The previous emperor was indulging in extravagance and debauchery, and was incompetent and tyrannical. Moreover, treacherous officials held power, levied taxes arbitrarily, and oppressed the people. As a result, Heaven sent down divine punishment, and natural disasters occurred frequently in various places.
The world was in turmoil, corpses littered the fields, people were displaced and suffered greatly. Various groups rose up in rebellion, beginning an eight-year campaign to overthrow the tyrannical emperor. Until five years ago, the Shangguan clan beheaded the former emperor in front of the Fuyou Palace and established the Great Jin Dynasty. With the establishment of the new dynasty, everything was rebuilt.
Anping Village is located at the foot of a mountain. It is springtime, and the flowers are in full bloom, making it a beautiful place. Chen Kai lay on a newly tidied haystack on a small hillside, looking at the scenery in the distance and a group of children cutting grass. He couldn't help but recall what he had experienced in the past few days.
A few days ago, the original owner of the body, Chen Kai, fell ill due to the weather. Chen Kai, a modern agricultural college student, transmigrated and became Chen Kai, the three-year-old youngest son of the Chen family in Anping Village.
During Chen Kai's illness, he met everyone in the Chen family except for his married sister. It was a harmonious family. Chen Kai's parents, who are now his parents, had five sons and one daughter. He was the youngest son born in their later years.
Just as Chen Kai was lost in thought, the second son's youngest son, who was also his nephew, suddenly popped out from behind him and said, "Hello, my name is Liu Xiaotian. I arrived two days earlier than you. In my previous life, I was a part-time ghost hunter." After saying that, he sat down and looked at Chen Kai with a very amusing expression.
Chen Kai stared at Liu Xiaotian as if struck by lightning, stammering, "You, hello, you also transmigrated? My name is Chen Kai. In my previous life, I was an agricultural student. Since you can catch ghosts, is the original body still around?" Liu Xiaotian replied, "Yes, I already calculated that. The original body has already been reincarnated."
"That's good. I died from overwork while playing games all night in my past life. I should have known better than to stay up so late playing games. By the way, how did you die in your past life?" Chen Kai asked Xiao Tian.
"I was struck by lightning, but my master had already foreseen that I would face a death calamity at the age of 20, and I was prepared for it. I never expected to be reborn here." Xiao Tian sighed as he looked at the scenery in the distance.
Chen Kai exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, that's amazing! Are there ghosts here? Do you have any martial arts techniques that ordinary people can learn to become very powerful?"
Xiao Tian turned to Chen Kai and said, "This world shouldn't have ghosts or monsters. It seems that all I have left is the ability to tell fortunes. I don't have any martial arts skills that you can learn, only some exercises to strengthen the body."
"Ah, okay! How could this be? Although I like reading time-travel novels, I never thought of experiencing it myself. I'm not even a nobleman, and my cell phone, computer, air conditioner, game console... I'll never see them again!" Chen Kai cried out in anguish.
Suddenly, their stomachs started rumbling. They had only drunk some vegetable soup that morning, and it had long since been digested.
Although Chen Kai also wanted to improve his family's living conditions, he was too short to do anything, and Anping Village was very poor. It had only gotten a little better in recent years, and the people were recuperating and wanted to have more children to support themselves in case of natural disasters or man-made calamities.
Their family eats two or two and a half meals a day, which is considered quite well-off. Although there are restrictions on staple foods, they can eat unlimited vegetables.
The two had just stood up when they heard Da Ya shout, "Uncle, Xiao Tian, come home for dinner!" They ran over, squatted down, picked up Chen Kai, and carried Xiao Tian on their backs, saying, "Uncle, hold on tight, we're going home for dinner."
Although the two wanted to walk down the hill on their own, they couldn't make it down the small hill and had to rely on Daya to help them down.
When Daya and the others were cutting grass, they would leave Chen Kai and Xiao Tian out of sight. Daya was the eldest daughter, an ordinary child, thin and just over ten years old, and a quick and efficient child.
The girls here are mostly named Daya, Erya, and so on, but thankfully the boys in the family have names that Old Man Chen paid for at the temple, not just random names like Da Bao or Tie Dan. However, these names were just randomly picked by the abbot from primers, but Old Man Chen doesn't mind. Few boys in the village have names, and as long as they have a decent name in the family genealogy, Old Man Chen is very satisfied.
The Chen family's house was located at the end of the village. When he was young, Old Man Chen had worked outside for a few years, trading goods and making some money. He returned to the village and built a six-room house with blue tiles. There was a main hall where Old Man Chen and his wife lived with Chen Kai. The eldest son and his wife lived in another room, the second son and his wife lived in another room with Xiao Tian, the third son's daughter had already married, the fourth and fifth sons lived in another room, and the eldest daughter and several other girls and young boys lived in another room. The boys and girls were on opposite sides, separated by a curtain. The house was very crowded.
The kitchen was built of stone and was quite large, storing a lot of miscellaneous items. The house had a yard enclosed by a fence in both the front and back, where some vegetables and fruit trees were planted. Flowers were also planted under the fence, and now that they were in bloom, the flower-covered fence was very beautiful.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Chen Kai's mother, Zhou Shi, rushed out, took him from her, and said, "My dear son, are you thirsty? Let me make you some sugar water." She then picked him up and carried him towards the kitchen. Chen Kai asked, "Is Third Cousin back?" The family rarely bought candy; they only bought it when his third cousin came home. Although Zhou Shi loved her grandchildren, she doted on her youngest son even more, so she always saved the best treats for him.
My third cousin was quite clever. He found a job in town as a waiter in a restaurant. He would often bring back leftovers, which the villagers envied. My third cousin and fourth cousin had a good relationship, and he was also very good to Chen Kai. He would often share some food with the Chen family and buy candy for Chen Kai. At first, my aunt would scold my third cousin for not saving money and instead buying candy for me, but he never changed his ways, so my aunt stopped bothering him.
After finishing the sweet soup, Chen Kai went to the hall to eat. On the table was a patch of lush green vegetables, and the main dishes were dark steamed buns and very thin mixed grain porridge. Each child had some meat in their porridge, which had been brought by their third cousin. Although their sister-in-law was a very good cook, the dishes were almost devoid of oil, making them difficult to swallow. But how could they have the energy if they didn't eat their fill?
After dinner, Lao Si sneakily pulled Chen Kai and Xiao Tian to his room. Once inside, Lao Si quickly closed the door, took out a bowl of half-cooked egg drop soup from a hidden spot, and told the two of them to drink it immediately.
No one knew where the fourth brother got the eggs. Xiao Tian took a small bite, frowned, and handed the bowl to Chen Kai. Then, he watched with admiration as Chen Kai finished the bowl of very fishy egg soup. Although Chen Kai also found it very fishy, he still drank it all in one go to get some nutrition.
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