Modern-day office worker Fang Ya accidentally saved a child, but was hit by a car and killed.
When she opened her eyes, her body had been wrapped in a tattered straw mat and buried.
After barely escaping the jaws of a wolf with her life, she learned that she had transmigrated to a fictional ancient era during a famine, becoming a fourteen-year-old peasant girl who had died from eating clay.
Fang Ya was just complaining about how unfair fate was when she suddenly discovered that she had a System and could understand animal speech.
Fine. With these two golden fingers, she could at least get by in ancient times. It had to be better than being worked like an ox in the modern world.
But she was being far too naive. Humans lived in groups, and with food at home, she couldn't just watch the villagers, who were like family, starve to death.
So whenever her family had a bowl of thin porridge, the villagers had to get a bowl of soup too.
That was how the whole village managed to survive. But it didn't last long before refugees arrived to plunder them, the border defenses fell, enemy troops invaded, and the whole country plunged into chaos. They had no choice but to flee with the entire village.
On the road, they came across a sickly young master from a wealthy family, about the same age as her little brother and on the brink of death. Fang Ya couldn't help but save him. Who knew he was the emperor's son, and that the man protecting him was the regent?
Seeing that the regent was skilled in martial arts, Fang Ya formed an alliance with him to flee together. As they faced hardship side by side, their affection for each other gradually grew.
The current emperor had murdered his father to seize the throne and ruled with tyranny, leaving the people in misery. All under Heaven belonged to the emperor, and they had nowhere left to run.
If the tyrant was unjust, then they would overthrow him. With Fang Ya's help, the regent contacted his former allies and brought down the new emperor, putting the prince on the throne and restoring order. At last, Fang Ya got to live the good life she had always dreamed of.