My Daily Life of Building a Fortune in a Chaotic Era with My Crow’s Mouth

Cui Shu Ruo, a modern woman possessing the cursed ability known as the Crow's Mouth, uses her power to stop a violent attacker during a chaotic incident in her original life. The backlash of this supernatural act triggers a transmigration event, causing her consciousness to inhabit the body of a thirteen-year-old girl named Cui Shu Ruo in ancient China. She awakens amidst a pile of corpses on the besieged walls of Suizhou City as barbarian Hu forces breach the gates. The Hu army treats captured Han people as livestock, a fate Cui Shu Ruo narrowly avoids by using her Crow's Mouth to cause the city gate to collapse on the advancing soldiers and inflict misfortunes upon the enemy troops. Exhausted by the physical toll of her powers, she is rescued by Wei Cheng Huai, a young and brilliant general of the Dingbei Wangfu, who carries her to safety.

Upon waking in a villa in Qunan, Cui Shu Ruo discovers she is bound to a mystical System called Tongtong. The System reveals that her lifespan is critically short, initially measuring less than three hours. To survive, she must accumulate Merit Points by performing good deeds, which can be exchanged for additional time. The System also warns that overusing the Crow's Mouth ability accelerates her death. Cui Shu Ruo quickly deduces that helping historical figures yields significantly higher Merit Points than aiding commoners. Recognizing Wei Cheng Huai as a future founding general of the Great Qi dynasty, she decides to align herself with him to secure her survival.

Despite her amnesia regarding her original identity, Cui Shu Ruo recalls historical knowledge about an impending rebellion. She confronts Wei Cheng Huai with a warning that the Hu tribes are conspiring to invade Luoyang, using the siege of Suizhou as a diversion. Her detailed analysis of the military situation convinces the skeptical general, earning her substantial Merit Points and his trust. Wei Cheng Huai takes her under his protection, though he keeps her confined to the villa while he investigates local corruption involving Prefect Li, who is suspected of colluding with the enemy.

During her stay, Cui Shu Ruo befriends Yan Rong, a maid who had been mistreated by the villa's steward. By intervening to save Yan Rong from punishment and offering genuine kindness, Cui Shu Ruo gains a loyal servant and additional Merit Points. The political tension escalates when Li Sanniang, the daughter of Prefect Li, arrives at the villa seeking confrontation. Cui Shu Ruo handles the encounter with calm diplomacy, diffusing Li Sanniang's aggression and inadvertently helping Wei Cheng Huai's covert investigation by lowering the Li family's guard. This strategic move proves effective, allowing Wei Cheng Huai to gather intelligence more easily.

As Wei Cheng Huai prepares to return to Youzhou to report the intelligence to his father, he is forced to leave Qunan abruptly due to urgent military matters. Cui Shu Ruo joins him on the journey, traveling through the night and stopping at Hanshan Temple. Throughout these events, she navigates the complex social hierarchies and political intrigues of the era while managing her dwindling lifespan. Her primary goal remains survival through the accumulation of Merit Points, but she also seeks to uncover the truth about her original identity and prevent the catastrophic rebellion that history records. The story follows her integration into the military and political sphere of the late Jin period, positioning her as a key advisor to one of the dynasty's most important founders.