Military wife Lin Xiaomei accompanies the troops to a remote outpost on a snowy plateau 4,500 meters above sea level. Faced with harsh conditions and a monotonous diet, she resolves to improve life for her husband and the soldiers.
Lin Xiaomei overcomes difficulties such as altitude sickness and barren soil, and sets up a greenhouse in an abandoned warehouse. After several failures, she finally gets the first batch of seeds to sprout.