In the late autumn of 2000, when the last light of the Bincheng Automobile Manufacturing Plant went out, the life gear of Zhang Zhihong, the technical backbone, also came to an end.
On the day he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, this senior technician who had dedicated half his life to the factory chose to lock the diagnosis certificate in a drawer and continue to fight until the last moment for the V6 engine project that was related to the livelihood of 3,000 people. His only regret is that he didn't have time to see with his own eyes the answers to each of his five daughters' lives.
The five sisters of the Zhang family have different personalities but are connected by blood. In the shadow of their father's death, they entered their own era with their own pains and dreams:
The eldest sister, Zhang Qingjie*, dropped out of school at the age of 16 to shoulder the burden of the family, and now she has made a name for herself in the clothing industry. When love comes, facing her boyfriend's mother who is paralyzed in bed and his younger brother who is studying, she needs to make a choice - whether to choose a stable life or embrace this heavy true love.
The second sister, Zhang Yixin*, is a lecturer at an art college. She has amazing talent in her paintings, but she has closed her heart due to a love injury in her early years. When the man who understands the loneliness in her paintings appears, can she overcome her inferiority complex of being unable to have children and believe in love again?
The third sister, Zhang Guangbei*, is a female coach at the sports school. She is as resolute and resolute as her father reborn. Faced with the passionate and stubborn pursuit of student Lin Tao, does this "female man" who is accustomed to protecting everyone dare to show vulnerability in front of his lover who is five years younger than him?
The fourth sister, Zhang Jiamei*, is a rising star in diplomacy who traveled far away from home for her ideals. The encounter with elite lawyer Pan Duosen is a collision of souls, but the gap in family status is like a natural chasm. When she can only choose between love and dignity, is she willing to bow her head?
The younger sister Zhang Momo* carried her father's last wish and was admitted to Peking University, but she met Tian Zhenyu, the son of the commander of the military region. His forceful intrusion disrupted all her plans. When "taking by force" meets "never giving in", who can be the final winner in this love game?
From 2000 to 2005, five years passed. The five sisters run, fall, get up, and meet again on their own life track. They are looking for a balance between love and family, ideals and reality, self-esteem and compromise. When another New Year's Eve approaches, five families gather together. On the steaming New Year's Eve dinner table, a pair of bowls and chopsticks are placed on the absent seat - the place reserved for the father.
Intention: In the gaps between the changing times, how can ordinary people inherit their destiny with dignity and achieve transcendence in the inheritance.