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Wang Yang, a top student in the Department of Finance at D University, with urban dreams and acumen, was forcibly recalled to his hometown of Wangjia'ao by a phone call from his father, Wang Jianjun. From prosperous cities to isolated mountain villages, from investment banking elites to "unemployed youths", the huge gap suffocated him. He thought that what he would face was a boring life with his back turned to the sky, and he was unwilling to accept that his wealth of knowledge was no longer useful. However, he soon discovered that this seemingly backward village was far more complicated and exciting than he had imagined. Here, he witnessed the ancient custom of "divination to determine good or bad luck", participated in the clan game caused by "grabbing for water", mediated neighborhood disputes caused by "feng shui", and learned the shrewdness and cunning of the villagers under their simple appearance. He tried to use a financial model to analyze the input-output ratio of raising pigs, but was silenced by an old farmer who said, "Pigs don't gain weight if they are in a bad mood." He wanted to introduce e-commerce to sell mountain products, but he had to first learn how to get through the "human world". In his father's carpentry workshop, he reacquainted himself with the rough hands that could create exquisite mortise and tenon joints; in the fields, he experienced the awe and wisdom of "looking at the sky to eat". He reunited with his childhood friends and battled wits with the conservative village party secretary. Little stories full of fireworks, and vivid rural pictures unfold slowly. How will Wang Yang use his modern knowledge to find his own place in this ancient land? In the collision of old and new ideas, will it be a head-scratching blow or a clever fusion? Can he find a different path of struggle in the whirlpool of nostalgia, family affection and personal ideals?