In the summer of 1975, Shen Ye, an educated youth from the provincial capital, went to the countryside and came to the Nanpo Brigade and stayed in the west wing of the Lin family. Lin Zhixi, the youngest daughter of the Lin family, is the only girl in the family. She has five brothers and has been raised in the palm of her family's hands. She was born to laugh, tall and beautiful, soft on the outside but strong on the inside. In an era when rural girls had few opportunities to study, she managed to graduate from high school.
Shen Ye fell in love with Lin Zhixi at first sight, but due to the "strict defense" of her five brothers, he could only approach secretly. The relationship between the two quickly warmed up in their daily interactions, from borrowing books to talk about topics to having heart-to-heart conversations under the jujube tree, from sending umbrellas in the rain to holding hands on the river embankment, and step by step to talking about marriage. Shen Ye's calmness and responsibility and Lin Zhixi's tenacity and intelligence finally moved the Lin family. In that special era, the two gained the most sincere love in the simplest way.
After marriage, Lin Zhixi led the whole family to study culture and engage in side jobs, and their lives became more and more prosperous. In 1977, when the news came that the college entrance examination would be resumed, the couple walked into the examination room hand in hand and realized their dream of going to college.
This is a story about the 1970s under the jujube tree - the daily life of firewood, rice, oil and salt, the affection of childhood sweethearts, the passion of a rural girl leading the whole family to move forward, and the simplicity and passion unique to that era.
