We Traveled to a Famine-Stricken Era and Joined Forces to Raise Kids and Reclaim Wasteland

[Brain storage area. This book is entirely fictional. If you don't like it, pick another one. Writing isn't easy, so please don't flame me. Five-star reviews only.] Lin He, a master's graduate in botany, opened her eyes to find herself a village woman in the middle of a famine. A leaky thatched hut, four gaunt children, half a handful of coarse rice, and a gambling husband who was out carousing and nowhere to be seen. This was a disastrous start, to say the least. As she tried to figure out how to keep the children alive, the man pushed open the door and came back. Dark-skinned and muscular, with sharp features and a menacing air, he looked like the sort of thug who would hit his wife at the drop of a hat. Lin He felt her heart sink, but then she noticed how strange he was. He didn't speak or act like a country bumpkin, he was skilled at everything from hunting to building houses, and he even looked at her with a hint of exasperation. At the same time, Lu Xiao, a border special forces soldier, opened his eyes to a “max-level starter pack”: four hungry kids, a sickly wife, and a mountain of gambling debts. The twenty-eight-year-old lifelong bachelor and military ace could only think: “You've got to be kidding me.” When two souls from the modern world met eyes in a thatched hut during a famine, they cautiously tested each other, then confirmed it together: “You've transmigrated too?” They weren't going to join the refugee caravan after all. Lu Xiao went into the mountains to scout and found a hidden valley, where he dug up two century-old ginseng roots along the way. They sold them for silver, bought a mule cart, stocked up on supplies, and purchased seeds. That very night, the family of six headed into the mountains to live in seclusion. She knew how to breed plants and improve crops, turning wasteland into a granary. He knew survival tactics, building houses and setting traps, hunting to protect the family, and teaching the children to read and practice martial arts. After the famine, the once-poorest branch of the Lu family built a spacious brick house. They bought a home and opened a shop in the county seat, while the children went on to pass the imperial examinations and become wealthy. Troublesome relatives show up looking for a handout? They get the stick, with no favors spared.