Modern girl Lin Yuzhu travels into a 1970s novel, becoming an inconspicuous minor character. To escape her family's bondage, she takes a farm system and voluntarily goes to the countryside, wanting only to save money, eat good meals, and watch the commotion along the way. Unexpectedly, the educated youth life in Shanshui Village has difficulties everywhere, from dividing the cooking group and building houses, selling grain in disguise, to rumors, schemes, and backyard crises. She has to step forward again and again to cope. Moving from probing to mutual support with Wang Xiaomei and Li Xiangwan, and gradually growing romantic feelings with Shen Bojun, she also grows from a bystander "melon-eater" into someone who dares to protect friends and fight for her future, finally passing the re-examination with her partners and obtaining a teacher position.