An ordinary chef in a state-run canteen, Liu Hongchang has a delicate mind, a strong sense of justice, and a sense of responsibility, but he takes all the responsibilities of the family on his shoulders, and uses his own sincerity and hard work to support a family that is already declining, although life is exceptionally difficult and bumpy, as if all the trials and tribulations have fallen on his shoulders alone.

2, Wen Hui

Born in poverty, with a blind mother and a rebellious sister and naughty brother, she gave up the opportunity to study at the University of Northern China in order to take care of her family. Liu Hongchang, an unassuming and uneducated cook, has been helping Wenhui and his family quietly, and his kindness has touched Wenhui, who eventually forms a new family and begins an uneventful life.

3. Yang Maixiang

Yang Maixiang is a girl who is very different from the girls of her time. She was a little less shy than usual, and a little more bold as a boy. She treats her friends with courage, pursues love bravely, and despite the fact that the person she loves is already married, she still extends a helping hand to help her in times of trouble, making her a "big woman" with love and justice.

4. He Wenyuan

is the daughter of an ordinary family in the 1980s. Her mother is blind and her family is poor, and she feels unworthy of her sister in the face of her brother-in-law, Liu Hongchang, a new member of the family, so that she does more than meets the eye to express her dissatisfaction, and the life of the family changes in vain because of Wenyuan, whose destiny is full of twists and turns.

5, the TV series "home cooking" of the grand finale: Hong Chang let Yunchang convey Wen Tao home for the Spring Festival, Wen Tao agreed. Wu Xiaoying told Wenyuan that she should not count on her former grudges and spend the New Year together with Hongchang. Wen Yuan agrees. Hong Chang was excited to learn that his siblings were coming home for New Year's Eve, and he prepared a good meal and waited for the arrival of Wenyuan, Wenda and Wentao, but unexpectedly waited for the news of Wentao's mine collapsing. Rushed to the mine to save Wentao Hongchang, was smashed in the mine. Hou Dunzi arrived, decided to defy all odds, scattered the family's wealth, requesting an aid. Due to the complex geological situation, large-scale machinery can not be implemented rescue, thick Dunzi led Wen Yuan, Wen Tao, Wen Da and Yunchang, together into the mine, digging with their hands, is to save Hongchang out. Looked at has stopped breathing Liu Hongchang, all the younger siblings heart like a knife, tears like a spring. Was smashed in the well overnight Liu Hongchang but miraculously awakened, looking at the younger brother and sister back to their side, Liu Hongchang smiled.