Reborn as a Favoritist Mother, I Lead the Whole Family to Prosperity

[Modern Woman in Ancient Times] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Slice of Life]

Yao Jinzhi, a modern career woman, is accidentally knocked on the head and transmigrates into the body of a widow named Yao Jinzhi in ancient Wu, in Dahe Village.

The original owner favored one child over another and was stubborn to a fault. Desperate, she even tried to sell her eldest daughter-in-law's dowry to pay for her youngest son's education.

In the chaos, Yao Jinzhi transmigrates into her body. Drawing on her modern knowledge and skills, she resolves to turn the family's dire fortunes around.

The eldest son is honest and taciturn, the third is hot-tempered but filial, and the fourth is slick and silver-tongued. With several daughters-in-law, each harboring their own thoughts, the mess left behind by the original owner leaves Yao Jinzhi at her wits' end.

She throws herself into business to improve the family's circumstances, putting better food on the table and sewing new clothes, while settling conflicts between mother-in-law and daughters-in-law, and among the sisters-in-law.

At the same time, she leads the whole family in side ventures: gathering herbs to sell to the clinic, collecting bamboo baskets to sell in the county town, making menstrual belts, setting up a workshop to knit and sell sweaters, selling braised pork intestines and stinky tofu from a street stall, and even opening all kinds of shops.

Along the way, she outwits the dreadful neighbor Granny Qian, navigates village rules and propriety, and stands firm against opposition to support her fifth son, Shen Xiuzhu, in studying for the imperial examinations.

From a biased, stubborn mother-in-law to the family's trusted pillar, Yao Jinzhi draws on her own wisdom and experience to turn a poor household on the verge of falling apart into a prosperous, harmonious family. Amid the everyday concerns of family life and making ends meet, she also carves out an extraordinary life for herself in the ancient countryside.