One Daily Draw in the Famine, and from the Start I Fill the Whole Village’s Granaries

[More Women Than Men] [Stockpiling in Chaotic Times] [Daily Divination] [Ruling the Realm]

After transmigrating to the final years of the Great Wei Dynasty, Li Huaian becomes a notorious "useless little brother-in-law."

His elder brother dies in battle, but instead of stepping up to support the family, Li Huaian steals the paper money his sister-in-law burned for her late husband to buy wine, then sells the family's coal for winter to gamble!

From the start, it's a living hell: snow seals the river outside, the rice jar is nearly empty, and a creditor wants to take his sister-in-law as payment for the debt?

Li Huaian looks at the "Hetu Luoshu Heavenly Book" that has suddenly appeared in his hands and smiles.

[Today's Water Fortune: Extremely Auspicious]

[Three feet beneath the ice, due north, is a frozen golden-red carp. Eating it will greatly nourish you; selling it will fetch a thousand gold!]

[Ominous: Widow Li at the village entrance plans to set up a honey trap today. Avoid her if you pass by, or you may lose your virtue!]

While others risk their lives chiseling through the ice to fish, Li Huaian strolls by the river with his hands behind his back and returns with the courtyard piled high with fish.

While others chew tree bark and clay, the aroma of Li Huaian's whole-fish feast carries for miles.

His sister-in-law asks through her tears, "Erlang, did flipping the wok so much scramble my brains? Where did all this food come from?"

Li Huaian understands now.

People trading their children for food? Corpses lying everywhere?

As long as I follow the Water Fortune signs, this chaotic age will be my granary!

Years later, standing in the Golden Throne Hall and gazing at the flourishing realm, Li Huaian sighs.

"To be honest, at first I only wanted to make sure everyone in the village had enough to eat..."