Year after year of drought, locusts swarm, the authorities look on without lifting a finger, and refugees fill the land.
Lin Pan'er and Lin Bao'er are the only things their parents care about, and they even plan to sell the two sisters to a brothel in exchange for food to keep their son alive.
At a critical moment, Lin Pan'er unexpectedly understands the warning of a one-eyed, lame black cat.
She immediately takes her younger sister and flees from their cruel parents.
Then she discovers, quite by chance, that the water in a waterskin she picked up along the way never runs out!
What's more, drinking it keeps them from feeling hungry!
Even so, the journey as refugees is full of hardship. After enduring one trial after another, they finally reach a small town.
As an orphan from elsewhere, Lin Pan'er has no way to register for residency. To find a place to stay and survive, she marries Chen Tiechuan, a butcher who returned injured from the border and makes his living slaughtering pigs.
Everyone thinks she has fallen into another life of misery. But Chen Tiechuan, who has seen death countless times, is kind by nature. He treats the sisters well, protects them, and gives them a peaceful, simple life.
Meanwhile, Lin Pan'er's cruel, partial parents and selfish brother Lin Bao'er ultimately reach the dead end they chose for themselves.
