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At the end of the 1990s, the roar of the old Hegang factory area came to an abrupt end. Slogans for laid-off workers and re-employment were plastered on the walls of Xinxing Street. The once bustling factory compound fell into depression overnight, and every household was trapped by their livelihood and struggled to move forward in confusion. Nineteen-year-old Li Weidong saw his parents' backs bent by life and said goodbye to their cold home. With the oath of "not letting his family suffer", he went south to Yiwu alone, plunged into a noisy small workshop, and spent countless tiring days and nights amidst the clatter of sewing machines. He once stood in line for two days and two nights amid the crowds during the Spring Festival travel rush, clutching a standing ticket and rushing home. When I climbed out of the window to get into the car, I lost the New Year's goods I bought frugally, and I swallowed with a sour heart. I was once severely deducted of my hard-earned money by my boss, but when I got home, I smiled and said everything was fine. In twelve years, from an ignorant young boy to the backbone who carries the burden of the family, it writes an epic of survival for laid-off workers and families, and also contains every ordinary person's concern for their family, their expectation and perseverance for a better life.