Focusing on the survival of migrant workers in the mountainous areas of northern Guizhou after 2000, it uses two intertwined main lines to tell the story of the struggles, fetters and regrets of small people in the torrent of reality. In the first main line, Chen Bing, a young working man, returns to his hometown and meets the simple girl Xu Jing. Due to the pressure of Xu Jing's family to get married, his cousin Xu Man becomes their messenger, and their Lantern Festival appointment ends abruptly due to an accident. Xu Man went to Wenzhou to work and was in danger. After Chen Bing came to help, the two got married and lived together to raise money to raise their children. Chen Bing went astray by the law and was imprisoned. In the second main line, young men from the same town, Zhao Peng and Jiang Xue, became pregnant out of wedlock. Due to their poor family background, they were tempted to sell drugs. After both were imprisoned, Zhao Peng and Chen Bing became inmates. After being released from prison, Chen Bing was entrusted with sending a message to Jiang Xue. The two complained about their pain to each other on the phone and gradually fell in love. However, due to Chen Bing's moral struggle with "poaching", he was wrongly...