In 1938 in Peiping, Shen Nanzhi, the daughter of the Shen family, had her engagement to soldier Yu Xiaoqing thrown out. Unwilling to be at the mercy of fate, she put on men's clothes and embarked on a thousand-mile journey alone without telling her family, heading to Chanda in western Yunnan, which was filled with war smoke, to ask for an explanation face to face.
The road was bumpy and bumpy, with robberies, wars, and displacements coming one after another. In the danger of death, she met Long Wenwen and entered the world of cannon fodder. The eldest lady who used to be raised under the wisteria flowers and had no knowledge of the world, shed her silk and makeup, learned to pick medicines to sew wounds, hold a gun to defend herself, and was accompanied by a lot of little people like Milong, Meng Fanglia, and Shangguan Jieci.
The artillery fire roared at Nantianmen, and the smoke swallowed up the mountains and rivers. She no longer clings to the love between her children, picks up the medicine box and runs between life and death, witnessing the cruelty of war and experiencing the hot human feelings in troubled times.
She and Long Wenwen got to know each other amidst artillery fire and stayed together under the moonlight. There are relatives who care about her in Beiping, and Chanda has the destination she worked hard for. The blooming wisteria is a reminder of homeland, and the wild flowers on the riverside are the tenderness of a foreign land. The south wind crosses the north and south of the river, blowing through the flower walls of Peiping and the evening breeze of Nujiang River.
The smoke will eventually clear, and after experiencing ups and downs of life and death, Shen Nanzhi finally found his own way of living. In troubled times, no matter what you call home, your home is where you feel at ease.
