In a year of severe drought, the Liu family of Liu Jia Village in Qingzhou Prefecture is falsely accused of colluding with bandits after offending the village head. Their home is seized, and they are driven out.
Their three-year-old granddaughter, Liu Ya'er, is born with the ability to read minds and hear what people around her are thinking. She is also blessed with good fortune, turning danger into safety and disaster into good luck.
On the road as refugees, the little girl uses her mind-reading ability to spot bandit ambushes, poisoned water sources, and people's hidden motives in advance. In her sweet, childish voice, she warns her family time and again, using the excuse that children say whatever comes to mind.
Passing through Qing Shan Pass, the Prince of Zhenbei, Xiao Yu, is stationed there with his army. By chance, he hears the little girl's thoughts. She can not only read people's minds, but everything she says comes true, and every word is incisive.
Out of curiosity and for his own benefit, Xiao Yu takes the Liu family under his protection. From then on, the family rises steadily to greater heights.
The novel's main arc follows the family from fleeing famine, to settling down, putting down roots, building a livelihood, traveling to the capital, and receiving noble titles. Along the way, it weaves in the personal growth and romances of the Liu family members, with Ya'er's good fortune serving as the thread connecting every event.
The main story ultimately concludes with political turmoil at court being quelled, the Liu family enjoying honor and glory, and Ya'er, now six, sitting on the ridge of her family's hundred mu of fertile farmland, holding a candied hawthorn skewer and smiling with crescent-shaped eyes.
The plot is good 👍