In 1982, in a state-owned factory residential courtyard, new bride Lin Wan marries into the Zhou family. Her very first meal triggers her father-in-law's fury because she sits at the eight-immortals table! For thirty years, the Zhou family's iron rule has been that men sit at the table to eat meat, while women can only squat in the kitchen to eat leftovers. Lin Wan refuses to accept this absurdity! She leads her husband in rebelling against family rules, awakens her mother-in-law who has endured in silence for half a lifetime, and helps her eldest sister-in-law stand tall. From a single dining table to the entire courtyard, a family storm challenging old rules is thus unleashed!