Xie Guangkun is transformed into Yang Erzheng, a poor and unruly villager in Liaoxi Township. He is recognized as the village's "bad guy", having lost his wife at an early age and raised his daughter alone
The film tells the story of a artistic and melancholic wandering painter Yu Ming, who arrives to Guizhou Miao Village. There they live in the inn of a warm and cheerful single mother, Ji Hong. You Ming starts to paint silently everyday, depicting the life of the village.
Liu Hao is pedicab driver living in a country town of Hebei Province. He has three women in his life. The first one left a unrelated son when leaving him. The second one disliked his unrelated son. The third one is return of life according to his goodness and contentment.
Wu, a veteran police officer in Xian, is demoted to work in a community policing center after he accidentally injures a hostage during a rescue mission. At first the new job appears to be simple and straightforward, but Wu and his family gradually get engulfed in a web of mistrust, jealousy, accusations, and even worse things...
Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director. At home, Wang has problems because his father wants Wang to have a son to carry on the family name. However, because of the one-child policy, Wang cannot have any more children unless his young daughter is certified infirm.