During a devastating drought, Su Xiulan realized only as she lay dying that her lifelong favoritism toward her birth family had led her to cause her grandson's death from illness, her son's disability, and the destruction of the Lin family.
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to a time before the tragedy, and unexpectedly gained keen insight that could discern fortune from misfortune and seek out ways to survive.
In this life, her birth family would not take even a single grain of the Lin family's food!
Foraging for wild vegetables, yams, medicinal herbs, and mountain ginseng, she led her children and grandchildren into the mountains to find a way to survive. When drought, pests, snowstorms, and wild beasts struck, she rallied the villagers to dig wells, protect their grain, and help one another through the winter. When someone tried to steal grain and take lives, she exposed them in public. When someone abused their power to bully others, she used hard evidence to win justice.
Her lame son stood on his feet again, her frail grandson grew up safe and sound, and she slowly protected the family that had once been torn apart.
From keeping a single pot of food safe to saving an entire village, Su Xiulan relied on more than good fortune and her keen insight. She had also gained clarity through the blood and tears of her previous life.
No matter how hard life got in the famine years, she would lead her family on, making sure they had food to eat, water to drink, and their dignity intact!
See how this reborn wicked old woman changes her fate, dotes on her children and grandchildren, builds up the family business, and drives away bad luck, leading her honest little family to turn the tables against all odds and prosper year after year, with plenty to eat and wear!
