Kick the Scumbag Away and Go Back to Northeast China to Enjoy Life

Wang Yi is a twenty-nine-year-old sales director living in Beijing who has spent years working long hours with little personal time. Her life takes a sharp turn when she returns home early from work to discover her boyfriend, Li Jibai, and her roommate, Bai Miaomiao, having an affair in her apartment. Rather than collapsing in despair, Wang Yi confronts them with cold efficiency. She slaps both of them, demands five thousand yuan in compensation for emotional distress and cleaning fees, and threatens to expose their infidelity via surveillance footage if they do not comply. Li Jibai pays, and Wang Yi immediately blocks them, ending the relationship with decisive finality.

Shortly after this confrontation, Wang Yi suffers a minor kitchen accident that renders her unconscious. Upon waking, she discovers she has entered a mysterious spiritual space accessible through her old coffee table, which possesses a sentient personality. The space contains fertile land and a magical spring that heals the body and accelerates plant growth. Realizing the potential of this gift, Wang Yi reflects on her stagnant career and the looming threat of layoffs at her company. She accepts a redundancy package with a generous severance and decides to return to her hometown in the Northeast, a region she has missed deeply. Before leaving, she holds a farewell dinner with her close friends, Wei Xue and Ding Lina, sharing her plans to return home and farm, solidifying her friendships before her departure.

Wang Yi travels back to her rural hometown in Song City, where she is warmly welcomed by her parents and extended family. She reveals her secret space to her parents, showing them the miraculous spring water that cures their minor ailments and the rapid growth of crops. The family agrees to keep the secret, and Wang Yi begins planning a new business venture. She leases land to build greenhouses and decides to renovate her family’s old house into a farmhouse restaurant, aiming to serve authentic Northeastern cuisine to tourists during the winter season. Her family unites to support this endeavor, with her father and brothers constructing the greenhouses while her mother and sisters prepare the old house.

As the business takes shape, Wang Yi faces recurring conflict with her paternal grandmother, an elderly woman who has historically mistreated Wang Yi’s mother and demanded free labor from her family. The grandmother arrives demanding that Wang Yi’s parents help harvest her corn, ignoring the family’s busy schedule. When Wang Yi’s mother finally refuses, the grandmother becomes violent, attempting to strike them with a wooden poker. Wang Yi’s father intervenes, and her mother stands up to her own mother for the first time, declaring that she will no longer be exploited. The grandmother leaves in a rage, wailing outside the gate, but Wang Yi’s family remains resolute. With her business plans underway and her family boundaries established, Wang Yi prepares to launch her farmhouse restaurant, leveraging her spiritual space to provide high-quality ingredients and secure a prosperous future.