I Pampered Twin Sisters During a Famine and Built a Self-Sufficient Empire with Wives and Wealth! - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1:

Qingshan Village,

Xu Family.

“Big sister, I’m cold~”

“Wei’er, don’t be cold. A sip of hot porridge and you’ll warm right up…”

Cold? 

What cold? 

Can’t they just turn on the heater? 

Didn’t the heating bill get paid?

Lying in bed, Xu Changnian kept tossing and turning, unable to get comfortable. In a daze, he muttered, “Heater what… heating… like a stove for warmth?”

Shen Yourong hugged her little sister close. Though she reassured her with words, her eyes stayed fixed on Xu Changnian.

He had been talking nonsense the whole time. If he didn’t snap out of it, the two of them would be homeless again and freeze to death out in the wild.

Whoosh—

A cold breeze slipped in through the cracks of the door. Xu Changnian shuddered, opened his eyes, and saw… a pair of goddess-like sisters!

Both had perfect oval faces, teary eyes that sparkled, fragile and beautiful… truly frozen beauties!

Their faces were ghostly pale from the cold, lips cracked, their coarse gray clothes were riddled with holes, and their skin was mottled with bruises and frostbite.

“Where is this?

Are you two filming a drama or something?”

Seeing them shivering and about to pass out, Xu Changnian quickly pulled the blanket over them.

“Th-thank you…”

The warmth from the blanket clearly helped. Shen Yourong looked at him with gratitude.

Even if he was a local scoundrel, at least he was willing to take them in!

Exhaling a cloud of white breath, Xu Changnian broke into goosebumps. It felt like squatting bare-assed in the snow with wind blowing straight at his balls…

Looking around, the mud-plastered house was old and broken… was that a thatched roof?

But he remembered falling asleep in his rented room with both AC and heating. Now he’d woken up in another world!?

Creak—

The door opened. Xu Changnian looked up. A woman around thirty came in. Her dark, cross-collared coat was covered in patches.

She wasn’t as stunning as the two sisters, but she had her own charm—especially that full chest.

But her expression was off. Her gaze was sharp enough to kill. She clearly wasn’t in a good mood.

Sister-in-law Yun Niang?

A familiar yet distant name suddenly surged into his mind, making his head throb.

“As long as you’re alive.”

“I made half a pot of millet porridge. You… you two should go drink some.”

Seeing him awake, Yun Niang sighed in relief, then glanced at the sisters beside the bed.

Her heart was torn. She wanted to kick them out but couldn’t bring herself to. Since they’d already been brought home, she might as well give them a bowl of porridge.

Sitting on the bed with his head in his hands, Xu Changnian didn’t respond.

“Go drink something warm now…”

He didn’t react, but the two girls were clearly struggling. Especially the younger one—her eyes were already dazed.

Feeling a sting in her heart, Yun Niang took their hands and led them to the main room.

“I really transmigrated? Come on! Why’d you drop me into such a hellish script…”

Once the room was empty, Xu Changnian hugged his head, almost crying.

As someone from Blue Star, he’d always been mentally prepared for transmigration. But this opening was insane.

There were four people in the household. Father Xu Tielin had broken his leg hunting in the mountains—he was bedridden.

His older brother, Xu Changqing, who worked as a constable, went missing half a year ago, leaving behind his wife and daughter.

Then there was the original Xu Changnian—nothing but a scoundrel, infamous across all the nearby villages!

He didn’t work the fields at all. He wandered around aimlessly every day, and just this morning, he pulled a stunt straight out of hell.

Instigated by Liu Ermazi, he picked up a pair of sisters off the street and brought them home, claiming they’d be his wives.

The older sister was Shen Yourong, the younger one Shen Wei. Those two just now.

Right after bringing them back and saying he wanted to marry them, he argued with his sister-in-law, then collapsed…

How frail was that body?!

Then came the transmigration, and everything just now happened. What, a free wife giveaway at the start?

Back in his original world, finding two pretty wives might’ve seemed like a dream… but in this famine-ridden ancient era, it was definitely not a blessing.

