Xin Yi, a female secretary of the urban government, was introduced to marry a top student who graduated from a key university. The teacher Ping fell in love with Phoenix Manchuan, a college student who also came from the countryside, and entered the marriage siege. A contest between urban cultural customs and rural ideology began, and conflicts and entanglements between members of urban small families and rural extended families. Phoenix Man's attitude towards rural family responsibilities and small family responsibilities led to frequent family conflicts, wars, and finally disintegration.