll and establish a branch of the family genealogy of his own.