Female college student Liang Xiaotong returns home and witnesses her mother, Su Huilan, suffering abuse. Preserving evidence at the scene, she bravely protects her mother. Long-enduring Su Huilan gathers the courage with her daughter's company to pick up legal weapons, sorting out encroached property and clarifying false debts, breaking free from rumors that plagued her for years. Collecting complete evidence together, with the help of grassroots workers and warm-hearted neighbors, Su Huilan takes back her documents and economic initiative, bids farewell to a depressing past, returns to her own old courtyard, relies on her craft to make a solid living, and opens a brand-new, independent life.