Lin Qiu opens her eyes to find she has become a wicked stepmother in an ancient mountain village, with four gaunt children and a household so poor it has nothing.
She plans to pack up and run away, but unexpectedly discovers wild potatoes and tomato seedlings in a valley.
While everyone else is going hungry, she secretly trades potatoes for rice and uses tomatoes to make delicious food.
Then one day, her husband, who was supposedly killed in battle, suddenly returns, and he’s become a great general...