The work revolves around the philosophical proposition "Why do people live, just like why flowers bloom!" The whole text uses "flowers" as clues, either people or things. The story begins with a wedding and a funeral, and the story of the five daughters of the Li family begins with great joy and great sorrow. The seemingly cumbersome explanation is actually to show different life trajectories. The five daughters of the Li family are the protagonists of the full text and the performers of the blossoming and withering of flowers. At the same time, they are involved in the fate of the previous two generations and the next generation in different encounters. Women are the main characters in the novel, and they are the only ones with names (the names of the daughters of the Li family all have the character "" in their names, which actually means jade). In their plainness, they attempt to show the prosperity of flowers and the complexity of life.