Gu Xiaozhu is a girl born in the countryside. Her father favors boys over girls and her mother is weak and incompetent. Gu Xiaozhu worked her way up to the city life on her own and met Lei Liying again. After many encounters and understanding, they got together.
But Lei Liying's mother asked Gu Xiaozhu to leave, and then Gu Xiaozhu left the city to teach in a remote mountainous area. Soon, he found out that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a baby boy. When the child was 3 years old, he was discovered by Lei Liying and brought back to the city. A series of developments took place...
