The girl Fulin is a left-behind child with only her grandfather for company. Her grandfather was the leader of the ginkgo industry in the village and spent very little time with Fulin. Fulin felt that her grandfather didn't care about her at all and only cared about the ginkgo forest. The children in the village always laughed at her for not having a father or a mother, so she hated being in contact with other children and had a somewhat withdrawn personality.
When Fulin was bullied by children in the village, she learned from them that adults said that others had died when they were far away, so she ran to the ginkgo forest to question her grandfather. Grandpa comforted Fulin that her parents worked far away, so she secretly planned to pick up the things in the ginkgo forest and sell them in the market to find her parents. However, she unfortunately fell into a trap set by the hunters and was rescued by two friends from the neighboring village, Ruan Shu and Jiang Wanning. Fulin hurriedly thanked him and went home. However, the village bully made things difficult for Fulin and pushed him down on the road. He wanted to steal Fulin's money. Ruan Shu and Jiang Wanning appeared again to help Fulin. She slowly began to open up her heart during her contact with the two. After her friends learned about Fulin's secret plan, they also decided to save money to accompany her.
The three of them saved enough money and went out to town to take a bus. On the way, they encountered a mentally disturbed woman who had lost her child, trapping the three of them. At the same time, grandpa was on his way to find Fulin. Workers came to tell grandpa that the ginkgo forest had been burned down. Under a double blow, grandpa suffered a stroke and fainted. After the three outsmarted the crazy woman, they returned home and found that something had happened to their grandfather. Fulin blamed herself and was afraid of losing her grandfather. She decided to investigate the reason why the ginkgo forest was burned down for her grandfather. Her friends also cheered up Fulin with her. After Grandpa woke up, he knew that time was running out, so he focused on being with Fulin, and Fulin gradually eased his fear of death.
Finally, before his death, Grandpa told Fulin that he had written to tell his parents who were working secretly in the northwest that they would come back to take her away. After the funeral, my father took Fulin on the train to the northwest.
Concept: The growth story of left-behind children in rural areas