Lin Yue, a chemical technician, died suddenly while working overtime. When he opened his eyes, he became a poor scholar from a poor family during the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The family is surrounded by walls, the mud house leaks, the rice jar is bottomed out, and the family owes taxes and medicine money. His sick parents and young siblings are all supported by him. The uncle on the side of the family is still eyeing the three acres of thin farmland at home.
In my previous life, I was so exhausted from studying so hard that I couldn't even keep a full stomach, so I still want to rely on the imperial examination to make a comeback?
Lin Yue put down the book of sages and rolled up his sleeves to work on his craft.
Boiling maltose, making stain-removing soap, and improving the bent-wheel plow were all inconspicuous little skills that became a magic weapon for getting rich in rural areas of the Northern Song Dynasty.
First save money to build a house so that your parents, brothers and sisters can have hot and full meals; then open a workshop and cultivate uncultivated fields to live a prosperous life.
The neighbors are envious and the squire looks at him with suspicion. The poor scholar in the past has become a capable person praised by everyone from far away.
Others only read to get their names on the gold medal list, but Lin Yue studied to protect the stability of his family and keep the lights on in this prosperous age of Renzong.
From the countryside to the streets of the county, from a humble commoner to a capable official, he lived a unique and stable life in the Song Dynasty with his craftsmanship.
