The Cannon Fodder Young Landlord Changes His Fate Through the Imperial Exams

Chi Qing’s father is the landlord of Lianshui Village, and Chi Qing is a young landlord with no worries about food or clothing. That is, until he falls and hits his head at the age of ten. When he wakes up, he discovers he’s in a world formed by the fusion of two novels: one about the imperial exams and one about farming. In either story, the Chi family is the cautionary example.

The male lead of the exam novel grows up in poverty and goes through countless hardships to pursue his studies. Chi Qing spends his days teasing cats and dogs and playing in the mud.

The male lead of the farming novel raises his younger brother and sister and battles terrible relatives. Chi Qing is picky about food and complains that his clothes are too plain.

Later, the exam novel’s male lead earns top marks in the imperial examinations, while the farming novel’s male lead becomes rich. Meanwhile, “Chi Qing” squanders the family fortune, infuriates his father to death, and leaves his mother bedridden and unable to afford treatment. His family is torn apart, and the villagers hold him up as a negative example whenever his name comes up.

After reliving the memories, Chi Qing says, “...”

This world is way too hostile toward him.

Chi Qing picks up his books again and studies them inside out. Knowledge changes your fate, after all.

Along the way, he lends a hand to the two male leads while they’re still struggling. He never expects to gain two precious friendships years later.

Daily question: Has the cautionary example met his end today?

No. He’s living even more comfortably.

#From Cautionary Example to Everyone’s Favorite: What Happened to Me?#

Note: The male lead was reborn in the womb.

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Qin Yu has just graduated and is full of hope for the future when he hits his head and transmigrates into ancient times as a premature baby with a congenital weakness. He and his widowed mother make a living running a small tofu shop.

Faced with the limitations of his circumstances, Qin Yu sighs with an old man’s weariness. He still wants to find a way to study. It’s the only path forward.

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