Lin Hai, an adopted son, helps his older brother catch fish and earns nearly two million yuan a year, yet receives only 80,000 yuan. He buys an old boat and becomes the laughingstock of the entire village. But with his extraordinary hearing, he ventures out to sea alone and returns with a full catch every time. After enduring the cruelty and suppression of his brother's family, Lin Hai's brother Lin Tao angrily takes a boat out to sea, encounters a typhoon, and finds himself in grave danger. Lin Hai risks his life to save him. When Lin Tao's business collapses and leaves him drowning in debt, Lin Hai puts the past behind him and pays their father's medical expenses. In the end, Lin Hai marries Chen Xiu'e.