In Lingwu, Ningxia in the 1980s, the hot wind and sand carried the passion and desire of young people. Four teenagers from ordinary backgrounds, Wang Shun, Tang Pengyu, Wang Zehui, and Jianrong, became connected due to an act of justice on the street, and made a life-and-death vow under an old locust tree. Starting from helping Wang Zehui repay his father's debt, they crawled around in the ravines of the northwest, opened a car repair shop, ran long-distance freight transport, and got involved in the building materials business, trying to carry the burden of life on their young shoulders.
However, the tide of the times is turbulent, and underground forces are surging. When the simple way of making a living gradually becomes tainted with the color of gangsters, the once pure brotherhood begins to be tested by power, interests and desires. Tang Pengyu becomes more ruthless in expanding his power, Wang Zehui is blinded by money, Jianrong struggles painfully between loyalty and reality, and Wang Shun, who has original intentions, realizes more deeply that they are deviating from the original path after getting acquainted with the gentle and tough Yuan.
Divisions and estrangements swept across like a sandstorm at the foot of the Helan Mountains, and the former brotherhood was torn to pieces in battles, betrayals, and redemptions. Can they keep their true intentions in the game of friendship and politics? On the road of growth intertwined with blood and tears, how can we regain the pure promise at the entrance of Qingshi Alley? A bloody youth legend about northwest gangs begins here.
