Thirty years ago, an ecological expert silently resigned from his ministry job and took root in the northwest desert, planting tens of thousands of acres of Elaeagnus elegans forest. Thirty years later, his daughter Shen Nian returned with her father's last wish and promoted a desertification control plan as a United Nations project expert.
But the plan was blocked by one person.
Huo Chenzhou is a temporary cadre of the National Development and Reform Commission and deputy secretary of the county party committee. He wants to implement a national-level ecological compensation pilot on this land - which means that the land that Shen Nian's father has guarded for half his life may be redefined and redistributed.
At a meeting, the two faced off. She scolded him for "betting on the future of the common people", and he said that she was "idealistic and doesn't understand the overall situation."
But no one knew that thirty years ago, Huo Chenzhou's father was the key figure in shelving the Silence Plan. An old score, the hearts of two generations are settled on this sandy land.
And when Shen Nian received an anonymous note - "Some debts cannot be repaid by him alone" - she began to wonder: Is this silent and restrained man here to pay off his debts, or to continue the game of the previous generation?
From confrontation to side by side, from suspicion to trust. They walked together in sandstorms, talked for a long time late at night, and held hands for the first time in the fragrance of Elaeagnus angustifolia.
But when larger interest groups set their sights on this land, and when Huo Chenzhou's career and ideals really conflict, will he still stand by her side?
This is a story about choice - some roads must be taken by someone. For some people, it's worth waiting three years.
Purpose: Protect green waters and green mountains, inherit the original aspirations of our fathers