In the 1980s, a girl from the countryside was forced by her family to marry into a city blended family, taking over her brother's job. She stood up to gossip, a difficult mother-in-law, her stepson's resistance, scheming relatives. She set up a food stall, taught herself, got her degree, opened a snack shop, fought for female workers. She and her family learned to accept each other, living an independent and warm life.