[Reborn] [Rural Farming in the Seventies] [Adorable Child] [Building from the Ground Up] [Strong Female Lead's Comeback] [Everyday Family Life]
When veteran civil engineer Lin Zhixia opens her eyes, she has become Su Wan, the widowed "jinx" everyone in Qingshan Village bullies in 1977. At her side is a little girl, Tuantuan, so hungry she's become pale and gaunt.
Her mother-in-law pressures her to remarry for a bride price, her aunt-in-law steals her food rations, and the whole village waits to laugh as this widowed mother sells her daughter just to survive.
But no one knows that this "widow" has a whole head full of modern engineering expertise!
She fires red bricks, builds irrigation canals and stone bridges, and starts a factory. While other families can't save even a few dozen yuan in a year, she and her adorable little girl transform muddy roads, one step at a time, into broad highways.
With her engineering skills from her previous life and her foresight into the times ahead, Su Wan goes from a bullied young widow to the respected "Engineer Su" of all the villages for miles around.
But success draws trouble: the unscrupulous Feng family brickworks closes in, old grievances with her cruel mother-in-law refuse to stay buried, and undercurrents stir in the village.
More troublesome still is Xiao Yanzhou, the veteran who always appears when she is in danger. He tells her, "I'll build bridges with you, and build a home with you."
When the stone bridge spans the Qinghe River and the "Su Wan Workshop" sign goes up in the county town, Su Wan has only one question: In this life, can she be both a good mother and the heart of a good family, and make their life the envy of everyone?
