[Imperial Exam Story] [No Romance] [Early Story: Business, Farming, and Studying] [Later Story: Taking the Imperial Exams, Becoming a Village Official, and Building a New Countryside]
A modern woman transmigrates into the body of a young boy from a farming family in ancient times.
The Jiang family had seven daughters in a row. The villagers mocked them for failing to produce a son and said their family would die out. Jiang's mother gritted her teeth and risked her life to give birth to a boy. The whole family was overjoyed. They all spoiled this only son, and he grew up useless.
His sisters would rather let the whole family suffer than let their little brother go without. Their own children wore coarse, ragged clothes and ate bran and greens, while every penny and egg they saved went to him. They raised him into a spineless good-for-nothing.
Whenever the little brat ran out of money, he held out his hand to his sisters and brothers-in-law. If they refused, he beat them: today he'd punch his third brother-in-law, tomorrow he'd kick his fourth, and the day after that he'd slap several of his sisters.
Heaven finally opened its eyes. The original owner got drunk, fell into a pond, and died. A modern woman's soul transmigrated into his body and took his place.
Unable to stomach his seven sisters' appalling habit of indulging their brother, Jiang Yiming roared, "No more spoiling me! From now on, I'll support you. I'm a man, so I'll hold up the sky if it falls."
His seven sisters said, "If the sky falls, your brothers-in-law can hold it up. You just focus on your studies and becoming a high-ranking official."
His brothers-in-law were nearly drained dry. Give them a break! Just because they had a conscience didn't mean they should be guilt-tripped into doing everything.
Jiang Yiming rolled up his sleeves, took the imperial exams, went into business, and led his family and relatives to turn over a new leaf and build their fortunes.
Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest.
It wasn't that he was some selfless saint. In the future, he planned to enter government through the imperial exams, and a bad reputation could cost him the right to sit them.
Everyone would get rich together. The goal was for you, me, and everyone else to be happy.
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Bai Lian'er repeatedly schemed against the Jiang family, trying to ruin Jiang's sister's reputation. The same ungrateful wretch, Bai the Pervert, repaid kindness with enmity, and then the male lead just dressed in black and beat them up with his sisters? Are you kidding me?
I managed to get to chapter 104, but I couldn't take it anymore. It was both frustrating and mindless, and the trivial details were worse than a historical farming novel. The author, a scholar, did everything a scholar wouldn't normally do. He wanted to include the female-to-male transmigration setting, but couldn't let go of everything a woman would normally do. It felt very disjointed and I couldn't relate to the story at all. The author was just being overly sentimental.
What was the author thinking when they left so many written notes as evidence? And what was the author thinking when they left so many comments to defend themselves without carefully considering the plot holes?
After reading this article, I understand the idiom "" (wěiwěidàolái), and it's very satisfying.
The book is halfway through, and the characters are still doing business and haven't even participated in the scientific expedition. It's all just mundane family drama, the plot is dragging on too much. [Laughing and crying emoji]
It's really good! The length of the story is just right; too short and the plot feels incomplete, too long and I wouldn't be able to keep watching. It's just right for me.
I dropped it. The way the characters brainwashed and manipulated their daughters to support their brothers, the moral blackmailing of their sons-in-law, and the mindless spoiling of their sons—treating their daughters like dirt and their sons like treasures—really made me feel very uncomfortable, and I couldn't watch it anymore.
It's pathetic that I have to dress as a man to save my sisters in the family.
The positive reviews are for the themes of building a wasteland county and caring for the people, although there are some Mary Sue elements. If you don't think too much, it's a decent, satisfying read; the main characters all have fulfilling and prosperous lives, while the villains all either die or are seriously injured, ending up with no good outcome.
There are indeed no mushy love scenes; it's simply a story of struggle and triumph.