Some say that the marriage of the poor can hardly be about much love, but rather just making do to get through the days together. In the rural areas of the 1980s, Yang Qingyu, carrying romantic aspirations, was swept along by rumors and married into the Chen family. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, along with family disputes, exhausted all her expectations. For the sake of her children and family, she muddled through a bitter half-life by making do. Farming to make a living, she then encountered the desperate plight of her husband falling gravely ill. Through the ups and downs of the times, tasting all the flavors of life, witnessing the sorrows and joys of ordinary people in half a lifetime, resilient she lives out her own remaining years amidst the mud.