Geng Shouyi is a hardworking, down-to-earth farmer from Quanyanling Village. One day, he learns that the village leaders have joined forces with an out-of-town developer, Mr. Wang, to seize the village's farmland and build an oil refinery.
Ignoring his family's objections, Geng Shouyi sets out to protect the village's farmland and the home that sustains him, and to preserve the green hills and clear waters of his hometown. He resolutely takes a stand against Mr. Wang.
Through Geng Shouyi's stubborn persistence, and after countless hardships and obstacles, he finally manages to save his hometown's farmland. The fields that local people depend on for their livelihoods are spared destruction.
Later, Geng Shouyi calls his daughter home from her job in the city. Together, they use online livestreaming platforms to promote their hometown, its local specialties, and its agricultural products. With support from the government and the village's resident first secretary, and guided by the policy of rural revitalization, Geng Shouyi establishes a farming cooperative that specializes in growing and selling the sticky corn for which his hometown is renowned. This is an inspiring story of how he helps the people of the region prosper.