Jiang Zhiyou, a master of traditional woodcarving, transmigrates into a book and becomes a nameless orphan in the 1970s, exploited to death by her awful relatives.
Her parents are both dead, and her uncle’s family has seized her ancestral home. They enslave her every day until she dies from overwork.
She refuses to accept such a miserable fate!
Armed with her family’s heirloom carving knife and peerless lacquer-carving skills, Jiang Zhiyou takes on her awful relatives and forcefully reclaims her home.
Just as foreign trade opens up a golden opportunity to earn foreign currency, the whole village struggles to get by on meager work points. Jiang Zhiyou’s astonishing woodcarving skills outshine every other artisan, earning her an exceptional appointment to a government post. She turns her craft into a career, leaves farm life behind for good, and steadily rises through the ranks!
Then an old betrothal suddenly comes to light.
Years ago, her father saved her future father-in-law’s life, and the families sealed their immense debt of gratitude with a marriage agreement.
But after her future in-laws climbed the social ladder, they turned around and looked down on her, a girl with no one to rely on!
They dare not break the engagement and earn a reputation for ingratitude, but they absolutely refuse to let her marry into the family. Instead, they resort to a vile scheme: they want their son to take her as his sworn younger sister, tying her to them and using her for their own ends!
What era is this? Who still thinks they can fool people with talk of sworn siblings?
Jiang Zhiyou gives a cold laugh and is about to call off the engagement.
Then the man who has watched coldly from the sidelines suddenly speaks up, boldly cutting in before everyone:
“If my nephew doesn’t want this engagement, I’ll take it. Being your uncle is a far better deal than being a sworn younger brother who has to watch everyone’s faces.”
The crowd erupts. Jiang Zhiyou fires back icily:
“Sorry, but my grandma taught me that you should look in the pigsty before choosing a pig. Your family has no decency, and I have no interest in marrying into it.”
The whole room falls silent.
The cold, tough man instantly loses his composure and cautiously asks in a low voice:
“...Then, could you give me a chance?”
