Exiled, A Qiao Keeps the Earl's Household Afloat

The Lin family is desperately poor, and Lin A Qiao lives with her grandmother, relying on each other. After her grandmother dies of a serious illness, Lin A Qiao sells herself into the Earl's household, where she chops vegetables and does odd jobs in the kitchen. Although she is heartbroken by her grandmother's death, she is relieved to have enough to eat each day in the Shen household. But after only two days of good fortune, the Earl's household is raided by soldiers on the third morning and sentenced to exile. The servants and maids flee or run away, leaving A Qiao alone in the kitchen, quickly devouring the delicious breakfast she'd prepared for her masters. Food comes first, no matter how big the world is. Before exile, she has to eat one last filling meal. When the soldiers bring her to the courtyard, she's still gnawing on a big meat bun. They even find two more meat buns and a chicken drumstick on her. Feng Ting Shen, the vice minister of war in charge of the household's exile, can barely keep from laughing at the greedy little maid. Shen Yanzhi, the Earl's heir, also notices the girl who cares about nothing but food. The household is allowed to take only one maid and one servant into exile. No one is willing to accompany their masters, so Lin A Qiao, who has nowhere else to go and cares only about food, is the only one who goes into exile with the family. During the journey, A Qiao does everything she can to make a living, using her own hands to keep hope alive in desperate circumstances. Her hard-won survival instincts make her the family's lifeline. Even when the heroine is trapped in hardship and despair, and sometimes cries alone, she soon recovers and carries on, strong, cheerful, and hardworking, like a well that never runs dry, constantly bringing up fresh water.

After the Earl's household is exonerated, A Qiao begins a new chapter in her life, thanks to her practical, hardworking nature and the help of Feng Ting Shen and others. Will Feng Ting Shen be the one she ends up with, or will it be the heir, or Ji Qingyue, the friend she made during the exile?