Zhu Kaishan, a man from Shandong joins settlers in northeast China during the mid-19th century. Amidst turmoil, his family embarks on a journey to reunite, facing numerous challenges as they navigate survival in an unstable era.

The story of Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao, and Yang Xun as they take part in China’s economic reform from the 1980s to the 1990s.

Weakened by illness but strong in mind, Mei Changsu enters court politics to seek justice for a tragedy long forgotten.

青岛某海军军区，海军炮校丛校长和妻子杨涛为军官举办婚介舞会，两人一心想为大龄军官们解决个人婚配问题。海军军官江德福深受丛校长器重，在丛校长夫妇的引荐下，江德福在舞会上认识了年轻漂亮的安杰，并对她心生爱慕。而面对大老粗似的江德福，安杰却一点感觉都没有。由于安杰家庭成分不好，全家人屡次受到江德福的帮助，安杰渐渐发现了貌似粗犷的江德福其实是个机智、可爱的男人，她逐渐接受了江德福的情感，两人结为夫妻。江德福和安杰夫妻共同克服了出身的差异、文化程度的悬殊、生活环境的恶劣以及特殊时期的生存困境，抚养着五个孩子，共同走过了风风雨雨的几十年。孩子们长大成人，步入老年的江德福和安杰回首往事，觉得能携手度此一生是无比幸福的事情。

In 1948, as China's civil war reaches a critical point and the Kuomintang's economy collapses, Communist agent Fang Meng'ao goes undercover as an Air Force colonel. Assigned to investigate corruption—led by his own father—and later to help transport national assets to Taiwan, he becomes entangled in a complex power struggle. Caught between duty, family, and political shifts, Fang plays a pivotal role in a covert mission tied to the peaceful liberation of Beijing.