The story took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The honest and honest Lin Fan lost his father when he was young and lives with his mother Zhang Guixiang and brother Lin Rui. Sister-in-law Sumei couldn't stand poverty, abandoned her daughter Xiaowei and ran away. Her mother became bedridden in anger, her brother couldn't withstand the blow and his personality changed drastically and he turned into a zombie. The whole family was in turmoil, and Lin Fan vowed to support the family.
Lin Fan is thirty-three years old and has yet to find a wife. His mother strongly urges him to get married first before settling down. After being introduced by matchmaker Aunt Liu, he meets Su Qingyao, an ill-fated widow from the same village with a daughter and two children. Their marriage was firmly opposed by Su Qingyao's father-in-law Li Biao and mother-in-law Liu Ying. The two poor people finally came together after all kinds of hardships and various changes in the two families. The two of them walk towards the sunshine hand in hand. The harder they work, the happier they will be.
