After divorcing her husband, Su Xia is harassed and obstructed by her former in-laws, who refuse to release her household registration. Her own family, which favors sons over daughters, also refuses to let her transfer her registration back to her hometown, leaving her stranded in a basement with nowhere to go and unable to find work. Her mother, Pei Xue, resolutely closes their old family braised food shop and travels to Jingzhou with Su Xia's brother to stand up for her. Her cousin, Zhou Man, provides crucial evidence of the other party's extortion and defamation. With the help of the law and government policies, the family successfully obtains collective household registration and opens a small braised food shop in Jingzhou called Gui Hu. As her ex-husband's family, her biased father, and loan sharks take turns harassing her, Su Xia stands up for her rights with the support of her family and neighbors. With a pot of traditional braising broth as the foundation of her livelihood, she finally establishes herself and discovers that a woman's true place in life is never in dependence on someone else, but in standing on her own two feet.