Tao Yao, a money fan, transformed into a sacrifice to the River God and survived by deceiving everyone with just one mouth. She picked up a pair of silver-eyed twins in the forbidden area and found that one could find mineral veins and the other could identify herbs. When Tao Yao saw that he had found a treasure, he took his two children and hid in the poisonous wilderness without saying a word.
She used her knowledge of modern pottery and economic acumen, coupled with the talents of her children, to first bake beautiful painted pottery, refine salt, and even tame a herd of animals. An escaped sacrifice became someone that all nearby tribes could not live without.
The theocratic witch called her a blasphemer, and the tribal leaders also wanted to take away her business, but Tao Yao never used force against them. She relies on persuading others with one mouth and setting the price with one hand. A ledger is her weapon. She launched her own ceramic coins so that people no longer only use shells. She also created salt stamps, breaking other people's control over salt. In the end, Tao Yao let all tribes become shareholders, tying everyone's interests together.
When the flood came, she led people to build clay pipes for drainage, and built an ark that could float on the water. She turned a natural disaster into an opportunity to strengthen her position in the tribe.
Others wanted her to be king, but she didn't agree and only wanted the seal of "lifelong potter". She engraved the rules on the pottery and asked everyone to use money to do things instead of just following the guidance of the totem.
Thousands of years later, when archaeologists cleaned up the unearthed pottery tripod and brushed off the dust, they only saw a line of crooked pottery inscriptions: "Made by Tao Yao, worth 100,000 shells, no bargaining."
