The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
The seaside girl, Coconut Sister, who was obsessed with dance, married early because she had not yet overcome poverty. Unexpectedly, her husband passed away, and she endured hardships to raise her naturally mentally retarded eldest daughter and adopted daughter Xiaofeng. After passing the college...