Deep in the Loess

In the spring of 1966, in a village called Xinghuagou on the Weibei Plateau of Shaanxi Province, 19-year-old Liang Jianmin and 17-year-old Yang Qiulian met and fell in love while working on the production team. Jianmin is the son of a veteran, he is calm and introverted, and has good calligraphy skills; Qiulian is the only daughter of old man Yang, she is sharp-tongued and can embroider with her skillful hands. The two had a secret love and decided to be private for life.