Xu Cen Zi

A sent-down youth who returns home after living in a rural area must deal with the consecutive tragedies in her life and a new family that she has never met before. On Zhao Chun Lei's first day back in the city, she is devastated by the sudden passing of her father. Her stepmother Liu Feng Ying who has three children becomes the new head of the household. Zhao Chun Lei's lover Xu Hai Yang dies in an accident, yet a woman named Luo Gui Hua knocks on their door claiming to be pregnant with Xu Hai Yang's child. Misunderstandings and squabbles start to plague the family. The selfish younger brother Wu Ming Guang is out to fight Zhao Chun Lei over the house deed. The younger sister Wu Ming Mei blames Zhao Chun Lei for all the bad things that have happened in her life. The youngest sister Wu Ming Li deals with relationship problems of her own. As more misfortunes befall the family, can Zhao Chun Lei bring everyone together and find her own happiness?

It depicts the life of an ordinary married couple, how they overcome hardships together and both mature over ten years. In the 1990s, roadman Chen Ye falls in love at first sight with the department store clerk Li Zhao Di. He tricks her into marrying him by promising her that he will take the TOEFL test and emigrate with her, turning her into a wealthy expat lady. Meanwhile, Zhao Di has been pampered by her family since litte, and her temper comes to light when the newlyweds start living together. In order to help her husband concentrate on taking the test, she takes care of the whole household, but Chen Ye still fails in the end. Moreover, Chen Ye even loses his job and Zhao Di is found out to be infertile. Zhao Di falls into despair and starts questioning whether she made the right decision.