Lynette, a woman fleeing famine, is taken in but treated coldly by her hosts. She builds a successful business selling chili sauce to turn her fortune around, lifts her demoralized husband's spirits, outwits gossiping village women, and adopts an orphaned girl. Starting with nothing, she becomes renowned throughout the local area. Watch as this sharp, capable wife rewrites her fate and turns a hardscrabble life into a legendary story.