Leng Qiuxiang, who was working hard in Beijing, returned to her hometown to celebrate the National Day, and a long-lasting battle to urge marriage began. She formed an alliance with her younger brother Zhu Ping'an to fight against the pervasive gossip of her parents, relatives and neighbors in the small county town. Dating farce, dinner table teasing, and online remote pressure are taking turns to take place. Under the daily fireworks, old photo albums, embroidered handkerchiefs, locked diaries, and old objects continue to throw out small hints, slowly uncovering the past of the involuntary arranged marriage between his father Zhu Zhishan and Leng Qing.
Two generations are trapped in the cages of their own times. The older generation projected their regrets in life onto their children, thinking that marriage is their destination; young people stick to themselves and are afraid of marriage, but they let go of the fetters of family ties. There is no bloody novel, and there is no reconciliation that can be achieved overnight. From fierce quarrels and resentment to each other, to understanding the inability to control each other's fate.
The evening breeze of Qinghe blows slowly, the elders slowly remove the shackles of their dignity, and the siblings keep their right to choose life. I finally understand: Marriage is never a must-answer in life. Self-consistency is the real freedom.
