A Stomach's Signals, the Way Home

The Signals of the Stomach, the Way Home focuses on Chen Meihua, a laid-off worker in Jiangcheng, and her family in 2025. Environmental regulations threaten their breakfast stall, and the couple tries livestreaming to make ends meet while facing AI-driven changes at the factory. Their children struggle with cutthroat academic competition and online abuse, while the older generation confronts relocation and Alzheimer’s disease. Amid policy shifts and technological upheaval, the family smooths over conflicts with the warmth of everyday life and withstands the pains of the times through their love for one another, reflecting the survival wisdom of ordinary families and the changes sweeping society.