Xu Yue, a modern housewife, had spent five years trapped in household chores. Unwilling to be defined by a label, she rekindled her dream of cooking. She got up at five every morning to film videos and refine recipes, gaining tens of thousands of followers with her soup dumplings and landing an invitation to Hometown Flavors. But her husband, Jiang Liwen, mocked her and smashed her camera, trying to force her to give up. Xu Yue resolutely set off to accept the invitation, but just as she was heading toward a new life, she suddenly died. Her soul transmigrated to ancient times, into the body of Lin, a widow in a village of hunters.
The moment she opened her eyes, she was facing utter despair: her husband was missing, four children were crying for food, the rice jar was nearly empty, and her brothers and sisters-in-law from her maiden family were taking advantage of her predicament, forcing her to marry a butcher in exchange for silver. They even threatened to tear down her house and drive her out! Having sacrificed herself and endured oppression in her previous life, Xu Yue refused to put up with it again. She used her modern soul’s resilience to drive off her wicked relatives, gripped a woodcutter’s knife, and shouldered the burden of providing for her family.
With three growing children and a baby in her arms, Xu Yue entered Qingfeng Mountain, using modern knowledge to identify wild vegetables and set traps for game. Faced with her maiden family’s repeated attempts to make trouble and the villagers’ gossip, she held her head high and protected her children as they struggled to survive, raising her unruly boys into little men who would defend their mother. The dream she left unfinished in her previous life blossomed in this one, and the warmth she had been missing was restored through the closeness between mother and children. United in desperation, a bowl of rice soup warmed their bellies, and a woodcutter’s knife cleared their path. See how Xu Yue and her four children defy fate in the ancient wilderness and build a life with unbreakable resolve!
