Writing Novels to Support My Family in the Northern Song Dynasty

'''Transmigrating into a poor family’s young daughter in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Manniang finds herself in Bianjing, the capital of the Great Song—a city immortalized in the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painting, showcasing the era’s prosperity. Yet, the original owner was just a young girl, living with her younger siblings in a dilapidated, supposedly haunted house by Nanxun Gate. The home is bare and destitute. The winter wind cuts like a knife, and with charcoal prices soaring, the three siblings huddle together on a single rickety bed. Every meal is either watery rice with frozen cabbage or roasted taro—never enough to fill their stomachs. Staring at he...