The daily lives of the four generations of the Lu family reflect the survival plight of a generation of Chinese people. The heavy pressure of the down payment of the mortgage, the discipline of the red-letter marriage contract, the alienation of high-achieving education, and the fetters of gray hair and old age - the four-fold cage alienated "home" from a warm harbor to a cage trapping three generations.
The eldest son Xiaofeng and Su Qing rush to order wooden chairs for the mortgage and miss Lele's sleeping face; daughter Xiaoman is wandering between marriage and freedom, using a complaint to hide her fear of old age; father Jianguo is burdened by responsibility, and Li Hui is trapped in the anxiety of "nutritional meals" and forgets Lele's favorite fried noodles. They built a cage with their own hands and became trapped animals in the cage. They lost each other's warmth in their obsession with "being family".
The breakthrough is hidden in the trivial daily life: Li Hui gave up "right" and chose "like", Xiaofeng refused to stay with a single person worth 100,000 yuan, and Xiaoman understood from her grandfather's wooden comb and diary that the background of "fear" is "love". This is not a revolution that breaks the locks, but seeks to breathe in the shackles, and rebuilds the dignity of life with a bowl of hot porridge, a wooden comb, and a wait.
This is a survival fable for everyone: it does not provide an antidote, but only shows the tenacity of human nature in difficult situations. When three generations passed down the imperfect wooden comb, they finally understood that the world is a prison, but peace of mind is the way back.
