In his previous life, Gu Zhou was a spoiled rich kid who raised hell wherever he went.
He had nothing but money. He did everything except attend to his proper business.
After an accident, he transmigrated into the youngest son of the poorest family in Gujia Village.
The cold wind howled. Their house was bare, and their quilts had been cold as iron for years. The little one tossed and turned, kicking holes in the thin bedding.
Young Master Gu, accustomed to a high bed and soft pillows, looked at the scraps of quilt underfoot and turned green.
He climbed out of bed and stepped in mud.
Looking for something to eat, he found a cold, hard wild-vegetable cake.
Gu Zhou: I can't live like this!
But outside the door, an even worse life awaited.
The eldest brother in the family was about to be conscripted for labor. He was reportedly being sent to guard the frontier, a journey with almost no chance of survival. The whole family wept bitterly. The soldiers who had come to take him away chuckled, "If you don't want to serve, either pay silver or pass the imperial exams. Since you can do neither, come with us at sixteen!"
Six-year-old Gu Zhou: ...He looked at the wild-vegetable cake in his hand and the mud under his feet.
He gritted his teeth!
Gu Zhou: He would get both academic honors and money!
P.S. A growth story about a spoiled young master making his way in the world by taking the imperial exams as a farmer's son.
Synopsis screenshotted on May 24, 2023.
Theme: Keep striving.
