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In the summer of 2024, the typhoon season in Wanghai Town on the southeast coast is a bit more anxious than in previous years - Lin Xiaoyu and Chen Jiaming have been in love for three years, and their wedding date has been set. The 280,000 gift from the Chen family is the "bottom line of security" given by Lin's mother, Zhao Xiulan, to her daughter. It is also the hope that Chen's father, Chen Jianjun, secretly paid off his debt while dragging his old injured leg. No one expected that on the night when the powerful typhoon "Haiyan" passed through, the red envelope containing the bride price was swept out of the attic by the strong wind and floated to the vast sea along with the rain. The news of the missing bride price was like thunder, shattering the expectations of the two families: Lin's mother slapped the table and shouted, "This marriage is over", Chen Jiaming blushed at the debt collection call, and Chen's father squatted in the mud picking up a few wet banknotes, crying. Just when the Chen family was in dire straits, Lao Zhou, the town's typhoon liaison officer, took the lead in lending a helping hand. Community workers Wang Gaoxing and Qin Happy organized volunteers to search along the coast. Aunt Wang, a vegetable seller, and Uncle Li, a shoe repairman, also joined in. Lin Xiaoyu looked at the back of Chen's father secretly moving bricks at the construction site, and at the scarred Chen Jiaming looking for a bride price in the cracks of the rocks. Finally, he mustered up the courage to have a showdown with his mother: "Mom, people's hearts are more important than a bride price." After unexpectedly finding 190,000 wet notes on the beach, Lin's mother's attitude gradually softened; a simple wedding in the community square was crowded with neighbors sending blessings. When the typhoon came again, the two families who had been at war with each other worked together with the community residents to strengthen doors and windows and transfer supplies. The typhoon blew away the bride price, but it blew away people's hearts and made the people of Wanghai Town understand that true happiness is never something that can be paid for with a sum of money, but rather side by side in wind and rain, and understanding through the years.