In Famine Years, I Connect the Ancient and Modern Worlds, Feast Every Day, and Make My Enemies Jealous

Wen Shizhi wakes up in bed beside a strange man, only for her husband to catch them. Her in-laws accuse her of being unfaithful and shameless, saying she has disgraced the family. They hand her a divorce letter and kick her out, along with her one-year-old daughter. In a sorry state, she turns to her birth family, thinking that blood ties will at least earn her a place to stay. But as soon as she explains what happened, her grandparents reject her, while her uncle and aunt look at her coldly and mock her. Wen Shizhi can endure all that. But when she sees her parents bowing and pleading with her grandparents to let her and her daughter stay, she decisively turns and leaves with her child in her arms. Who could have imagined that after crying her heart out at a mountain shrine, she would travel with her little one to a world overflowing with food and supplies? By gathering discarded vegetables, fruit, seafood, and scrap, and taking odd jobs, they enjoy a good life with plenty of meat and grain. When she learns the truth about why she was cast off, the once timid and easily bullied Wen Shizhi charges into her ex-husband’s home with a stick. She takes back her dowry, tears off her former in-laws’ hypocritical masks, clears out their house, and makes the family infamous. No matter how her ex-husband kneels and begs, or how her former mother-in-law throws a tantrum and wails, Wen Shizhi refuses to soften. In front of the townspeople, she produces all the evidence and exposes the carefully planned trap from years ago, showing everyone how cold-hearted her ex-husband’s family was to frame his wife just to curry favor with the powerful. The once widely praised, kind-hearted in-laws become the object of everyone’s contempt in an instant, and wherever they go, people point fingers at them. Watching her former in-laws lose all their former glory, Wen Shizhi feels immensely satisfied. She keeps traveling between the two worlds to gather fruit, vegetables, and seafood, eating well, dressing warmly, and living a comfortable, prosperous life.