In the turbulent late Qing Dynasty, the Zhu Da family in Teng County, Shandong Province, experienced hardships and hardships, only to realize that when the torrent comes, whether everyone wants to be at the head of the tide, a wave, or a school of fish cannot be decided by an individual. Time, fate, and luck are all indispensable. From the perspective of the bottom people, we look at the rise and fall of the country in the decades from the Second Opium War to the Sino-Japanese War, the collision of central ideas, the awakening of knowledgeable people and the conservatism of the feudal gentry.