In the late 1980s, when the lingering heat of the planned economy had not yet dissipated and the market economy had quietly sprouted, Lin Meilan, a female worker in a state-owned tea factory, was standing at a fork in the road of destiny. She was supposed to live a regular life of getting married, having children, working and raising children, and retiring when she was old enough. However, the deception of her first love changed her life unexpectedly. When her mother asked her to earn a large betrothal gift for her younger brother, this Jiangnan woman tore up the life script labeled "virtuous" and "filial piety" for the first time. Her mother's bad words and the gossip from her neighbors made her realize that only in a high position could she have the right to speak, so she quit her job that was an iron rice bowl and looked for a new way out.
1989: A moment of awakening
After leaving the tea factory, Meilan was like a lonely boat losing its direction in the vast sea. She walked into the melon seed factory to apply for a job in confusion, and tried to start a new chapter with her experience in the tea factory. In this era of traditional snack manufacturing, everyone is still cautious about innovation. After Meilan came up with the idea of making tea-flavored melon seeds, she successfully developed amazing tea-flavored melon seeds during her time in the factory and became a star in the factory. As a result, she became one of the first batch of households worth 10,000 yuan.
1993: A twist of fate
As time goes by, the layoff craze of the 1990s swept across like a raging wave. In this turbulent era, Lin Meilan and her former lover met again, and the years left different traces on them. This time, the crossroads of fate appear before them again. Can they get rid of the fetters of the past and embark on a completely different path? Is it to rekindle an old relationship, or to pass each other by and go to unknown distances?
Purpose: live a good life