A Poor Scholar's Journey into Officialdom

[Coming Soon: My Father Takes the Imperial Exams While I Lie Flat] Pei Guanchao died suddenly just before the college entrance exams. When he opened his eyes again, he had become Pei Erwa, a pitiful boy in the Great Sheng dynasty whose father was dead and whose mother had remarried. His mother remarried and took the family's remaining money with her. His father died on the battlefield, and his biased grandmother took the compensation to give to her younger son. His uncle used the excuse of raising him to move his whole family into a large house with three rooms, then found a pretext to kick Pei Guanchao out. * Pei Guanchao had no father or mother, no food or drink, and even the place where he slept was something he had to fight the stray dogs for. Luckily, he was shameless enough to attach himself to the private tutor in town. The old teacher had no children, no wife, and no one in his life. Pei Guanchao rushed up and said, "Dad, let me be your son. I'll take care of you in your old age!" The old teacher couldn't talk him out of it or chase him away, so he had no choice but to accept another son. It wasn't until Pei Guanchao gradually demonstrated his astonishing ability to learn that the old teacher became eager to nurture his talent. He brandished his ruler. "If you don't bring home the top scholar title, don't call me Dad again!" * After more than ten years defending the border, the grand marshal of the armies returned, only to learn that his wife had run away and his son had died! Heartbroken, he married a new wife and had a new son. The wives and concubines in his household fought constantly, and the sons they bore chased cats and dogs around, living in luxury and debauchery. Just as he was lamenting that he had no worthy heir, he spotted a newly appointed Hanlin Academy scholar. "Hey! You look just like my son!" Pei Guanchao: "You're joking, Marshal. My father is surnamed Kong." Grand Marshal: "…" His son's surname is Pei, and his father's surname is Kong? Reader's Guide: 1. The male lead has a love interest, but the romance begins after he reaches adulthood. 2. The male lead's daily life and imperial exams are the focus early on. Later, it shifts to his daily life and running businesses and building infrastructure. Check out my upcoming novel, My Father Takes the Imperial Exams While I Lie Flat. Please, everyone, add it to your collections and light up that little star for me! [This is a story about an entire family transmigrating and working together, with their son being forced into it.] Blurb: The entire Song family transmigrated. Dad: Song Yanxu. Mom: Lan Jinying. Baby… no, the universally disliked, lazy college student Song Xiaolan, whose formal name was Song Jingzhi. Song Mom said, "I only gave you the wrong nickname when you were little. I should've called you Hardworking!" Song Dad said, "Song Big Slacker, do you think you're still a kid? Adults need to work hard!" Then, after the whole family transmigrated, three-year-old Song Xiaolan stretched out his tiny arms and legs and patted his dad on the forehead. "Adults need to work hard." Go on, Dad. You're young, so take the imperial exams and work hard for a bright future! Song Dad's words finally came back to stab him like a sword. Just as Song Xiaolan was preparing to lie flat and enjoy another happy childhood Song Mom grabbed him by the collar. "Did you think you could get out of it?" She tossed him straight into school! "Dear, take your lazy little brat to school with you!" In ancient times, were women supposed to support their husbands and raise their children? No. Song Mom was going back to work in ancient times! Theme: There is no end to learning.