Amidst the chaos of war, a father left home to join the army in order to support his wife and daughter, but the mother was killed when troops seized grain. The surviving little girl embarked alone on a journey to find her father. Having endured displacement, she finally reunited with her father, only to discover that the cloth band on her father's arm was identical to the one worn by the person who killed her mother. The reunion, once her only hope, forced her to face an even more cruel truth. Through the girl's experience of searching for her family, the story depicts the ordinary people's loss, struggle, and longing for familial bonds in the fires of war.