Yucheng is an old county town stuck in the northern plains. The chimneys of the old steel mills have long stopped emitting smoke, the asphalt roads have cracks, and the wind is always filled with the smell of rust and grilled cold noodles. Su was also "thrown" here - his father drank too much and broke his leg, and his mother left a note and left. When he turned into Yucheng High School dragging his suitcase tied with tape, the collar of his sweatshirt was still stained with dust from the train station, and his eyes were filled with the coldness of "making it through until graduation."
Lu Yan is a "familiar face" in Yucheng. He was repairing bicycles in the alley when he was seventeen. His torn trouser legs were always stained with black oil. He carried his grandfather's antihypertensive medicine in his pocket. He cursed "trouble", but he would help an old man living alone carry rice and noodles. No one knew that he would be in the old dormitory of the steel factory in the middle of the night, calculating the money for medicine against his grandfather's medical records.
The intersection between the two began with a fight: Su Ye was blackmailed, and Lu Yan passed by chewing gum. He got out of the situation in a few moments, but said "foreigners, don't wander around, the water in Yucheng is muddy." Later, we became roommates, grabbing the last piece of grilled cold noodles at the same stall, and watching the sunset on the scrap railway tracks of the steel factory. Su Ye helped Lu Yan with math, and Lu Yan took Su Ye to explore shortcuts in the county. Su Ye blocked Lu Yan's fists from gangsters, and Lu Yan stayed overnight when Su Ye had a fever.
Trouble did not escape them - their father caused trouble again, grandfather's condition worsened, and college entrance examination application became a problem. But Su also discovered that the days that he originally just wanted to "endure" became brighter because of Lu Yan. "I used to think that the wind in Yucheng was always cold," Lu Yan kicked pebbles on the railway track, "until you came, the wind was a little sweet." Su didn't say anything, but just squeezed Lu Yan's hand tighter - they were going to the south together to take the exam, and turn the bitterness of Yucheng into the sweetness of the future.
Concept: In the rough fireworks of a small northern town, two teenagers, burdened with the pain of their original families and life difficulties, use each other as light and support, use companionship to dissolve loneliness, use perseverance to fight against suffering, and finally complete self-salvation in the fetters of ordinary daily life and rush to a common future - the core is the two-way redemption in desperate situations, and ordinary people's persistent pursuit of light and hope.
