Reborn as a Cannon Fodder, I Survive by Spoiling the Plot

After transmigrating into a book, Shen Qingyuan discovered he had become part of a cannon-fodder family. His father had been crippled while saving the male lead's father, and the original Shen Qingyuan had died of a fever because his family wanted to save their money for the male lead's education. To avoid becoming a stumbling block on the male lead's path to success, Shen Qingyuan chose to take his family far from the protagonist and cherish their lives. A succession of natural and man-made disasters in the book kept him on his toes, so he had no choice but to use his foreknowledge and modern knowledge to lead his family safely through each calamity. But after enduring one disaster after another, Shen Qingyuan realized that only by attaining a high position could he better protect his family. And so he embarked on the path of the imperial examinations...