A middle-aged office drone, worked to the bone by the modern workplace, transmigrates into the second son of a poor farming family in ancient times, caught in the middle of the family hierarchy. First, he relies on modern knowledge to divide up the family estate and build wealth in the countryside. Then he enters the civil service through the imperial exams and administers a poor county. In the end, an ordinary man who only wanted to "live a comfortable little life" grows into a capable official who earns the attention of the imperial court.