Modern-day overworked wage slave Li Yang was suffocating under the weight of life. Working late into the night had become routine, yet he never got the promotions or raises. Then his landlord suddenly hiked the rent, rapidly draining his wallet. As if things weren't bad enough, on his way home one day, he was sent flying by a luxury car that ran a red light. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated to ancient times, where he was a penniless pauper.
With nothing to his name, Li Yang stood on an ancient, old-fashioned street, watching people in period clothing pass by, utterly bewildered. Fortunately, he still had two half-eaten steamed buns with him. Drawn by their aroma, hungry passersby eagerly paid to buy them, and he stumbled upon a business opportunity. Li Yang remembered the steamed-bun tutorial on his phone. The phone had run out of power, but he knew the steps by heart. He used the money from selling the buns to buy ingredients and tools, then tried making steamed buns unlike anything people in ancient times had ever seen.
At first, Li Yang could only set up a stall by the roadside. To improve business, he experimented with new bun flavors while learning how commerce worked in ancient times. But the road to entrepreneurship was full of obstacles. Rival vendors pushed him out, street thugs made trouble for him, and he struggled to adapt to the complicated relationships and rules of the era. Still, with his modern mindset and unyielding determination, Li Yang deftly overcame one crisis after another. He developed buns in a variety of flavors and introduced promotions like free gifts with purchases and group discounts, making his stall more and more successful.
As his fame grew, Li Yang's steamed-bun business attracted the covetous attention of local power brokers. They tried to seize his business, pushing him to the brink. Just when he thought he was about to lose everything, a mysterious person he had helped before came to his aid and helped him through the crisis. The mysterious person
