Making Do for Half a Lifetime

In the countryside of the 1980s, how many marriages began with settling for less?

Bound by family expectations and harsh realities, a man and woman from very different backgrounds, with incompatible values, tug at each other and muddle through life together for the sake of appearances, family, and children.

Spanning thirty years, the countryside changes with each passing day, while their relationship rises and falls in the tide of the times. The daily grind wears away their sharp edges; joy and sorrow are hidden in the ordinary days. This is the story of the helplessness and everyday warmth of ordinary people's marriages. Come and witness the joys and sorrows of these little people at the bottom of society.