In 1986, Su Jinnian, a young woman from northern Jiangsu, married Gu Shen, a stern-faced factory director, to save her mother. From strangers to deeply in love, from the countryside to the city, she used her nimble hands to tailor clothes and stitch together a splendid life. A marriage that blossoms into love, an entrepreneurial journey in a bygone era, and a slow, sweet romance. The warmest thing in life isn’t adding flowers to a brocade. It’s having someone by your side as you build something from nothing.
