In a remote mountain village in the late 1980s, young Zhu Laosan was embarrassed by his grandfather's lack of money for medical treatment and was unwilling to be trapped in the mountain den for the rest of his life. Under Zhu Guangqing's instigation, he resolutely embarked on the "deviant" road of traveling all over the country. This is a journey full of temptations and dangers. What is even more thrilling is the turf war between the southern faction and the northern faction. Along the way, he has seen the prosperity of big cities, and also seen through the sinister world and the complexity of human nature.