When Jiang Mian opened her eyes and traveled back in time to the 1980s, her family was destitute except for a taciturn husband. Fortunately, it was tied to the wealth-making system. She raised fish and ducks, and collaborated with cotton spinning mills to design sample clothes. The couple worked together, and their days became more and more prosperous. They moved from an adobe house to a brick house. The villagers envied her for her good fortune, but she laughed, saying that she was not blessed at all, but that she had turned a hard life into a sweet one.