In the late 1970s, the grim veteran Lu Zhenhua met Lin Wanqing, an educated youth who went to the countryside. He had a cold face and a warm heart, while she was tenacious and kind-hearted. The two of them ignited a passionate love on the loess slope. Faced with his female partner's schemes, family obstruction, and fate's tricks, she was forced to hide her pregnancy and return to the city. He searched frantically for several months to no avail. When they met again, the misunderstanding was resolved, and life was already conceived in her belly. Premature birth crises and mother-in-law's troubles ensue one after another, but love and responsibility eventually resolve the barriers. They watered their love with sweat and tears on the loess slope, witnessing the extraordinary perseverance of ordinary people in the torrent of the times.
