The widow Gu Qinghe and her daughter live under someone else's roof, forced to remarry Lu Linchuan, a carpenter in the neighboring village. Facing harassment from her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gu Qinghe decides to split the family. With only a dilapidated house and three ducks from the division, she refuses to accept her fate, raising ducks to lay eggs and making specialty salted eggs to break through the market, driving the whole village to prosperity, protecting her daughter and dignity, finally moving into a new house and achieving a fulfilling career and family.