I Rose to the Highest Ranks Through the Imperial Exams

[Updates according to the rankings, schedule irregular~] [Please add my upcoming imperial examination story of the same genre, The Butcher's Son Takes the Imperial Exams, to your collection! Blurb at the bottom.] Growing up, Gu Yanqing's life was no different from that of the other children in the village. He dutifully cut grass and diligently tended cattle. One day, he would be given a few meager acres of land. His future was so dreary he could see all the way to the end. The only thing out of the ordinary was that he was the only son in the family, with three older sisters. But the family was desperately poor. Even the only son had to work in the fields. A poor family couldn't afford to raise a pampered young master. Simply staying alive was hard enough. But Heaven didn't show him any favor, either. A bout of chills gave young Gu Yanqing a high fever, and suddenly two voices appeared in his mind. One belonged to a transmigrated man from the future, who claimed to have a golden finger. The other belonged to his future self, who claimed to have been reborn and also had a golden finger. The two fought fiercely over Gu Yanqing's body, until both were badly weakened. The powerless Gu Yanqing took advantage of their weakened state and got his hands on their broken golden fingers: a learning System. Unfortunately, the System was incomplete and practically useless. He would have to work hard on his own. Fortunately, the multiple sets of memories gave him the courage to establish himself and the confidence to pursue an education. From a farm boy who never had enough to eat or wear to the most powerful chancellor in the land, Gu Yanqing first studied to stand up for his sisters. Later, he studied so he could stand up for the common people and help them have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. He took his time, making steady progress all the way. PS: The story focuses on the plot, but there is a female lead. Upcoming story: The Butcher's Son Takes the Imperial Exams. Please add it to your collection! After an accident, Cui Zihua transmigrates to ancient times. His father is a frail, impoverished scholar, his mother is a fierce, hot-tempered butcher, and he is the family's only child, sickly and weak. His mother is the sole breadwinner. Cui Zihua goes to help his mother, only to be knocked down by a pig and spend half a month in bed recovering. There's no way he's going to butcher pigs. He might as well grit his teeth and follow his frail scholar father into the imperial examinations. Theme: Study hard and improve every day