In the 1970s and 1980s, in the ancient city of Anyang, Henan, a family of five, an elder sister (Zhang Jingchu), an elder brother (Feng Luo) and a younger brother (Lv Yulai), embarked on different paths in life during a period of drastic social transformation. The elder sister is in her early twenties. Although she looks thin and quiet, she is strong and stubborn in her heart. She can sacrifice herself to realize her dream, but reality is ruthless. After many setbacks, she learned to resign herself to fate; the elder brother is 23 or 24 years old. He suffered a mild brain disease due to an illness when he was a child. His parents care about him more. After being introduced to a smart lame girl, he married and lived a life that he was very satisfied with; the younger brother is 17 or 18 years old, sensitive, melancholy, and has a rich inner world. After being kicked out of the house by his father because of something, he began to look for his own life outside, but what he got was only time that changed him beyond recognition.