[No Cliches] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No Cheat Powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Countryside] This story begins in the 1990s and spans forty years, striving to recreate the changes of the times over those four decades as it tells of the love and hatred within the Yang family. He is the third son of the last landlord's family, burdened with the weight of his family and thrust into the eye of the storm by fate.
She is the youngest daughter of an ordinary farming family, gentle and deft, with a talent for skilled handiwork, yet she would rather be a housewife.
Through a twist of fate, the two head south to find work. They struggle through the everyday bustle of Guangdong, experiencing life's joys and sorrows. Family conflicts, betrayal by brothers, trials of love... Every step is difficult, but they never give up. Through forty years of hardship, from small town to city, from black hair to gray, their story captures the enduring feelings of a generation.