Chapter 1

When Lin Ran woke up, he found himself hanging from a branch halfway down the mountain.

Along with him, his backpack was also hanging on the branch.

Looking down at the foot of the mountain, a wave of dizziness hit him, and Lin Ran quickly tightened his grip on the tree trunk.

"Huh~ Why have my hands become so delicate?"

Lin Ran looked at his hands, which were tightly gripping the tree trunk, his eyes wide open.

"This is just not scientific? How could I have a child's hands? Wasn't it just an emergency on the plane? But I clearly used a parachute."

Just as Lin Ran was puzzled, a flood of memories surged into his mind.

It turned out that the body he had possessed was also named Lin Ran, the only son of Doctor Lin from Lin Village.

Doctor Lin, though called a doctor, was merely somewhat skilled in medicine.

However, Doctor Lin had a compassionate heart and voluntarily took on the responsibility of providing medical care to the residents of Lin Village and the surrounding villages.

He had a good reputation in the nearby villages.

Lin Ran, growing up in such an environment, developed a keen interest in various herbs.

One afternoon, Lin Ran had gone up the mountain with a basket to collect herbs and spotted a rare hundred-year-old ginseng at the summit.

Driven by excitement, Lin Ran made his way towards the ginseng.

He didn't know that such a ginseng, which had almost developed a spirit, was always guarded by a spirit beast.

Lin Ran was about to dig up the ginseng with a shovel when a huge snake, as thick as a child's arm, opened its massive mouth and lunged at him.

Bitten by the venomous snake on his arm, Lin Ran screamed and fell off the cliff.

He soon died from the poison while hanging on a branch halfway down the mountain.

At that moment, Lin Ran from the plane took over his body.

Thus, the scene at the beginning of the story unfolded.

And so, the protagonist of this book, Lin Ran, was born—applause should be given here~

Realizing he had been transported to another world, Lin Ran couldn't help but sigh to the sky, "This is just not scientific."

How could the gap between what he saw on TV and in novels and his own experience be so great?

Where was the system?

Lin Ran called out loudly for the system, his voice hoarse, but there was no response.

Without the system as a golden finger, it was one thing.

At least give me a better birth, right? I don't need to be born as an emperor, but at least a prince or a duke would be reasonable.

Now, I'm just the young son of a village doctor in Lin Village.

There's no prestige at all. How am I supposed to survive in the future?

Isn't this just a slap in the face of all transmigrants?

"Ah, I'm disgracing the name of transmigrants."

Lin Ran laughed bitterly to himself.

The most pressing issue now was how to get down the mountain safely.

Thinking about this, Lin Ran reached out and struggled to grab his backpack from the branch.

After much effort, Lin Ran finally managed to get the backpack into his hands.

Fortunately, everything was still there.

The various high-quality seeds he had prepared for the agricultural fair were all in the backpack.

"Ha~ Ha~"

Lin Ran couldn't help but burst into laughter. These things were enough to help him stand on his own in this world.

According to the memories Lin Ran had, it was now the first year of the Zhen Guan era, and Emperor Li Er had just ascended the throne.

The Tang Dynasty was in a period of shortage of soldiers and food.

After the turmoil of the previous Sui Dynasty, Emperor Li Er was in a state of extreme poverty.

If history hadn't deviated, a severe locust disaster would occur this year.

Combined with the floods in Henan and Hedong, the lives of the Tang Dynasty's people would be very difficult this year.

Lin Ran silently felt for the people of the Tang Dynasty for three seconds.

When he realized he was still hanging on the branch, he couldn't help but shake his head in self-mockery. How could he still worry about others?

Lin Ran watched as the sun was dragged down the mountain by someone.

When the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the good days of the day were almost over.

A mountain breeze blew, and Lin Ran couldn't help but shiver.

The early spring in Chang'an was really cold!

When the sun was shining, it wasn't so noticeable, but once the sun was stolen by the night, Lin Ran felt a chill all over his body.

Halfway up the mountain, right in the wind, it was no wonder it was cold!

"Ran~ Ran~"

A familiar voice called out from a distance, gradually becoming more anxious!

Lin Ran knew it must be his parents searching for him.

His heart ached, thinking of his parents from his previous life, and his eyes welled up with tears.

After knowing about his predicament, his parents would surely live in sorrow.

The pain of a parent outliving their child was not something everyone could easily bear.

"Father, Mother. I am unfilial, I can only repay your kindness in the next life."

"Ran~ Ran~"

A woman's sorrowful voice echoed from the mountaintop, mixed with the wailing wind, making it heart-wrenching to hear.

"Lin Zhengtai, if anything happens to Ran, I won't let you off."

Sun's voice echoed on the mountaintop, and her cries and curses strangely gave Lin Ran a sense of warmth.

Another mother who protected and loved him!

Lin Ran strained to open his mouth and finally shouted loudly.

"Mother, I'm here. Mother, I'm here."

Lin Ran's voice echoed in the valley, startling the birds that were about to return to their nests, flapping their wings and flying away into the distance.

"At the halfway point, my son fell down? Hurry, go save our child."

Sun's words were incoherent and panicked.

"Will crying save the child?" Lin Zhengtai looked down at his son halfway down the mountain, feeling even more distressed than Sun.

However, as a man and the head of the family, he remained relatively calm.

"Ran, you can't go up or down. If you stay in the wind all night, you'll likely fall ill from hunger and the cold. The child is already weak, how can he endure such hardship?"

Lin Zhengtai's analysis was spot-on, and Lin Ran couldn't help but admire his father.

"Old man, you talk a lot, but you haven't said anything useful. How do we save our child now?"

"Cuihua, go home quickly and bring the rope and basket. No, I'll go home. We might not be able to pull the child up. I'll go to the village and call for help, you stay here with the child."

Lin Ran felt reassured, realizing that his adoptive father was full of wisdom.

He had been worried that they wouldn't think of a way to save him, but now he realized he had overthought it.

"Father~ I'm not afraid. Be careful on the mountain path, it's dark."

Lin Ran used all his strength to shout.

"Go quickly, the child has fallen, and you're still worrying about me."

Sun urged him strongly.