After Zhang Yi, a top student at the Agricultural College, died suddenly, he traveled to Zhangjiagou Village in the 1960s and became a poor and white young man. Faced with extremely barren land and hungry villagers, he relied on agricultural knowledge and technology that transcended the times to lead the villagers to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, divert water and fertilize, and step by step transform the barren ravines into fertile soil for harvests.
His deeds spread like a spring breeze throughout the country, and also attracted the attention of Yang Jing, the daughter of the Yang family. Regardless of her family background and the opposition of her relatives, she took the initiative to step into this land where miracles are happening. A "backward chase" inspired by admiration and passion quietly began... Between the poor boy and the daughter of the rich family, the cross-class fate is quietly developing.