In the 1970s, Fei Ni, an ambitious factory worker at a hat-making plant, dreams of going to college and changing her destiny through education. Fang Muyang, her junior high school classmate, becomes a hero for saving someone and getting injured in the process. Fei Ni volunteers to look after him, hoping her good deed will earn her recognition and a recommendation for college, but her hopes are dashed time and again. As one real-life pressure after another bears down on them, the two finally manage to get a place of their own after many twists and turns. They become a young couple sharing a bunk bed, facing hardships together and encouraging each other to pursue their dreams. Though their path is far from smooth, romance blossoms between them amid the warmth of their everyday life. In the end, Fei Ni finally gets into college, and Fang Muyang also achieves his
