The Rise of a Left-Behind Woman in a 1990S Village

【Rural life in the 1990s + family and village affairs + entrepreneurship and making money + tangled relationships + the struggle for marriage + a small ensemble cast + the warmth of everyday life】 Protagonists: Li Fangyu, Chen Wanli Supporting characters: Wang Chunhua, Lu Jing'e, Zhao Jiachang, Lin Bing Living in a rural village in the 1990s, Li Fangyu is saddled with every label at once: a husband-killer, a flirt, a divorcee, and someone who deserves to be abandoned. Her father doesn't care for her, and her mother, who was married into the Li family in an exchange marriage, is treated as less than human. Li Fangyu is the fifth of six siblings, with two older brothers, two older sisters, and a younger brother, and the least favored of them all. Just because she's pretty, does she deserve to be the target of filthy rumors? Just because both her former fiancés died young, does she deserve to take the blame? When a man leaves home for work and cheats on his wife with another woman, is that her fault too? Just because she was born a woman, does she deserve to be bullied? Li Fangyu refuses to accept her fate! If her husband wants a divorce, then she'll divorce him. After leaving with nothing, she endures the village gossips' taunts and the harassment of sleazy men, but still refuses to bow to fate! She catches the tailwind of the times, bravely starts a business, competes for a place in the market, and makes money. Step by step, she climbs out of poverty, building her career with one hand and taking charge of her love life with the other. In the end, she becomes a businesswoman known throughout the city! But she's far from the only woman in the countryside with a hard life. Fortunately, the awakening never stops. From clashing with one another to coming to understand and cherish one another, the friendship between women is just as moving as any tale!