Set 1
1960, Gao Cheng 'an, the village head, killed Daqingma, who grew up with his son Gao Yuan, in order to change food for the villagers. In order to get back at his father, Gao Yuan told Minister Wu Mingquan about his father's lying about grain production at the county food commendation meeting. Just as the whole village was starving, Gao Cheng 'an exchanged Gao Yuan's Xiaoqing horse for 20 Jin of soybean oil, but Liu Erzhu stole it.
Episode 2
Gao Yuan sent Fang Jie home, Qu Zhengping gave Gao Yuan the steamed bread, and the friendship between the three people was thus established. Grandpa went on a hunger strike to give up his own rations, and Gao Yuan stole the grain from Heji Grain Depot to save him. In the village, food was cut off and cooking was cut off. Gao Cheng 'an led everyone to implement household production quotas, and was arrested after being exposed by Qu Chenggui. Gao Yuan walked out of the river with the help of accountant Liu, and Fang Jie gave him "How Steel was Tempered" and 10 Jin food stamps.
Episode 3
Gao Yuan's sudden return made Qu Zhengping puzzled and affected his already stable relationship with Fang Jie. Plum, the boss of Jingu Company, drove away three people who came to collect debts, and also drove away Lin Feng who came to find a job for his girlfriend. Qu Zhengping's ex-wife, Ye Mei, lives in a crowded food court all day, and she is even more ambitious because she has custody of her two children.
Episode 4
Gao went to Ye Mei's house to visit Qu Zhengping's daughter, and talked about Fang Jie's breakup. Plum helped Lin Feng solve his girlfriend's work problem, implying that he knew the purpose of his return. Li Yongbao sends money to Gao Yuan, who locks it in the safe. Gao Yuan not only did not advocate conducting grain trials in Heji, but also vigorously promoted "clearing accounts and checking warehouses" and took Qu Zhengping to check Heji grain depots.
Episode 5
The grain depot of Heji seen by Qu Zhengping in Gaoyuan is empty. Li Yongbao found Mei Zi and asked her to help him get back the grain reserves of No.1 warehouse. Mei Zi graciously agreed. Since the empty library was exposed, Fang Jie asked Gao Yuan for Qu Zhengping and Ye Mei for Li Yongbao.
Episode 6
With the help of Plum, Li Yongbao made up the deficit and resigned as the director of the grain depot. Gao Yuan's father and son came to Heji, Fang Jie and Qu Zhengping went to meet them, but Gao Yuan went to the countryside to make an inventory. Ye Mei threatened Qu Zhengping with Fang Jie and two children and warned him not to punish Li Yongbao. Plum hinted that Gao Yuan should not only focus on Li Yongbao.
Episode 7
Qu Zhengping will not pursue the empty warehouse incident. After demobilization, Ding Zhigang met a group of rogues in Lasha. Fortunately, Gao Yuan arrived in time. Gao Yuan took Heji Grain Depot as a breakthrough to carry out inventory, and even proposed to postpone or cancel the grain meeting, which deepened the contradiction with Qu Zhengping.
Episode 8
Ding Zhigang didn't get the help from Gao Yuan, only after he slapped him did he suddenly realize. Qu Zhengping not only did not cancel the food conference, but upgraded the conference to the provincial level, and Gao Yuan was also suspended for reflection. Gao Yuan accidentally discovered the strange phenomenon of grain on credit when he went to the countryside. After Ding Zhigang served as the deputy director of Heji Grain Bureau, he found that Hu Youde and others used their positions to run amok in the Grain Bureau.
Episode 9
On the eve of the food conference, Gao Yuan reported the empty granary and the common phenomenon of hoarding food in rural areas to the governor. At the meeting, Gao Yuan and Li Yongbao had a fierce dispute over empty warehouses, keeping quality and price down, and earning grade difference. The lofty practice also seriously hurt Qu Zhengping's interests, and the contradiction between the two people intensified.
Episode 10
Qu Zhengping blamed Li Yongbao, but he didn't expect to be bitten back. He Shunfa, who reflected the situation to Gao Yuan, was transferred to the remote Fan Village by Li Yongbao. Fang Jie found Gao Yuan for Qu Zhengping and talked about his younger brother Fang Ze who was personally sent to prison by Gao Yuan. Gao Yuan gradually became suspicious of No.1 Hospital, and Mei Zi suggested that he should trace the problem to the end.
