Lu Huaichuan, a modern cultural relic restorer, travels back to 1986 and becomes an unemployed young man whose job at a soy sauce factory was stolen by his ex-girlfriend. Everyone expects him to become a laughingstock, but he pushes his late father's handcart into the villages to collect old objects. Using his expertise in appraisal and restoration, he uncovers treasures ranging from blue-and-white porcelain bowls used as chicken feeders to ancient contracts, porcelain panel paintings, bronze tripods, and a long-lost ancient kiln. With his keen eye and adherence to principles, Lu Huaichuan repeatedly turns the tables. Ultimately, he rises from a despised scrap collector to a cultural relic consultant at the cultural center and joins hands with Gu Zhiqiu to establish the Linhe County Folk Culture Museum.