In the 1980s, Chen Dongmei, the second daughter of the Chen family, suffered harsh treatment since childhood. Her elder sister, Chen Yumei, eloped and fled marriage, and their mother forced Dongmei into a substitute marriage to secure the bride price. Expecting to fall into an abyss, she instead met Jiang Wenhao, a rough guy who had long secretly loved her. Jiang Wenhao protected her everywhere, backed her up, and helped her break free from the shackles of her original family. After marriage, Dongmei found warmth in her husband's family, bravely fighting against rumors and her repeatedly mischievous elder sister and petty villains. With her superb culinary skills, she opened a small farmhouse shop in the county town, growing step by step from an enduring and bullied substitute-marriage village girl into an independent and confident proprietress, staying together with Jiang Wenhao and welcoming her own happy life.