In the last years of the Jing Dynasty, the war continued and the people were in dire straits.
Jiang Sui, a graduate student at the Agricultural University, traveled through time and was kidnapped by bandits before he could realize his ambition. In the village, she met a taciturn man - Shen Shiyan, the illegitimate son of a prominent northern family. His biological mother died young and he was marginalized by the family since he was a child. He went south to make a living, but suffered such misfortune.
On a dark and stormy night, the two took advantage of the chaos to escape from the bandits' den and fled all the way to Chunfeng Town, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. With no money and no fixed place to live, Shen Shiyan pawned the only jade pendant he had in exchange for medicine to heal his wounds and a full meal.
"I want to stay here." Jiang Sui looked at the green mountains and green waters in front of her with light in her eyes.
"Then I won't leave either." He answered calmly.
A thatched hut, several acres of thin fields, she worked hard in the fields, using all her agricultural knowledge to improve the soil, breed and make wine; he strategized in the market, turning her achievements into white money. From having nothing to having enough food and clothing, from caring about each other without saying anything to having a clear understanding of each other.
This is the story of two homeless people, in a corner of troubled times, building a home brick by brick, and then committing their lives to each other.
