Returning to the engagement scene in 1983, Chen Cheng sees through the Zhang family's scheme of temporarily increasing the bride price, decisively calls off the engagement, and resolves to rewrite the fate of himself and his family; taking the hand of the educated youth Lin Qingwen who has always silently guarded him, starting from catching swamp eels and running game meat, he accumulates his first pot of gold through courage and insight, gradually expanding his business and improving his life, also holding onto family affection and love amidst joint struggle, leading his family toward a prosperous new life.