Zhao Guoqing returns to the 1980s and discovers that he is about to marry Chen Furong, a radio announcer who is already pregnant. In his previous life, he scraped together an exorbitant bride price, only for his sisters to die tragically while he spent his entire life raising another man's son. This time, he decisively calls off the wedding and insists on splitting up the household, setting up a separate home with his mother and younger sister. He works hard to improve their lives by hunting and gathering bamboo fungus, and eventually finds love with Liu Yuqing, a young educated woman sent to the countryside.