Transmigrate into Dream of the Red Chamber and Become a Landowner

[This novel is complete. It went premium on November 17.]

Young Jia Huan transmigrates as Jia Huan, Third Master of the Rongguo Mansion.

The good news: He's on the road north after the family split, so he won't have to wait around for the family to be confiscated and end up in prison. He also has a red packet group.

The bad news: It's a villain System, and none of the red packets are any good. They can wipe out an entire family at the drop of a hat.

The even worse news: He gets caught up in the mess caused by that bastard Zhou Yun and is hunted in the middle of the night.

After finally managing to part on peaceful terms, Jia Huan finds himself penniless. He has no choice but to work hard farming and earn a little money. Unfortunately, he ends up making money off Zhou Yun.

Jia Huan keeps backing away, step by step. Nothing good ever happens when he runs into Zhou Yun.

During a mission, Zhou Yun finds a little cat. No, it's a rabbit that bites when provoked. It's timid, but adorable. As a pet lover, Zhou Yun immediately takes a liking to the rabbit.

During an escape, the two grow closer. Who would have thought the other would turn hostile and refuse to acknowledge him, then show up right under his nose to do business and call him a profiteer? It's only been a few days, and the rabbit's really gotten bold.

Jia Huan only wants to farm, become a little landowner, and lie around like a lazy fish. But circumstances won't let him. Having seen too much hardship, Jia Huan changes his outlook and does what little he can to influence the times.

He discovers new crops, improves rice varieties, and develops farming tools, helping everyone in the country eat their fill and wear warm padded coats. He has no grand ambitions. He just accidentally goes from a little landowner to a world-famous magnate, becoming a very different sort of villain.

Jia Huan says timidly, "I'm not a villain."

Zhou Yun puts an arm around his rabbit. "Don't listen to them. They have no taste!"

Upcoming novel====[The Mind-Reading System Becomes Everyone's Favorite]

System 996, one of the first-generation Systems, is forced to start work before completing its training. It was supposed to help its Host dominate the world, but a temporal disturbance sends 996 crashing into the body of Jia Cong, who drowned.

The good news: It got a body for free.

The bad news: It hasn't even figured out how to be a System. How is it supposed to figure out how to be human?

The really bad news: Its golden finger activated on its own and got used on itself!

From then on, the Rongguo Mansion has a Third Master Cong who is both embarrassing and impossible not to dote on:

He zones out while studying (actually, he's catching up on gossip).

He gets distracted at banquets (he's browsing Chinese cuisine).

Worst of all, he sneaks out and runs into a man brimming with imperial aura, then gets a front-row view of the Nine Princes' struggle for the throne!

Wait, this can't be right! 996 screams. What kind of world is this? Wasn't I in Dream of the Red Chamber? Where did Kangxi and the Fourth Prince come from?

Ah, let's watch some Qing dynasty dramas to calm down.

The Crown Prince narrows his eyes. "I got deposed again? Are you kidding me? I'm done!"

The Fourth Prince rubs his chest. "No way. I don't want to work myself to death either."

Kangxi watches the daily-updated "spoilers" and tears the script for the Nine Princes' struggle to pieces. "Issue an edict! Bring Jia Cong of the Rongguo Mansion to the palace!"

From then on, 996 becomes the Forbidden City's number-one mascot:

Forced to "zone out" in the imperial study (actually, it gives the emperor spoilers about the future).

Forced to "slack off" at the Ministry of Revenue (actually, it improves the tax system).

Forced to "doze off" at the Ministry of War (actually, it draws plans for flintlock rifles).

Jia Cong, despairing: I just want to be a lazy fish and survive until I can log out!

Reader warnings:

1. No CP.

2. A well-behaved, adorable little System whose mouth moves faster than its brain, loves gossip, and wants nothing more than to lie around like a lazy fish.

3. A silly, everyone-dotes-on-him story combining Dream of the Red Chamber and transmigration to the Qing dynasty.

Upcoming novel====[Dream of the Red Chamber: The Young Concubine-Born Son's Road to Success]

Jia Cong was supposed to go to the countryside to work on poverty alleviation, but a landslide swept him into the past, where he became Jia Cong, an insignificant young member of the Rongguo Mansion.

To survive, Jia Cong decides to find himself a stable job, so the insignificant young man embarks on the imperial examination path.

However, the rigid eight-legged essays give him a headache, and the clan school is a mess. How will Jia Cong turn his fortunes around?

He takes the imperial examinations and is sent away to serve as an official. Watch the young son of a concubine steadily climb the ladder to success, only to give up his post at the peak of his career and establish an academy.

Along the way, the insignificant young man becomes the mentor of countless students. His students are technical experts who focus on practical work, and he never forgets his original ambition, fulfilling the great wish he had long ago.

Fortunately, he also has someone by his side who protects him every step of the way. They had agreed to be confidants, but became lovers instead. At least he has found a new sense of belonging in this era.

The academy's students all know that their headmaster is wonderful in every way, except that he can't get up in the morning. If they want to hear him teach, they should come in the afternoon.

Jia Cong grumbles angrily. It's all that person's fault! He's clearly very hardworking.

His loyal puppy of a partner hurriedly apologizes. "All right, all right, it's my fault. My fault. Should I kneel on the washboard tonight?"

Theme: Farm diligently and never forget your original intentions.