In 1988, a young man named Lu Cheng loses his family's three mu of fertile rice paddies and is assigned an abandoned old pond on the eastern edge of the village. Facing the villagers' ridicule and the pressure of making a living, he refuses to give up. Instead, he joins forces with his mother and younger sister to clear the pond and raise fish, gradually finding a new path forward. This story shows how ordinary people can change their fate through hard work, honesty, and discipline. As long as there is light in your heart, even a barren pond can give birth to hope and illuminate the future of an entire family.