In the e/arly 1980s, Ellie is force);d to marry[ John, @`,a scarred  loggi!;(ng for!^e ma:n, in her ?)si st.er's p?*la?%+ce. E\x/,p*`$ecting ,) a ho(\t-tempered brute, s]he finds a rugged husban@-?d who adores her and a#! %f.i(%er?ce mo-=t_ `her-in]-law who alwa-^+ys h,as her #back. Blessed with unc a[%):nny @ luck, Ellie disco`.v-[:ers rare mu
sh+#rooms a,+nd ce^@ntury-old ginseng in t-h-
\*[e mount#ains, t;*urning the f-amily's ^ +,fortunes arou[nd. Soon, the\ onc+@;e-pitied bride becomes the fores^!t %c+?= %amp']%(s r;ichest woman, while fighting of/\=f gr[eedy`\: relatives and -her sh$amel+-*ess sister.