Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.

Wu Qionghua, a house maid, is abused by a cruel warlord until she joins a troop of women soldiers.

Lives of people living in Sunset Street changes during the transition of society.

A heroic People's Liberation Army nurse continues caring for wounded and getting them safely to hospital even though she has been wounded.

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

Erzhi has problems managing the Bijimei Hotel.