The modern soul Chen Mu travels to a poor farmhouse in the Zhou Dynasty. When he opens his eyes, he is surrounded by drafty earth walls and a family of illiterate relatives. The body of a five-year-old child contains the heart of an adult who has seen everything in the world. He has no golden fingers and no amazing talent. The only thing he relies on is self-control and a sense of purpose that are far beyond this age. Thirty families in the village squeezed out copper coins from their teeth for him to study. Carrying the expectations of hundreds of people, he embarked on the path of studying that was destined to be lonely. From painting in elementary schools to taking imperial examinations, from a humble house in the countryside to the storm in the court, he used his mortal bones to fight against the torrent of fate, and used the clumsiest and most solid way to break through class barriers inch by inch. This is a story of ordinary people's extreme efforts. There is no legend of reaching the sky in one step, only the tenacity of one step.
