Cui Xiaowen, who grew up in the city and was known as the "Big Sister" of the ancient county town, and Hu Qiumei, a simple-hearted, strong-willed girl raised in the countryside, step into a glittering metropolis ablaze with neon. Faced with a life of luxury and temptation, who will write their lives, and who will control their fate?
As reform and opening up entered the 1990s, the land of our motherland was swept by the winds of reform. The sun does not shine equally on every inch of land, and rain does not water every barren patch equally. In the northeastern corner of the Wumeng Mountains lies a small city; on the southern bank of the Chishui River, a small mountain village. Several young women face a brand-new life: some are confused, some helpless, some give up, some persevere, some accept their fate, and some defy it. Together, they perform a song of youth. One of them might be you, or might be me.
Among the countless ordinary people who come into this world, we are but motes of dust. Whether our lives are long or short, they all eventually end. Since life is inherently painful, why not learn from ants and build a nest, gaining at least a little along the way?
