Zhou Jianguo is reborn back to the eve of the family property division in 1980. Remembering his painful past life where he gave his all only to let his wife and daughter starve to death, he resolves never to repeat the same mistakes. When he overhears his mother Wang Cuihua, eldest brother Zhou Jianye, eldest sister-in-law Zhao Jinfeng, third brother Zhou Jianjun, and others plotting during the family division to give the fattened pig, his demobilized veteran settlement allowance, and the good house to the eldest and third brothers while leaving him only a dilapidated thatched cottage on the west side of the village and expecting him to earn money for the fifth younger sister's schooling, Zhou Jianguo angrily kicks the door open and produces the ledger. Demanding a settlement of the 360 yuan remitted over five years of military service and the 120 yuan settlement allowance—totaling 480 yuan—he refuses to be a scapegoat any longer and determines to fight for everything his wife and daughter rightfully deserve.

The Story of Zhou Jianguo (122 episodes)