She struggles to raise her infant son, and is a frequent target of criticism from her mother-in-law. The son then grows into adulthood, and all the feelings-gratitude, revenge, love, hate-of the older generation carry on into the younger. In the city the children help each other and compete against each other as the story grows increasingly explosive. The combination of traditional Taiwanese and contemporary factors has made the show a hit.
《富貴在天》也是跨時代的三代故事，劇情從女主角陸小芬喪夫，含莘茹苦照顧幼子，又時常受到婆婆的挑剔，一路走來，到小孩長大成人，接續上一代的恩怨，小孩在都會中互相幫助、競爭，劇情越演越轟動，因為包含了傳統鄉土劇與時裝劇的元素，受到觀眾極大的共鳴。