The protagonist, a woman who was reborn after dying of terminal cancer at age 80. In her previous life, she doted on her adopted daughter Qin Yuzhu, transferred all her assets to her, and was subsequently kicked out onto the streets. Qin Yuzhu revealed she was not the biological daughter and had orchestrated the destruction of the entire family. Yu Mingxiang spent her final days hating Qin Yuzhu, eventually stabbing her with a broken knife before dying. She was reborn to June 15, 1973, half a month before her family was sent down to the countryside. She has a wooden bracelet on her wrist that glowed during her rebirth. She is determined to protect her biological daughter, two sons, and pregnant eldest daughter-in-law this time around, and to prevent the family from being sent down to the northwest.