Recaps

Zhou Wanwan moved her family to Wild Field Village, where they gathered food, hid supplies, and prepared for the coming locust plague and drought. After uncovering the Zhou family’s hidden stores and acquiring weapons and a ginseng companion, she sought herbs to treat Zhou Fusheng’s injured leg while Lin Shouyi warned the villagers.

• Zhou Wanwan’s family refused to sell her, separated from the Zhou household, and moved into a ruined house before Lin Shouyi helped them settle in Wild Field Village.
• Zhou Wanwan used her ability to speak with plants to find food and valuables, then led her family to buy a home and stock up on grain despite the villagers’ hostility.
• After Old Madam Zhou revealed she expected a drought and locust plague, Zhou Wanwan urged Lin Shouyi and her family to prepare, gathered medicinal roots and agarwood, and arranged secret cellars for grain and water.
• Pockmarked Liu broke into Zhou Wanwan’s room, and she killed him before guiding her family to dispose of his body in a deep pool.
• Zhou Wanwan’s family hunted and gathered in the mountains, sold a wild boar and a goat, and discovered that Zhou Fu'an, Zhou Fukang, and Zhou Fuyu had hidden grain and water for Old Madam Zhou.
• Zhou Wanwan found supplies hidden by Shen Dalu, bought discarded weapons from the county yamen, and learned that Zhou Fusheng’s leg might heal if its crooked bone was reset.
• Zhou Wanwan entered Shen Dalu’s courtyard and took his hidden valuables, then found a little ginseng that agreed to guide her to more medicinal plants in exchange for becoming her pet.
• Zhou Wanwan prepared herbs for Zhou Fusheng and went toward the medicine shop with her brothers as Lin Shouyi urged the villagers to stockpile supplies and faced doubts about his warning.

Zhou Wanwan prepared her family and Liu Family Village for the coming locust plague and drought, gathering grain, building shelters, and uncovering the Liu clan’s hidden refuge. The locusts destroyed the crops and grain prices soared, leaving Zhou Wanwan worried that their stores would not last through a prolonged drought.

• Zhou Wanwan bought grain, livestock, and supplies, then hid the grain in a cellar and visited Liu Su'e’s impoverished family with her.
• After Shen Dalu’s family attacked them, Zhou Wanwan shot Shen Dalu’s wife with a crossbow, and the little ginseng stole six taels from Old Man Shen.
• Zhou Wanwan hired Liu villagers to build livestock shelters and warned the Liu clan to prepare for a locust plague and drought, while the Zhou clan formally cut her family off.
• Zhou Wanwan and the Liu family made Silver Frost Charcoal, found orphaned tiger cubs, and gathered valuable herbs and wood to trade for grain and supplies.
• Zhou Wanwan exposed Shen Dahai’s poisoned pastries, revived a sick cow, and discovered a mountain cave stocked with food and winter clothes.
• Old Liu revealed the Liu clan’s secret underground refuge, and Zhou Wanwan moved her family’s grain and belongings there while preparing the village to defend itself.
• Zhou Wanwan and her relatives caught large quantities of fish, faced accusations after Zhang Qiang drowned, and later subdued armed Zhou villagers who had ambushed them in the mountains.
• Old Liu gave Zhou Wanwan the villagers’ deeds, then locusts destroyed the crops and grain prices rose tenfold, leaving Zhou Wanwan concerned that their supplies would not last through a drought lasting more than three years.

Zhou Wanwan protected Liu Family Village from hostile neighbors and corrupt officers while building its defenses, developing new industries, and securing official support. As drought threatened, she expanded trade and prepared the village for winter, while Old Madam Zhou renewed her feud with Zhou Wanwan.

• Zhou Wanwan outwitted Zhou Maolin’s ambush, stopped Jiang Family Village from poisoning the river, and helped Liu Family Village seize grain and rescue women from Jiang Family Village.
• After Zhou Family Village accused Zhou Wanwan of stealing, she challenged Old Madam Zhou and exposed the Shens’ theft of her grain and burning of her house.
• Zhou Wanwan organized charcoal production, found hidden grain and treasure, and used an Underworld ruse to make corrupt officers promise not to trouble Liu Family Village again.
• Zhou Wanwan bought weapons and supplies, trained the villagers, discovered Jiang Family Village’s iron mine, and secured official posts and silver for Liu Xiuyuan and Old Liu by reporting it.
• Zhou Wanwan helped the villagers smelt iron, drove off bandits, and organized brickmaking, greenhouses, and crops as Jiang Family Village attacked and wounded Liu Goudan and Liu Wang.
• Zhou Wanwan uncovered Zhou Fuyu’s ambush plot, took his group’s valuables, experimented with gunpowder, and led Liu Family Village in mining Songhua stone and making inkstones.
• Zhou Wanwan treated Gu Sinian, warned Gu Chaoyang and Madam Cheng about the coming drought, sold inkstones, and helped Gu Chaoyang leave his wife and seek a home near her village.
• Old Madam Zhou confronted Zhou Wanwan with armed visitors, but Zhou Wanwan drove them away and planned to teach Zhou Family Village a lesson while preparing greenhouses to grow winter crops.

Zhou Wanwan exposed the Cheng household’s abuses, helped Feng Jiao break free from Cheng Xiao, and prepared Liu Family Village for hardship. After Cheng Xiao and Jiang Wu drove the villagers from their homes, Zhou Wanwan led them to Black Wind Stronghold, where she found their new quarters unfit for winter.

• Zhou Wanwan helped expose Feng Caigu’s mistreatment of Cheng Yueyao and Feng Jiao, and Feng Jiao divorced Cheng Xiao and took Cheng Yueyao with her.
• Feng Jiao joined Zhou Wanwan in Liu Family Village, bought her charcoal, and supported her plan to fortify the village and prepare for drought.
• Zhou Wanwan uncovered Jiang Wu’s plot to poison the village well, captured his bandits, and seized their grain, supplies, and treasure.
• Zhou Wanwan built an underground refuge, gathered food and equipment, and helped Luban Village by treating its people and replacing their harmful salt.
• Zhou Wanwan and Feng Jiao used Cheng Xiao’s lavish wedding plans to sell him expensive goods on credit, leaving him facing enormous debts when the invoices arrived.
• Jiang Wu demanded Liu Family Village as compensation, but Zhou Wanwan and the enchanted trees drove off his men and trapped the constables.
• Cheng Xiao allied with Jiang Wu and sent more than two hundred yamen runners to attack Liu Family Village, so Zhou Wanwan moved her people to Black Wind Stronghold.
• Tie Niu welcomed Zhou Wanwan’s group to Black Wind Stronghold, but after Lin Xiao and more than eight hundred people left, Zhou Wanwan saw that the remaining quarters were dilapidated and feared the winter cold.