In her previous life, Xu Yunzhi slipped and drowned in her own fishpond. Given a second chance at life, she abandons her former gentle ways and becomes the wicked mother her children fear.
Her eldest son, Li Dajun, is tormented by her until he even recovers from his mental illness. Her most obedient third son, Li Dashan, somehow falls out of her favor, while her two daughters are forced to work day in and day out, suffering terribly.
Only her sharp-tongued second son, Li Dayong, goes from being hated by everyone to becoming Old Madam Xu's favorite, with every good thing going his way.
As for her husband, the village chief, when she sees him again, tears well up in her eyes.
Given a second chance at life, she suddenly realizes that her fall into the water in her previous life may have been no accident...