Food was already scarce.

Yun Niang was taking care of her little daughter alone. Father Xu Tielin was sick. And then there was Xu Changnian, the good-for-nothing.

Now it was a famine year, and winter was fast approaching… every debuff was stacked!

Life for the Xu family was already unbearably hard, and now with two extra mouths to feed—how were they supposed to survive?

“This bastard of a predecessor dragged the whole family straight into ruin. No wonder Sister-in-law is pissed!”

After recalling everything, Xu Changnian’s blood pressure spiked, and he collapsed back onto the bed.

The best, most logical choice for the Xu family now would be to harden their hearts and kick the Shen sisters out.

But in this kind of freezing weather…

They probably wouldn’t survive the night.

Yet keeping them meant burning through more food—wasn’t that still a slow death for everyone?

This was a classic trolley dilemma right at the start. Xu Changnian’s head throbbed. Couldn’t he just transmigrate back…?

If he got to return, he swore he’d love his country and never slack off again…

Wait, what’s this? A golden finger? Forget it, I’ll stay here. No more nine-to-five corporate grind!

Getting a wife in that world was way too complicated anyway.

As Xu Changnian raised his hands high, shouting the name of his hometown, a panel shaped like a compass slowly appeared before him…

[Information System successfully bound. Upcoming fortune: After extreme hardship comes great luck!]

“An intelligence-type system?”

Xu Changnian wrapped the blanket around himself, rubbing his hands together, breathing faster from excitement.

As a Blue Star native, he had a very high tolerance—no, appreciation—for golden fingers.

[Frozen Rabbit: A rabbit lies frozen at the foot of the mountain. Go now and you’ll gain something.]

[Hungry Wild Chicken: A wild chicken is foraging in Xiaoyue Mountain. Be cautious—slippery terrain.]

[Wild Boar Sighting: A group of wild boars has appeared deep in Xiaoyue Mountain. Fat and meaty, but beware their counterattack.]

As the compass spun, three pieces of intel popped up within moments.

Xu Changnian let out a breath of relief. The burden on his shoulders felt lighter—at least now he had hope.

[Please select one intel. The system will provide detailed guidance accordingly.]

[Completing the intel will grant experience. Leveling up unlocks new functions.]

[Current system level: 1. EXP: 0/100.]

A beginner’s guide appeared on the panel, detailing the system’s functions. Xu Changnian closed it right away.

Leveling up and whatnot—who cares? The family couldn’t even eat. Priorities, man.

He opened the intel interface and thought seriously. First, wild boars—out. Not trying to die today.

Next, wild chicken—he thought it over, then dismissed it too.

His body was weak. Hunting a wild chicken in the mountains? Please.

Chickens had the advantage of terrain, could even fly short distances. His current body wouldn’t keep up.

Catching wild chickens would need slingshots or traps—forget it.

“I’ll take the rabbit!”

Xu Changnian made the smart call. Rabbits had the least meat, but also zero risk—he could just pick it up.

Once he made the choice, the compass glowed, and layers of mist seemed to part.

A virtual image projected like a panoramic video…

At the foot of the mountain, beneath a tree, a fat rabbit lay on its side, unmoving.

“Looks about 3 to 4 kilograms. If I make stew out of that… tsk!”

Just thinking about it, Xu Changnian could already smell the meat. In his old world, a few kilograms of meat was nothing. Eat whenever you want.

But in this famine-struck ancient era, just one bite of stewed meat was like striking gold. Delicious!

Time to act.

Xu Changnian instinctively went to get dressed… but there wasn’t much to wear—just a coarse cotton jacket.

Whoosh—

As soon as he stepped out the door, the cold wind slapped him for a few seconds and his legs started trembling.

Starving, weak, and cold—he was struggling to even leave the village. Climbing a mountain to fetch a rabbit?

Forget it.

Better drink some porridge first.

But just as he was about to walk through the main hall door, a pleading voice from inside made him freeze in place.