Her scholar father died unexpectedly. A year later, her frail mother also passed away in childbirth, leaving behind ten-year-old Shen Yun, her four-year-old brother, and a newborn baby not yet three months old. Their family had once been fairly well-off, but their fortunes collapsed in an instant. With nothing but bare walls to their name, Shen Yun looked at the empty rice jar, then at the pale, scrawny little ones gazing pitifully at her from behind. All she could do was sigh up at the sky: Great God of Transmigration, you must be joking, right?
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Theme: Farming and the imperial examinations
