In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a wave of migrant labor swept across rural China. Jiang Fan’s parents from Xiaoyi Village also left to find work in the early 1990s, leaving their child in the care of his grandparents. In the countryside of that time, there were plenty of children like Jiang Fan!
People who had once lived off the land saw the arrival of the migrant labor boom transform the lives of three generations. Jiang Fan’s parents worked hard away from home to improve their family’s circumstances, while his grandparents did everything they could to care for their grandchildren.
As time passed, the countryside changed beyond recognition. Will the mischievous Jiang Fan eventually understand how hard his family has worked for him? And how will Li Lei face the father who cheated on his mother all those years ago?
