Liu Xiuqin, a remarried woman with a child, marries into the Ma family and faces endless difficulties from her husband's relatives, who impose rules, seize farmland, and block irrigation channels. She also has to deal with her former husband's family coming to take her daughter away. Armed with a sharp tongue and a business-minded brain, she takes on her relatives, fights for farmland, and makes money buying and reselling grain, building a fortune of her own. Her honest husband, Ma Dayong, also learns to stand up for himself and protect his wife through these trials. United as a couple, they help his timid parents and work together to build a better life, telling the story of a rural woman's determination to stand on her own feet and reclaim her place as the backbone of her family.