The 1980s: I Cut Ties with My Family and Strike It Rich Raising My Child Alone

After Zhao Jianguo dies in service, his wife, Jiang Xiulan, and their son and daughter become thorns in the side of her husband’s family.

Because Jiang Xiulan refuses to hand over the five hundred yuan her husband earned with his life, they throw her out into the snow.

Wiping away her tears, Jiang Xiulan pushes a wheelbarrow into the city.

Living in a ruined temple? No problem! Being ostracized in a crowded courtyard? No problem either! With her incredible skill at pickling vegetables and simmering sauces, she sets up a stall selling savory pancakes and pickles outside a factory compound, and her life soon begins to thrive.