Shenzhai Compound

The Lin family of Pingjiang is not considered a top-notch family, but it barely ranks among the "respectable families" because its ancestors served as fifth-rank officials in the Six Ministries. Nowadays, the head of the family, Lin Zhongqian, is just an idle assistant professor at the Imperial Academy with a meager salary. When he was young, he relied on his wife Wang to take care of the few shops and fields inherited from his ancestors. He accumulated a relatively substantial family fortune little by little, and then he built up the air of a "scholarly family". The inner house does not have the overwhelming power of the prince's palace, and life seems peaceful, but in fact it hides the game of life and the consideration of human relationships. When he was young, his wife Wang also came from a scholarly family, with a gentle and virtuous temperament. At the same time, she had to deal with the shortage of shops and the clinging of relatives. While keeping an eye on the backyard - her husband's first-in-law, Mrs. Li, was a distant relative of the old lady during her lifetime. She seemed honest, but she always boasted in front of the old lady, trying to win some dignity for her son; After a few years of marriage, she gave birth to a daughter. Lin Zheng's second wife, Mrs. Xu, was kind and eloquent on the surface, but shallow at heart. Due to their different ideas, she had conflicts with Mr. Gao. His second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Yu, was the daughter of a merchant. She grew up doting on her and was given a generous dowry, but she didn't know how to stay home. There are many twists and turns in the rules. Not only is her mother-in-law, Wang, wary of "seizing power with money," but Yu's background and growing environment are different, so she has different life concepts from Li and Xu. Fortunately, Lin Yu is more considerate of Yu and will not let Yu suffer too much. The girls of the Lin family also have their own difficulties: Lin Yunqing, the legitimate daughter, is well-educated and well-educated, but due to her family's downfall, she is always singled out by high-ranking officials when discussing marriage; Lin Kaiwu, the concubine, is also an average scholar, and Lin Yunwei, the concubine, is domineering because of Master Lin's doting temperament, and can't stand the various games in the backyard, which inadvertently becomes a constraint between the Li family and the Wang family. There is no earth-shattering power struggle in the Lin family, but there are many trade-offs and choices in life hidden in the details of daily necessities, children's marriages, and accounting transactions. Everyone is trying their best to run a good life under the "respectable" shelf. This seemingly peaceful life is inherently fragile, and the quiet arrival of a woman is brewing a storm, which is about to open a new chapter for the Lin family's story. The intention: to see how women in the new era can break through the situation with wisdom in the deep house and write their own chapter of growth."