A Country Girl Makes a Living Beachcombing in the 1990s

In the 1990s, Lin Juxiang, a young woman from a coastal village, gives up her factory job when her father suffers an acute asthma attack. Drawing on the experience her grandfather taught her, she begins gathering seafood along the shore. She collects sea snails from the tidal flats, catches blue crabs at night, and ventures into deeper waters for groupers. She saves up to pay for her father's treatment, then buys a bicycle and a fishing boat. Gradually, she opens a small seafood shop and establishes a cooperative, eventually becoming the region's leading seafood wholesaler. Along the way, she meets Xu Jingxing, the town's weather observer. They support each other: Xu uses weather forecasts to help her avoid risks, while Lin provides seafood that helps improve his mother's health. In the end, she finds both success and love.