Determined to escape his life of poverty, Cheng Lixue decides to start a business. But he has no money, so he eagerly hopes to get married soon and use his future wife’s bride price to launch his business venture. Things take one turn after another: the business never gets off the ground, and his money is gone. Should he return to the countryside and take over his father’s land, or stay rooted in the city and look for a new opportunity?