The Sewing Machine of 1987

Lin Qiuping died in a hospital corridor in 1997. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1987. Her dowry was a Butterfly brand sewing machine, but her husband's family wanted to use it to pay the bride price for her brother-in-law. She broke off the engagement in front of the whole village, only to be slapped awake by her own mother: her brother needed a wife, so the machine had to stay. She took out the ledger she'd kept for three years and read out every entry in front of everyone. From then on, she turned the sewing machine into a way out of a dead end. Reborn, set in a bygone era, with a strong female lead: the quiet, hardworking third daughter won't accept her fate this time.