Orphan’s Brew

In an ancient agrarian era, life was harsh in the barren Jiangnan village of Shenjia—where orphaned Shen Zhiwei, just over twenty, single-handedly raised three young siblings. With winter looming, her family faced starvation. Clutching her family's fragmented, intangible cultural heritage technique—the legendary 'Nine-Brew Winter Oil'—recorded on a tattered fermentation manual, she held the last hope for survival.