The novel mainly revolves around several families:
Qin Family: The economy is in ruins. In order to raise their two sons (Qin Ming and Qin Hu), the Qin family's daughter-in-law Dai did not hesitate to sell her own sex to curry favor with the big families in the village, but she encountered various pressures from outsiders and relatives. When Qin Ming was admitted to university, Qin Ming, a native of the countryside, also experienced some helpless things in the complicated urban environment...
The Zhang family is a well-known local family, and their ancestors are all cultural people. In Zhang Sheng's generation, although he is a small village official, he is particularly respected by the villagers. Zhang Sheng, the head of this family, looks like a gentleman outside, but he is a full-blooded lover. In his interaction with Dai, he has an indescribable complex...
Shen Family: A middle-class family in the city. When the head of the family, Shen Yan, and his wife, Chen, faced the relationship between their only daughter, Shen Jie, and Qin Ming, they were in constant turmoil...