Lin Zhibai, a modern young man, accidentally traveled to Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty. When he woke up, he was trapped in a family with only his loyal servant Xiaocui by his side. Although Bianliang was still prosperous at that time, there was already a hidden crisis - the factions in the court were constantly fighting, the Liao army on the border was eyeing, exorbitant taxes and turmoil were quietly devouring the livelihood of the people at the bottom.
In order to survive, relying on modern knowledge, he started from small businesses such as making jelly and improving dim sum, struggled to gain a foothold in the market, opened "Qingweiju", and gradually accumulated a meager family business. However, the torrent of troubled times never showed mercy: increased taxes, devalued "ten coins", strife among the powerful followed one after another, and the false calm was broken by reports of the Liao army's southern invasion.
When the city of Bianliang was crumbling under the shadow of the war, Lin Zhibai decisively gave up the shop he had worked so hard to build, and took Xiaocui and a group of friends who trusted him to escape into the mountains to avoid disaster. In the isolated mountains and forests, they reclaimed wasteland, hunted, and stored supplies. They struggled to survive in the severe cold and surrounded by wild animals, but they also gathered tenacity through mutual support.
This is a story about ordinary people struggling to survive in troubled times. It includes the triviality of the fireworks in the market, the wisdom of the game in the business world, and how the kindness and resilience of human nature support a group of people in the face of despair, holding on to a glimmer of hope and hope in a turbulent era.
