A modern woman time travels and possesses the ancient madwoman Zhou Qiong. Her husband has passed away, leaving behind two children, Yang Shu and Yang Miao. With bare walls and a difficult predicament, she washes away her madness upon waking up, determined to protect her children and live a good life. Relying on her knowledge, she ventures into the mountains to dig for medicinal herbs like gastrodia elata and angelica sinensis to sell, striving to improve her family's financial situation. Facing her eldest uncle's family who forcibly occupies their farmland and secretly causes trouble, she bravely fights back. She treats neighbor Madam Feng kindly, takes in the orphan Guibao, and even leads her third uncle's family to gather herbs for a living. In the impoverished ancient village, Zhou Qiong is not afraid of hardships, and relying on her diligence and wisdom, she leads the wretched people around her to carve out a new life.