Feast in the Famine: Hotpot Riches - Episode 5

After discovering that the family's crops were destroyed by pulled seedlings, the woman decides to make candied hawthorn using malt sugar from sweet potatoes to survive without relying on the system. She exchanges her emotion points for meat and seasonings, providing a rare feast for her children. Meanwhile, the local clan demands a hefty ancestral rite payment and threatens to seize her house and land if unpaid. A man named Leonard plans to take her children as slaves to settle debts. As the pressure mounts, she faces the risk of losing everything while trying to protect her family.