On a stormy night, Lin Zhaodi flees famine with her daughter, Xiao Ya’er. After she faints in a ruined temple and touches an ancient painting, she awakens the “world within the painting”: she can store goods and grow crops, with ten years passing as one day and supplies multiplying! Mother and daughter grow vegetables and raise chickens in the space, trading them for food, but soon their clan members set their sights on it.
Her greedy stepmother accuses her of theft, only to have her own misdeeds exposed. When their workshop is robbed, the food stored in the painting gets them out of trouble. Gradually, the truth about her origins comes to light: she is descended from imperial artisans, and her mother belongs to a lineage of legendary painters!
The painting conceals treasures from a former dynasty, attracting the attention of the powerful. Gu Huaijin, the heir to a noble house, secretly tests her. Mother and daughter join forces to outwit their foes, traveling from the countryside to the capital to build a farmstead, open a painting studio, take on corrupt officials, and seek hidden treasure.
Her enemies come knocking? She’ll make them beg on their knees for a bowl of food! See how a farming woman who transmigrates into a book rises to the top with her daughter, rebuilds a dynasty of painting studios, and becomes a legend!
