Ju Xiang's family gets three sets of properties and one million compensation through demolition, and she plans to balance her son Daqiang and far-married daughter Meng Yao. Daughter-in-law Li Li gives birth to greed upon learning this, making things difficult for Ju Xiang and Meng Yao everywhere at home. During a family dinner, Li Li makes an unreasonable dispute, and Ju Xiang mother and daughter temporarily stay in a hotel. When subsequent negotiations escalate conflicts, Ju Xiang sees through the family's calculations and registers the properties under her own name. Daqiang couple owes high-interest loans, and Ju Xiang soft-heartedly helps repay them, but the two still greedily demand money. Ju Xiang turns cold-hearted, severs mother-son relations, and lives a stable life with her daughter. Daqiang violates the law and enters prison, and Li Li suffers a mental breakdown.