Five years have flown by, and the old street, bearing the joys and sorrows of generations, has been reborn and selected as a historic and cultural district. One spring afternoon, Chen Hai, an architectural conservation expert, welcomes the third and fourth generations of the Zheng family beneath the old jujube tree in Courtyard No. 17. They have returned from Taiwan to seek their roots. The Old Street Memory Museum displays letters exchanged across the strait, and the grandson of a former opponent has become a rising star in cultural and creative industries. When Chen Hai receives a call from overseas telling him that his son has chosen to study heritage conservation, he is delighted to see that the seeds of tradition have taken root. The lantern festival at nightfall bears witness to the old street’s miraculous revival, from the brink of vanishing to renewed prosperity. This is a story of return, inheritance, and hope. It reveals that true vicissitudes lie in the human heart, and that as long as passion lives and memories endure, the long song of time will never fall silent.
