Faye Miller, a modern tide-pooling creator, transmigrates to the 1980s as the village's 'crazy woman'. Jasper Sullivan, whom she paid a bride price to marry, absconds with savings. Faye takes a liking to Jasper's sickly younger brother Wren Sullivan and asks him for a matrilocal marriage. Using her modern tide-pooling knowledge and strength, Faye becomes the richest in the village, dotes on her husband, gets revenge on her ex, and leads the village to prosperity.