Lin Yuan, a modern young man, travels through the troubled times of Dayong. At the beginning, he becomes a refugee on the verge of death from starvation outside the city of Qingzhou, but he is accidentally bound to the meal system with a daily quota of 19 yuan and 8 yuan. In order to survive, he started with a bowl of Malatang and a cup of sugar water, carefully concealed his trump cards, wooed Chen Erlang, changed his identity, entered Qingzhou, set up a stall to make a living, and used a plastic lunch box to disguise himself as a "Western Region Crystal Box" to climb into the Pei family. Unexpectedly, the war situation at the border changed suddenly, and the Pei family, Zhang family and Hu Qi were in an undercurrent of conflict. As soon as Lin Yuan gained a foothold, he was involved in the great changes in the military camp and Qingzhou.