Who in the surrounding villages doesn’t know the Wang family, the top-tier clan?
After three generations of careful work, their family business flourishes. Every wedding and funeral stirs up the whole village, while the Zhao family, forever trying to compete, always comes in second.
Then Li Yingqin, a bride from outside the village, marries into the Wang family compound.
She is fiery and perceptive, unwilling to be trapped by old rules and pushed around.
One marriage becomes the turning point that sends the powerful clan from its peak into decline.
Conflict between mother- and daughter-in-law, rivalry between sisters-in-law, fights over interests, rumors flying everywhere…
Once-united, the Wang family falls completely apart under the strain of relationships and self-interest. They split up, and their former glory vanishes overnight.
The Zhao family, their longtime rivals, takes advantage of the chaos to compete for power, but they too succumb to internal strife and decline.
The Yang family, lying low for years, seizes its chance and rises to become the new village power.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west.
From a top-tier clan to a family split into factions, from living under someone else’s roof to standing on her own.
Li Yingqin witnesses the rise and fall of three village families, and grows into the person she always wanted to be.
This is the story of one woman’s lifelong struggle,
And of the most authentic family fortunes and everyday life in the countryside.
