Agronomy PhD Song Nuandong transmigrates to 1962 and becomes the eldest daughter of the poorest farming family in the village.
Seeing her younger siblings pale and thin, and their earthen house stripped bare, she rolls up her sleeves.
The villagers expect her family to starve, but she triples the yield from their private plot.
From scientific farming to thriving sideline businesses, from black-market deals to leading the whole village in setting up a factory.
When the tide of the times comes crashing in, Song Nuandong has already built her business empire.
But the educated youth who returned to his hometown and always helped her in silence blocks her at the door. "Nuandong, does your empire still need a man of the house?"