Cuilan, 18, comes from an ordinary family. As the fourth daughter in the family, she was married to the Bai family in the east of the city after her father accepted the betrothal gift. Her mother-in-law, Bai Shi, is a strong woman who has been widowed for many years. She raised her son by running a liquor store and fully expects her son to have a happy life after he gets married.
However, Cuilan is lazy by nature and originally wanted to live a leisurely life after marriage, but was asked by her mother-in-law to help in the store. Cuilan shirks herself in every possible way and is lazy whenever she gets the chance. Her mother-in-law has no choice but to do the work alone.
After becoming acquainted with a group of middle-aged women in the backyard, Cuilan was instigated to control her husband to take advantage of her mother-in-law, and her behavior became increasingly inappropriate. One day, her mother-in-law fell ill, and Cuilan was looking after the store alone. She ended up having fun with the street gangsters, completely ignoring business.
This story of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, full of contradictions and absurdities, unfolded in the marketplace of the Ming Dynasty. How will the dispute between them end? What ending will Cuilan lead to?
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