Set 1 1
The inventory work was officially launched, but Gao Yuan suggested putting the matter of Heji Grain Bureau on hold for the time being. Therefore, Qu Zhengping asked Li Yongbao to arrange Ding Zhigang's work properly in return. With the summer harvest approaching, Jingu Company dispatched a large number of harvesters to prepare to buy the grain in the hands of farmers. When Qu Zhengping and Fang Jie approached the marriage registration, they temporarily changed their minds because of their lofty aspirations.
Episode 12
The summer grain has come down, and the grain stations and acquisitions around the country have pressed down the quality and price, and the farmers are waiting for Jingu Company to buy it. Li Yongbao cleverly pushed this responsibility to Ding Zhigang. He Shunfa's son wanted to study and went to the school in the town, and got lost on his way home. Gao Yuan took advantage of Li Yongbao's claim that he was ill and sent Sun Li to conduct a comprehensive inventory of Heji Grain Bureau.
Episode 13
Ye Mei asked Fang Jie to demonstrate about Li Yongbao. The attack of heavy rain and the failure of Jingu Company caused serious losses to farmers. Gao Yuan went to Jingu Company to denounce Mei Zi. Yang Yue asked Mei Zi alone, but it was Cao Shanshan who came. Li Yongbao pushed his luck, and Qu Zhengping appointed Ding Zhigang as the executive deputy director of Heji Grain Bureau in order to curb him.
Episode 14
Yang Yue and Cao Shanshan closed their phones and played into thin air. Li Yongbao tried to stop the inspection of Heji Grain Depot and sent someone to injure Sun Li. Gao Yuan was so angry that Fang Jie, who sent the information to him, was mistaken for Qu Zhengping's lobbyist and sneered at her.
Episode 15
Ding Zhigang gave Hu Youde a good lesson. Li Yongbao, desperate, threatened to win votes for Qu Zhengping as governor at the beginning, demanding that he immediately stop Gao Yuan's inventory work in Heji. Plum found that Cao Shanshan and Yang increasingly had a relationship, and she was ashamed and angry. Qu Zhengping visited Gao Yuan's father alone, feeling heavy and complicated, and agreed to allocate funds to collect food.
Episode 16
Ding Zhigang cut off Big Bala and stole the electricity from the Grain Bureau to open a black casino, and fought a fierce battle with them. Cao Shanshan and Yang Yue went to Shenzhen. Deputy Director-General Zhu found Gao Yuan to expose the bottom of Qu Zhengping, and told him the threat of Qu Zhengping. Gao Yuan hesitated. Plum found Lin Feng who was drunk because of lovelorn, and took him home to take care of him.
Episode 17
Qu Zhengping hosted a banquet in honor of Gao Yuan, and promised that the provincial government would allocate funds to save grain to buy farmers' malt. Just as the farmers were happily preparing to go to the grain depot to sell grain, the purchase funds promised by the provincial government could not be fulfilled. In fact, all this was carefully designed by Qu Zhengping. Gao Yuan was not only suspended, but also the inventory work was forced to stop.
Episode 18
Qu Zhengping, who was criticized by his conscience, tried to seek comfort from Fang Jie but was rejected. Gao Yuan, who was suspended from his post, is still running around for the acquisition of funds. As the malt purchase was cancelled, angry farmers went to the provincial government for justice. Gao Yuan persuaded Qu Zhengping to buy the farmers' grain in the form of IOUs, and personally signed the responsibility letter for purchasing malt.
Episode 19
The purchase of malt went very smoothly, and Fang Jie helped him with all his strength. Plum gradually revealed to Gao Yuan that Li Yongbao had helped Qu Zhengping run for governor. Gao Yuan was deeply moved when he learned that He Shunfa had been transferred because he reflected the situation to himself. Mei Zi finally admitted that she was the person who wrote the anonymous letter and told him what happened.
Episode 20
Plum helped Gaoyuan contact overseas customers and made a grain purchase plan. Qu Zhengping once again took Heji as a pilot to carry out system reform, and put forward the slogan of "fruits and vegetables instead of grain", which unexpectedly triggered a grain shortage. Qu Zhengping, who was forced to do nothing, had to open a warehouse to lend food to farmers. Fang Jie decided to work in Northwest China for a period of time. Qu Zhengping resigned as vice governor. Ding Zhigang took the lead in organizing a grain collection team in mountainous areas and went to the mountainous areas to collect grain.