Set in 1950s, just after the launch of first Marriage Law of PRC. People in a village of Shandong Province, argue and dispute the problem of freedom of love.
In a concerted effort to learn from Dazhai in agriculture, Shan Hua, a village girl, who sticks to the importance of rice leads the masses of Shitan to reclaim mountains, dig rivers, build dams and open up wasteland by overcoming natural disasters and unmask the hidden enemies' ulterior motives.