Winter Chill

Great Gan Dynasty, Qinghe County, Kaoshan Village.

Early winter.

The north wind howled, whistling mournfully.

Inside the house, a young man squatted listlessly before the hearth.

"Ingratiators die a horrible death... the ancients truly did not deceive me."

The young man's name was Lu Chuan. Just yesterday, he had been a busy salaryman in another world.

On his way home from work, he saw someone jump into a river. He dove in to save them, but the person who wanted to die clung to him, and they both sank to the bottom of the water.

When he opened his eyes again, he was here.

The original owner was also named Lu Chuan. He was sixteen years old, a native of Kaoshan Village, and a notorious simp, weak and easily bullied.

A few days ago, the village goddess named Xinghua casually said, "I want to eat fish." This kid actually dared to jump into the frozen river in the middle of winter.

He didn't catch any fish. When he was pulled out of the water, he was burning with fever and barely clung to life, never waking up.

Glancing at the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, Lu Chuan sighed:

"Starting out in hell mode..."

In his memory, his father, Lu Danian, was a hunter, and his mother, Zheng Lan, earned money by washing clothes to supplement their income. They also had two mu of barren land.

In a good year, the family of three could barely manage to eat.

But this year was very different. Qinghe County, where he was, had suffered a severe drought. Most of the crops withered and died before they could mature.

This was naturally terrible news for farmers who relied on the land for their livelihood.

Take Lu Chuan's family for example. Their stored grain wouldn't last more than a few days. Their only savings were a few taels of silver at the bottom of the rice jar.

It was already early winter. How could this little money support a family of three through the winter?

"In this era of low productivity, winter... and famine truly mean death."

Although Lu Chuan had knowledge of processes like making soap and alcohol in his mind, they all required capital.

But capital was precisely what he lacked right now!

Putting his thoughts aside, Lu Chuan felt waves of hunger.

Mother Lu was still washing clothes at this time, while Lu Danian had been in the mountains hunting for several days. Before he left, he said he wouldn't come home unless he caught something big.

"I need to chop wood and cook quickly, or we'll starve to death..."

Lu Chuan rubbed his hands, then got up to get the chopping knife, intending to chop wood.

The moment he touched the chopping knife, something unexpected happened!

Several clear lines of text appeared before him without any warning:

[Weapon: Chopping Knife]

[Quality: Mortal Tier, Low Grade]

[Description: This is a severely worn chopping knife. Hope you won't be harmed by it and become its last owner.]

[Inclusion Effect: Basic Chopping Skill can be acquired.]

As Lu Chuan touched the chopping knife, the lines of text before his eyes made him freeze on the spot.

Immediately after, his heart began to pound violently.

It's here!

At this moment, Lu Chuan knew that he had finally gotten his Golden Finger!

Suppressing his excitement, he began to study the introduction before him.

"Acquiring weapons grants talents and martial arts insights... it's quite simple and direct. I just don't know if there are any restrictions on acquiring weapons."

Perhaps sensing Lu Chuan's doubt, the next moment, another line of text appeared.

[The system will automatically absorb the acquired weapon. The rewards obtained from acquiring weapons are related to the weapon's material and history.]

[Current weapons that can be acquired: 3]

After reading this, Lu Chuan finally felt completely at ease.

"Weapons disappear after being absorbed by the system. It seems only my own weapons can be safely absorbed... As for other points, there's nothing else."

[Acquire?]

Lu Chuan's eyes narrowed.

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