When modern woman Lin Wan opened her eyes, she became the ancient widow Cheng who had just lost her husband. The family is poor and owes debts to the King of Hell. The four "debt collectors" children are even more distressed:
The eldest son is stupid and waits to starve to death in the field, the second son is a fool in studying, the third son is a demon king, and the fourth son is arrogant and dreams of a wealthy family. The loan sharks kick in the door and force the debts to be owed, and if they don't pay back within three days, they will sell the girls!
Old Mrs. Cheng angrily threw away paper money and ashes: "I'll bear the debt myself!" In the desperate situation, she grasped survival with one hand: despite the ridicule of the whole village, she improved the barren fields with the "pickled fish" composting technique; she dug wild vegetables, fished for fish and shrimp, and led the family to struggle against hunger; when the rain poured down, the whole family transformed into a clay figurine to grab food!
One-handed training: punishing the eldest brother for deep plowing, forcing the second eldest son to "collect things" in the fields, forcing the third eldest son to open up wasteland to temper his temper, and forcing the fourth eldest son to clean the toilet and learn the rules! Using sticks and reason, the four "bastards" were straightened out.
When the golden waves of wheat surged, forty taels of IOUs for the debt of the King of Hell were reduced to ashes in the brazier! The eldest child became a good farmer, the second child took the imperial examination, the third child joined the army to pursue a better future, and the fourth child lost his arrogance and learned to run a household. The debt is cleared and a way of survival is found!
However, the invitations from the Shen family, officials from generations to generations, are opportunities and even tickets to the deep house examination room; the third child's military journey and the second child's scientific examination are full of thorns in the road ahead... The legend of Mrs. Cheng begins with a handful of fermented dung!