For a bride price of 15,000 yuan, Yang Mei was married to the village "fool" Chen Er. Facing the coldness of her family, the mockery of the villagers, and the doubts of her husband's family, Yang Mei did not accept her fate. Instead, she took over the sesame oil mill, and through literacy, bookkeeping, and hard work, she brought her business all the way to town. Although mentally impaired, Chen Er always protected her in the most clumsy way, and when her father fell seriously ill, he took out the money he had saved for years to help. Having experienced extortion by local bullies and poisoning plots by competitors, Yang Mei finally saw through the truth of family affection and marriage, and broke free from the shackles of fate with her own hands.