"Family and Eternity" is an inspirational family story set against the backdrop of the reform of state-owned enterprises in the 1990s. In the winter of 1996, middle-aged worker Zhao Jianguo was laid off. His wife Xiulan also lost her job at the same time, and the family fell into a livelihood crisis. Faced with their son's tuition fees and the family's daily expenses, the couple did not bow to fate. Instead, they started by setting up a street stall selling dumplings and started a business using family techniques.
From the stall at the door of the family courtyard to the vegetable market stall to the store of "Jiahe Dumpling House", the Zhao family supported each other in difficult times. Daughter Xiaohui gave up her picture album to buy shoes for her younger brother, and son Xiaogang entered college to bring hope to the family. Relying on the belief that "everything thrives when a family is harmonious", they developed traditional handmade dumplings into a food enterprise where "family harmony lasts forever".
Through the Zhao family's ten-year struggle, the work shows the tenacity and wisdom of ordinary Chinese families in the changing times. In the years of material scarcity, the family used love and responsibility to resolve conflicts and create happiness with their hands, interpreting the profound connotation of "family unity for eternity" - only when the family is harmonious can everything prosper. This is a story about love and perseverance, and it is also a warm memory of an era.
