He Tuantuan opens her eyes to find she's a three-year-old child in the 1970s.
Her birth mother, He Qiuhe, is a discarded educated youth, and her scumbag father plans to sell them to an old bachelor.
"Mom, take apart this old padded jacket, bring the waist in by four fingers, and shorten the sleeves by two inches."
A couture designer in her previous life, she decides to make sure she and her mother survive first.
One redesigned Lenin-style suit earns them eggs and fabric coupons, and soon the village women are lining up at their door to have clothes altered.
Jealous of their earnings, her scumbag father tries to steal the credit: "He Qiuhe, everything you earn belongs to the Zhao family!"
He Tuantuan grabs the leg of a stern-faced military officer passing by. "Daddy, save us!"
Gu Yanchuan looks down at her. "I'm not your father."
"But I need a dad to protect Mom."
From mending clothes in the countryside to filling orders in the county town, from a women's sewing group to a proper garment factory...
The little toddler who once clung to a man's leg stitches out a legend with her mother, one stitch at a time.
When her scumbag father comes back wanting to claim them, He Tuantuan sneers and hands him an IOU.
Gu Yanchuan puts an arm around He Qiuhe. "I'll protect you and your daughter."
