Shen Zhaodi transmigrates into a chaotic era where the land stretches barren for thousands of miles and the people are starving. They say, "Those who feed on qi live, while those who eat grain die," but she uses her experience as a food blogger to uncover the truth.
Mother and daughter depend on each other for survival. Her five-year-old daughter, Lin Xiaokui, has the power to soothe the mind and heal the body. Cooking rice balls in a copper pot, Shen Zhaodi restores people's strength and eases their injuries. Their delicious aroma draws refugees to follow them.
Bandits covet their food, and starving mobs surround them. The mother and daughter nearly meet disaster, but a tiny spark of inner fire appears, protecting them both and awakening an extraordinary power they share.
From then on, they trade rice balls for goods and labor, reclaim wasteland, divert water, and build homes as they travel south in search of fertile land.
Food has a spirit, and warmth can work miracles. The little lights of a peaceful life eventually become a hearth of humanity, illuminating a world in chaos.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
