A Young One's Daily Farming Life in Ancient Times

A new novel featuring the same kind of protagonist, The Ancient Chef God System, but the Kid Is Only Five and a Half, is currently being serialized. You can find it in my author’s collection. Blurb: 1. Guan Guan is actually a little money-pot spirit who can make money grow into more money. He makes good people fabulously wealthy and brings misfortune to those who do evil. But Guan Guan, now in the body of a five-year-old child, doesn’t know that, and neither do the villagers of Maoxi. When Guan Guan appeared in the village, he was clutching a small clay pot. He wore nothing but a thin scrap of cloth, and his bare feet were red and raw from the cold as he shivered in the biting wind. Fortunately, a tall, skinny older boy rescued him. But the boy was dependent on the charity of others too, and was beaten until he was covered in blood for saving Guan Guan. But Guan Guan couldn’t speak. All he could do was cling to his big brother and cry. 2. Wei Cheng was four when his father died and seven when his mother remarried. At just eight, he caught a chill from working. His cough wouldn’t go away, and even after coughing up blood for days, he showed no sign of getting better. Wei Cheng didn’t want to die just like that. He planned to go into the mountains to dig up something he could trade for medicine, but instead he found a filthy little child. The child looked about five, with a round little face and delicate, adorable features. But the skin he exposed was purplish from the cold, and he probably wouldn’t last much longer. After a long hesitation, Wei Cheng took the child home and hid him in the Wei household, but his uncles still found out. They beat Wei Cheng viciously and sent Guan Guan away too. But the villagers who adopted Guan Guan treated him terribly. He grew thin and sallow, and his face and body were covered in purple pinch marks. Whenever anyone looked at him, he would curl up like a frightened kitten and cry. Wei Cheng was heartbroken. He asked the Wang family to give Guan Guan to him, then left the Wei household. The heavy snow sealed off the mountains, and the beasts hibernated. There was no sign of life in a poor person’s existence. But eight-year-old Wei Cheng kept Guan Guan’s hand firmly in his own. He thought, This winter will be over soon. 3. The Wei family thought that once winter passed, they’d hear that Wei Cheng and the little stray he’d picked up had starved to death. But when spring came, they saw Wei Cheng carrying a pile of gleaming silver to buy farmland! Before long, they heard that the two brothers were raising chickens and sheep, studying how to make priceless furs, planning to build a big house, and had even lucked into an opportunity to study and learn to read at a private school in town... The Wei family turned green with envy. The Wang family, who had abused Guan Guan, wanted to take him back... But every ill-intentioned person was kept out by a wild beast that looked like a cross between a wolf and a dog. No one knew that the inconspicuous little clay pot Guan Guan always carried was gradually changing with time, turning copper-colored, then silver, then gold. Two volumes: Volume One: A steady life, a little one farming the land [main focus] Volume Two: Expanding their territory and making something of themselves Wei Yu / Guan Guan (bottom) x Wei Cheng (top) Please check the pairing before reading! A heartwarming story about two poor little ones making their fortune through farming. Cute and adorable, comforting everyday life, building a prosperous life, and a sweet growing-up romance. Reader notices: 1. This novel is set in a completely fictional historical world. Hunting and farming bear no relation to real life, so please don’t imitate them. Many details, including currency calculations, goods, and foods, are invented by the author. Please don’t read if that bothers you. 2. Guan Guan is a little money-pot baby whom everyone loves. He has a golden finger, but it won’t simply hand him everything. Only hard work brings rewards. 3. There will be no romance between the two leads before they become adults, only familial affection as they support each other and grow up. 4. In this story’s setting, there are three genders: women, men, and ge’ers. Women and men can marry, ge’ers and men can marry, and men can marry men, though that is less common. Check out the third-life story featuring the same kind of protagonist, The Ancient Chef God System, but the Kid Is Only Five and a Half. The two novels have separate worlds and character arcs, so they can be read independently. A cute little chef, Guan Guan, x the cool, younger-brother-obsessed Embroidered Uniform Guard, Wei Cheng. Blurb: [After a transmigrator takes power and amasses wealth like mad, traditional cuisine falls into decline. To keep thousands of years of traditional food culture from vanishing in the Yan Dynasty, a Chef God System appears out of nowhere!] [The task of saving traditional cuisine needs your broad, powerful shoulders to bear it!] Guan Guan pats his chubby little shoulders and looks confused. “Guan Guan?” Guan Guan does have shoulders, but they slope. * Guan Guan is five and a half this year, but he has three years of experience as a kitchen hand tending the fire. Even when he was still wearing split-crotch trousers, he could help the kitchen staff cook up a fine meal. Amateurs eat for the flavor; professionals eat for the timing. Even a remote little inn is packed with customers. The wicked innkeeper promises that when Guan Guan grows up, he’ll make him the inn’s head chef. Guan Guan wipes his grimy little hand across his white cheek, leaving two streaks of soot, then puts even more effort into tending the fire. But soon, a group of tall men dressed in sweet-and-sour carp uniforms seals the inn. A handsome older boy plucks Guan Guan out of the woodpile with one hand. With a chicken feather on his head and his little feet trembling, he asks, “Big brother, is Guan Guan a bad person too?” The young Embroidered Uniform Guard, Wei Cheng, frowns at his round little belly, which is rumbling away. “Yes.” He’s a little hungry person. Guan Guan is taken to the capital as a suspect child, but fortunately, the kindhearted Wei, who looks stern on the outside, helps clear his name. To repay him, Guan Guan completes quests and opens a little eatery for children. Today he brings his big brother mountain-flower cakes and white sugar dumplings; tomorrow, fresh and fragrant amber-glazed meatballs; the day after, rich and fragrant dried-steamed chicken... Exquisite taste, perfect cooking, dishes so heavenly they leave everyone stunned! The entire Northern Garrison Command is enchanted by the aroma! Meanwhile, The young lady of the Duke’s mansion won’t let go of her osmanthus pudding and cherry pastries. “Why do I have to pretend to drink coffee with those girls every day? It’s bitter and astringent, and makes it hard to sleep. I’m no workhorse. Why would I want to be wide awake all night?” Several senior court officials refuse to leave the little eatery. “Whenever we have a group meal, we have to go to the Imperial Uncle’s barbecue or spicy hotpot place. I’ve got mouth sores, and all I want is one proper, delicious, fragrant bone-in steamed shad!” A commoner’s servant boy eats a bowl of fresh vegetables and minced meat over rice, cheap and delicious, with tears in his eyes. “Who wants to eat malatang every day? It tastes the same every meal, doesn’t fill you up, and makes you weaker the more you eat. Give me an affordable meal of meat and vegetables over rice any day!” Before long, the little eatery becomes famous and rakes in money! In the face of trends and power, truly delicious traditional food always wins! * One day, Guan Guan opens the shop while biting into a donkey-meat flatbread. His eyes light up. “That big brother in the sweet-and-sour carp uniform, come have some freshly fried pork ribs!” Wei Cheng rides over at an easy pace and smiles. “Shopkeeper Guan, take a closer look. This is a flying-fish uniform.” Theme: Hard work will be rewarded. Never give up.