Gu Songling is reborn on the day of his engagement banquet. In his previous life, he was exploited by his fiancée's family, ultimately losing his family and everything he had. This time, he publicly calls off the engagement and refuses to be their cash machine any longer. Facing one unreasonable in-law after another, parasitic relatives, and local thugs who keep making trouble, he uses government policies and evidence to overcome every crisis. With the help of Wen Zhiyu, a forestry technician, he seizes the opportunities brought by the reforms of the 1980s and starts a mountain produce business. Overcoming one challenge after another, including supply blockades, false accusations, and deliberate sabotage, he builds workshops and establishes cooperatives, improves forest fruits, and leads the villagers toward shared prosperity, while finding happiness of his own.