After the Vicious Fat Daughter-in-Law’s Redemption, She Thrives While Others Flee the Famine

At the very start, Bai Qianqian is forced into a ghost marriage. The moment she opens her eyes, she turns the Zhao household upside down. After finally saving up a modest nest egg by selling pastries, her nominal husband—who had been conscripted into the army—returns with the widow of the person who once saved his life.
 
The first thing he says is for Bai Qianqian to take good care of the widow and her daughter.
 
Bai Qianqian quickly sees through the unspoken feelings between the two. One plays the part of the delicate, fragile woman, while the other looks at her with nothing but tenderness. Compared to them, she and her young stepson seem like the unnecessary ones. Without hesitation, she severs the marriage and sets out to make a life of her own.
 
Fortunately, her pastry-making skills are excellent. She builds a thriving business in town, buys farmland, and gradually enjoys the comfortable life of a prosperous landowner. Just when she thinks she can finally live in peace, war breaks out, forcing her to abandon everything and flee the famine…