Modern couple Chen Xi and Lin Fubai, on the very day of their divorce, encounter a car accident, and both their souls travel through time to the ancient era, becoming a pair of waste-and-ruin couple cursed by everyone in the whole village. Their past betrayal and the mystery of the car accident stand like a wall between them, filled with suspicion and resentment toward each other. Yet with their home stripped bare by poverty, they must also rescue the younger sister Xiaoyun, who was sold by the original owners and has fallen into a perilous situation. Sworn enemies forced into an alliance to survive, the two rely on modern medical skills and scholarship crafts to make a living, struggling to navigate amidst neighborhood rumors and evil gentry bullying, while also facing a heavy corvée labor crisis. Eccentric modern objects appearing out of thin air from time to time add countless variables.