In 2000, Xia Tongxin, a girl from Luzhou, was shocked by a shocking news as soon as she received her college admission notice - her father was seriously injured and paralyzed at the construction site, and her family owed a huge debt. In order to find a wife for her younger brother, her patriarchal mother tore up the notice on the spot and forced her to marry a nouveau riche 15 years older than her in exchange for a bride price. On the wedding day, Xia Tongxin took advantage of the chaos to escape from the wedding, but was beaten and scolded by her mother in public, and the relationship was severed. Her scumbag ex made trouble again and robbed her of her only savings. Desperate, Xia Tongxin set up a stall in the Chenghuang Temple, selling Luzhou rice dumplings and red bean paste, and suffered hardships from local gangsters and humiliation from his family. Fortunately, she met three true friends, Lili, Kai Ge, and A Feng. The four of them hugged each other for warmth. There was no intrigue, only support for each other. From setting up a stall to opening a snack bar, from failing to start a business and being heavily in debt, to starting a second business by seizing the upgrading of the Hefei Economic Development Zone, quantum technology, new energy vehicles and other trends, Xia Tongxin battled wits and courage in the mall intrigues, tore off the shackles of family ethics, and integrated into Luzhou opera, Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, twelfth lunar month pickles and other Luzhou fireworks, witnessing the changes in Hefei in the past 26 years. During this period, she and the male protagonist Lu Chengyu, who is deeply involved in science and technology and cares about his family and country, went from testing each other to walking side by side. They experienced heart-breaking family betrayal and business failure, as well as a sweet two-way trip and friends' playfulness that made their aunt laugh. They also integrated into the responsibility of the country and the country in major domestic events such as SARS, Wenchuan disaster relief, and the fight against the epidemic, and wrote about the struggles and counterattacks of ordinary people.
Purpose: Ordinary people chasing dreams