At the tail end of the Cultural Revolution, Qiu Shi, a poet who has been in prison for six years, is transferred elsewhere by boat under the guard of two officers. During transit, he meets a series of passengers, who have also faced hardships in recent times.

The story of the beginning of China's oil industry.

The life and death of Zhao Yi-Man, a female member of the Chinese resistance

A Lijing City elementary school student takes credit for an insect collection that was not his.

Zhou Mingying, a worker at a power plant in Northeast China, united her fellow workers under the leadership of the Party, overcame all difficulties, demonstrated a high degree of creativity, exposed the enemy's plots and sabotage, and quickly repaired the generators that had been damaged by the Kuomintang, ensuring the supply of electricity.

During the Japanese evacuation from China in 1945, a poor and ill mother leaves her child to her Chinese sister-in-law. Years later, she returns to China to find her child.