Chen Feng receives an early warning of torrential rain and urges the entire village to harvest their wheat within three days. He offers a guaranteed price of 1.4 yuan per jin, covering harvesting and drying, with immediate cash payment. But the villagers are blinded by Zhao Lei's false promises of higher prices. They accuse Chen Feng of profiteering and deliberately forcing prices down, even tearing up his notice and driving him out of the village. When the rain arrives ahead of schedule, vast stretches of wheat sprout and rot in the fields, and the swindler flees with the money. Only then do the villagers panic and turn to Chen Feng in the middle of the night, begging him to help them salvage the situation.