Liu Hongchang, an ordinary chef in the state-run canteen, is thoughtful, affectionate and responsible. He shoulders all the responsibilities of the family and supports a declining family with his sincerity and efforts.

Wen Hui was born in poverty, her mother was blind, and she had a rebellious sister and a naughty brother. In order to take care of her family, she resolutely gave up the opportunity to study in Peking University. Liu Hongchang, an ugly and uneducated cook, has been quietly helping Wen Hui and his family. His kindness touched Wen Hui, and finally they formed a new family and started a restless life.

Specific plot

A city in the early 1980s. Liu Hongchang (Huang Zhizhong), an older young man who works in the State-run No.2 canteen, falls in love with Wen Hui (Zuo Xiaoqing), who gave up the opportunity to go to college because of his poor family.

Although Liu Hongchang's mother (Song Chunli) and brother tried to stop him, Liu Hongchang married Wen Hui. Wen Hui's younger brother Wen Tao and younger sister Wen Yuan (Tan Ya) are also hostile to this brother-in-law. After Wen Hui got pregnant for the second time, a sudden disaster happened at home. Seventeen-year-old Wen Yuan left home with Liu Hongchang in a fit of pique and was spoiled by his street hooligan rhubarb cat.

In order to avenge her sister, sixteen-year-old Wen Tao assassinated the rhubarb cat. Wen Hui was overstimulated and bled to death in the hospital. A series of family changes, so that Liu Hongchang can only deeply suppress his grief in his heart and shoulder this stormy home.