In a chaotic year of famine, 24-year-old Shen He and her grandmother are ruthlessly driven out of their home, settling with difficulty in an abandoned post station armed with only half a bag of life-saving grain. Facing a food shortage crisis, Shen He relies on her clever mind and hardworking hands to start from a pot of hot soup, gradually winning the trust of merchants. She repairs dilapidated houses, runs a restaurant, and pioneers a grain storage business, triumphing time and again over merchant skepticism, heavy rainstorms, and food crises. From having nothing to her name to a granary full to the brim, she not only changes the destiny of her grandmother and herself, but also holds up a beacon of survival for the people in the barren year. The once deserted and neglected dilapidated post station ultimately becomes a granary guarding the warmth and sustenance of the region.