Xiyingmen

In the late 1970s, a rural village in northern China. The Chen family is rejoicing over the wedding of Renwu (Ma Xiaowei) and Xue Shuilian (Wen Yujuan). Renwu's sister-in-law Wang Qiangying (Wang Shuqin) sees that the wedding ceremony and the bride's wardrobe are better than her own. She blames her mother-in-law (Wang Yumei) for being partial, and at the same time she clamors her husband Renwen to also wear Shuilian.涤纶绸裤，后又见小姑仁芳（洪学敏）也有涤纶绸裤料（仁芳男友所送），她更认准了婆婆眼里没她，吵闹着要婆婆一视同仁，婆婆无奈欲借钱买料好求媳妇定心，善心的水莲拿出自己的钱帮婆婆解围。 This was the first step in Qiangying's unreasonable act. Later, she tried to break up Renfang and her boyfriend, robbed her when the family was separated, and abused her grandfather (Yu Shaokang) after the separation. Even the obedient Renwen could no longer tolerate her; but it was also the beginning of the Gu family of the water lotus body.