The heroine Li Mingyue, who comes from a family of medicinal herbs, fled the famine in 1960 and was separated. She was abducted and taken poison to protect herself and her face was disfigured. She was bought home by Qingtian, a rough man in the mountain village. She saved herself and others with her knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, outsmarted her best relatives, opened up wasteland and planted medicine to establish a business. She and the male protagonist went from being strangers to being together, and in the troubled and famine years, they turned their poor days into a fireworks story.
Realistic survival in a famine + counterattack with traditional Chinese medicine skills + slaps in the face by top relatives + a rough man who protects and dotes on his wife + marriage first and love slowly + daily life of parents
