In the 1970s, Lin Qiuhe's younger sister, Lin Jiaojiao, deliberately steals the marriage arranged for her, while their parents plan to marry Qiuhe off to just anyone in exchange for a bride price. Determined to take control of her own life, Lin Qiuhe breaks off the engagement and chooses to marry Lu Chenshan, a man everyone else is reluctant to marry because he lives in the mountains. After the wedding, she refuses to blindly obey her parents or silently endure their demands. Instead, she confronts her family's endless exploitation and settles every old score one by one. Lu Chenshan is devoted and understanding, and together the couple support each other, stand against their relatives' schemes, protect their little family, and build an honest life through the hardships of the era.