[Period setting] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [No golden finger] [Family and everyday life]
Su Chunmei dreamed about her previous life. In the dream, her eldest son became a live-in son-in-law and a father to another man's child. Her second son was completely bewitched by Zhu Xiaohong. Her third son was lazy and good-for-nothing, and her youngest daughter vanished without a trace after going abroad. When Su Chunmei was on her deathbed, all four of her children stood arguing by her bedside, each wanting the house she owned.
The dream felt so real, as though she had truly lived through it all. When she woke up, she found that everything was unfolding just as it had in the dream: her eldest son came home saying he wanted to marry into his wife's family, and her second son said he was getting married...
That's when Su Chunmei realized the dream was all true. She would have a miserable old age, with ungrateful children. But since she'd been given advance warning, she wouldn't sacrifice herself for them like she used to. This time, she would live for herself!
Then she turned around and saw that her eldest son hadn't become a father to another man's child, her second son had become a tycoon, her third son had joined the army to serve his country, and her youngest daughter had become a writer...