Ning Qi is a woman in her seventies. When she was sent down to the countryside as an educated youth, she became close friends with a villager named Long Cuicui. With Long Cuicui's help, she taught herself and passed the university entrance exams when they were reinstated. After graduating, she worked at a television factory with her lover. Then, due to an accident, her lover tragically died... Long Cuicui helped her raise her child...