The Reborn Art of Making Something from Nothing

This is the story of Tong Xinrui, an older unmarried woman who died of cancer and was reborn in the body of a fifteen-year-old girl. The girl's father had been arrested and imprisoned for accidentally killing his wife. He left behind two daughters and a son: the eldest was fifteen, the second daughter was twelve, and the youngest boy was only eight. The family was dirt poor, and the eldest daughter nearly ended up being sold by human traffickers to a remote village just to get a meal. The terrified girl never came back. In her place was another Tong Xinrui from a different time and space, who took over her life, while the girl's younger siblings were left in the care of the reborn Tong Xinrui.

Taking advantage of being reborn, and with the help of a space she suddenly discovered, Tong Xinrui led her younger siblings out of poverty. They could afford food and clothing, and they could go to school, gradually building a comfortable life. The journey brought hardship and bitterness, but also warmth and rewards. In the end, all three siblings made lives of their own. Just as they were about to forget their unscrupulous father, he appeared before them again, at a time when they were facing choices about marriage…