The 1970S: This Mother-in-Law Has Had Enough

Reborn as a downtrodden rural mother-in-law in 1975, Su Wan faces a daughter-in-law who calls her “Ma” to her face, hides the white flour from her behind her back, and serves her gruel three times a day. Su Wan slaps the edge of the kang. She is done being this family's mother-in-law. She takes over the stove, splits the household, and opens a tailoring shop anew. Without fighting or making a fuss, she takes stock of the whole family's lives and sets them straight. Fifteen years later, she has a shop, two college students, and the clothes of every woman in the village passing through her hands. Everyone in Liuhe Village knows that the Chen family's mother-in-law is the last person you want to offend, and the first you should court.