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A group of educated youth in 1970s Liangchuan City forge deep bonds during their rural resettlement, then pursue divergent life paths amid the tides of returning to the city, the Gaokao (college entrance examination), and the Reform and Opening Up, with protagonists Yu Leshan and Sheng Xuezhu ultimately achieving their dreams through hard work.

In 1943, after surviving a massacre by Japanese forces, Yang Tianzhu, a hunter joins the Eighth Route Army to seek justice. As the enemy builds a secret chemical weapons base, he and his comrades fight to expose and destroy the operation, playing a key role in the liberation of their town.

In early modern China, an extraordinary family produces four revolutionary leaders who rise to the top ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, each shaping the country's destiny in turbulent times. At the heart of this family stands Ge Jianhao, a courageous mother who, though not a party member herself, becomes a silent pillar behind their legendary paths.

The protagonist, Juxiang, is a very ambitious rural girl. However, her destiny is not to live easy life. After graduating from high school, she was recommended to go to university, but someone replaces her. She is fierce and capable, and is leading her natal family, but she is squeezed out by her unmarried sister-in-law. In order not to affect her brother's marriage, she declared in front of the villagers that she would marry herself within fifteen days. They asked her to meet Li Dazhu, but the man is too honest and almost useless. At a glance, he fell in love with capable Li Erzhu. Later, Dazhu shows more and more generosity, sincerity, and down-to-earth nature, while Erzhu's narrow-mindedness and impetuousness proved that Juxiang still misjudged him. After Juxiang gots married, she is not satisfied with the status quo of family poverty. She works hard to make the family live a better life.

After a failed investment shatters their seemingly stable life, middle-class couple Li Congcong and Xiao Keming are forced to confront how fragile their urban success truly is. When they unexpectedly end up sharing an apartment with hopeful newlyweds Cheng Xin and Shen Jing, who are just beginning their careers, the two families’ clashing realities reveal the pressures, compromises, and resilience behind chasing security and dreams in the city.

The story of the older generation of revolutionaries who struggled hard in difficult conditions and harsh environments during the atomic bomb test in the early 1960s to realize China’s first dream of becoming a powerful country.

In the aftermath of World War II, China faces a defining crossroads as Communist leaders led by Mao Zedong clash with the Kuomintang regime in a high-stakes battle for the nation’s future, unfolding through tense negotiations, sweeping military campaigns, and a revolution that reshapes the country forever.