Hua Yu

Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.

In the late 1990s, in a small town in the southwest, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles held a writers' pen meeting, and the participants were more than a dozen famous domestic writers. A young woman (Wang Tong) is in charge of the reception at the pen meeting. While serving the pen meeting, she unexpectedly met her long-lost college boyfriend, a man who came to this small town to do business (Wang Zhiwen). decoration). A short time in a small town, a chance encounter... Literary discussions on one side, love stories on the other.

Yu Xiaoqin steals money from her father and blames on her sister Tao Lan, who accidentally kills her sister while attempting to prove her innocence. After 17 years in jail, Tao Lan is escorted by a guard only to find her home long demolished. The two go to the new address of her ageing parents, and the guard becomes witness to the family's difficult reunion.

1940年代の中国。資産家の息子だったフークイだが、賭けに負けてしまい全財産を失う。身重の妻チアチェンは愛想をつかして実家へ戻ってしまった。しかし、半年後、長男が誕生したのを機に夫フークイのもとへと戻ってくる。心機一転、困窮する一家の家計を支えようとフークイは得意の影絵の巡業を始める。そんな矢先、フークイは国民党と共産党の内戦に巻き込まれてしまう。フークイがやっと家族のもとに戻ってきたのは、共産党の勝利が決まり内戦が終結した後だった。一家はその後も、中国現代史の荒波にもまれながらも逞しく生きていく……。