Song Buqi

Hangzhou, 1899. Song Aqi is thrown out after being divorced, with just two copper coins in her pocket.

An abandoned baby taken in by an orphanage, a woman nobody wants. Even her name tells her the same thing: she is someone who was cast aside.

Later, she sets up a crooked table outside a tea stall to sell lotus seeds. She takes in dried goods, buys storefronts, and opens branches, turning one canal route into three cities and five shops.

She takes in what others don't want. And when no one else will save a life, she saves her own.

If Heaven won't take me, then I'll take myself.