Lin Wanqiu is reborn on the day her daughter is hospitalized with a high fever and her in-laws pressure her to give up her permanent job at the textile mill for her brother-in-law's wife.
In her previous life, she endured everything. She lost her job and her home, couldn't save her daughter, and finally worked herself to death in front of the stove.
This time, she won't give in to anyone.
When her mother-in-law pleads poverty, Lin Wanqiu makes her cough up the bankbook she's been hiding. When her husband tries to smooth things over, she tears up the transfer form on the spot. When her brother-in-law tries to climb his way to success on her back, she lays the whole family's schemes out in the open.
Divorce, raising a child, street vending, opening a shop, taking over a canteen, buying a storefront: while everyone else laughs that a woman like her can't make waves, she's already built a life beyond their reach.
As for the man who later stands by her every step of the way, at first she only wants to rely on him, not fall for him. But he stays at her back all along, shielding her from the wind and standing up for her, helping her through one challenge after another.
It looked good at first, but it turned out to be the same old routine of divorce with dozens of chapters.