Chen Xiuyun took her daughter Xiaoman to remarry Zhou Shoucheng, hoping to live in peace. But as soon as she entered the door, her mother-in-law despised her identity as a second-time marriage and regarded Xiaoman as an outsider, unwilling to even give eggs for the child to eat. To protect her daughter, Chen Xiuyun took the initiative to divide the family, taking away only a bag of cornmeal and three chickens, and moved into a leaky earthen house. The neighbors were all waiting to see her downfall as a joke, but she worked hard with her own hands. Although the house was dilapidated and life was hard, she wanted to be the master of her own small family's life.