Fu Dechang and his wife dutifully support and care for his parents, but a conflict arises over a bowl of dumplings, and his father turns to violence. Unable to endure it any longer, Dechang exposes the old accounts of family property division and the long-standing favoritism of his parents toward his younger brother. Facing public pressure and emotional kidnapping by family, he adheres to his principles, ultimately defending his nuclear family's rights and interests through law and wisdom, taking on apprentices to pass down his craft, and reshaping family rules and dignity.