In the Shandong province, an old farmer woman falls. That is enough for her children to sign her up in a nursing home. Nevertheless, places are rare and the poor ill woman is forced to live at her unwelcoming children’s, waiting for a bed to be freed.

Dayao and his pregnant wife, Tiantian, live in the countryside but work themselves to the bone in the city. Tiantian prefers the city, but Dayao prefers the tranquility of nature. When Dayao is seriously injured at a construction site, Tiantian must make major decisions about what’s best for them and their unborn baby.