Qi Xinlan, a female executive of a multinational company, accidentally traveled back to 1983 and became a fifty-two-year-old widow, Aunt Qi. The eldest son of the original owner, Qi Wenbing, died saving his comrades. The eldest daughter-in-law, Liu Shuqin, took away the pension and ran away, leaving behind two young grandchildren. Qi Xinlan relied on her modern management experience and humane approach to establish her authority internally and strive for external interests, so as to secure an iron rice bowl for her younger son and third daughter-in-law. With the support of her family, she defeated bullies and opened a bun shop. In the 1980s, she started a counterattack to make her family rich, buy a house and raise her children.