Xu Huaiyu was born into a feudal society and struggled to survive in a patriarchal family. He was cautious just to survive in this cannibalistic era. After being forced to marry Feng Sheng, a landlord who was over fifty years old, she decided not to live just for the sake of living. With the help of sisters Yan Ruyu and Jin Lan who had traveled from the Republic of China, Xu Huaiyu escaped from a life of becoming the property of landlord Feng Sheng and finally lived his own wonderful life.