More than ten years after the Republic of China, Kuang Shaoqing, a daughter of a poor family, was forced to marry Liang Risheng, the head of a knife family in remote Mawei Bay. With new ideas, she was incompatible with the closed and conservative ancient town. She escaped many times but was caught again and again, and even almost got imprisoned in a pig cage.
At the same time, He Shuangxi, a peasant girl with six fingers, was taken as a concubine of the Ma family because of her "unlucky" body. She was turned into a borrowing tool under the design of her mother-in-law.
Two women met and got to know each other in a feudal prison. One used wisdom and tenacity to challenge tradition; the other used courage to resist the injustice of fate and break free from the shackles of chastity. They work together to fight against the cannibalistic ethics, battle wits and courage with the squire who colludes with the horse thieves, and find a way out in the chaotic world of warlords.
When the roar of new machines finally resounded through Mawei Bay, and when it was no longer considered a sin for women to read and write, they used their blood and tears to prove that women's lives are never determined by God, let alone men.
This is a story about resistance, awakening and redemption. In the darkest era, it is time to break the shackles of thousands of years and finally find your own dignity and life.
