After a lifetime of hard work, loving mother Cheng Huilan is sent to a nursing home by her six children. She returns to 1985, on the day of her youngest son's wedding. First, she rushes to the hospital to save her second daughter, who is suffering from a difficult childbirth. Then she calls off the engagement and demands the bride price back, retrieves her private savings, splits the household, starts a business, and buys property. This time, she keeps a firm grip on her money and takes charge of her own life. Her ungrateful children now compete to show their filial devotion, and in her later years, she enjoys the company of her children and grandchildren as the whole family reunites.