In 1979, a large number of intellectuals began to return to the city, and Zhou Xiaoning, a female intellectual of beidahuang Farm, and her lover Xiao Yuhai also embarked on the way back to their hometown, about to return to their hometown after many years of absence. Xiao Yuhai and Zhou Xiaoning already liked each other when they went to the countryside, and the two agreed to meet their parents after they went back, hoping to settle down as soon as possible. The two cling to each other at the train station, and Zhou Xiaoning prepared to go home first, leaving Xiao Yuhai and their mutual friend Zhao Haidong to go back together.
Xiao Yuhai and Zhao Haidong asked each other about their future plans, and Zhao Haidong said that he wanted to enter the local Jiangbei Normal University. Xiao Yuhai's parents are teachers at this university, so Xiao Yuhai happily said after listening to it that he would help Zhao Haidong ask about the situation. Zhao Haidong ostensibly thanked Xiao Yuhai for his help, but in his heart he was thinking about Zhou Xiaoning's rejection of himself. It turned out that Zhao Haidong had always had a crush on Zhou Xiaoning when he was in the countryside, but Zhou Xiaoning only had Xiao Yuhai in his heart and did not pay attention to him at all.
On the way home, Zhou Xiaoning met a habitual rapist raping a woman. Zhou Xiaoning, who saw the righteous courage, went up to help, but unexpectedly was attacked by the rapist, and the bullied woman actually threw Zhou Xiaoning and ran. Thanks to the appearance of the local criminal police captain Chen Guoshun and the beating of the rapist, Zhou Xiaoning's life was saved, and then he was taken to the police station to investigate the situation, hoping that Zhou Xiaoning would help them find effective information about this habitual criminal. And Chen Guoshun drew the appearance of the rapist on the drawing board and asked Zhou Xiaoning to come and identify, Zhou Xiaoning buckled his head and said that there seemed to be something less, I think, she suddenly pointed to the drawing board and said that there was a mole on his left nose, and then Chen Guoshun painted the mole, Zhou Xiaoning said bluntly that it was too similar, it was exactly the same.
Zhou Xiaoning rushed home, only to find that there were many people he didn't know living in the house. Zhou Xiaoning was very confused and shouted for her father Zhou Zhenwei to come out. Li Fengying, the stepmother she had never met, told Zhou Xiaoning that she was the wife Zhou Zhenwei was looking for, and just some time ago Zhou Zhenwei had died of a heart attack. Before Zhou Xiaoning could get out of the pain of losing his father, he was told by Li Fengying that Zhou Zhenwei had made a will to keep the house for himself.
Li Fengying took the will to Zhou Xiaoning and asked her to move out quickly, because there was no place for anyone to live in the family. Zhou Xiaoning publicly said that the will was not his father's words, and felt that the will was forged by Li Fengying. Li Liangming suddenly appeared and helped Li Fengying drive Zhou Xiaoning away. Zhou Xiaoning told everyone that he knew Chen Guoshun, the captain of the criminal police, and asked the police to investigate the matter of the will, what to do when the time came, and if it was really my father's handwriting, I would move away without saying a word. Li Fengying was punctured because the forgery of the will was broken, so it was not good to rush Zhou Xiaoning away, she wanted to rest the matter and let Zhou Xiaoning live with her family. Zhou Xiaoning did not agree, and had to ask Li Mingliang to give up the large room to himself, and Li Fengying had to ease up from it and let Zhou Xiaoning give Li Mingliang three days to move out.
Although Li Mingli is also Li Fengying's daughter, her style of behavior is completely different from Li Mingliang's, and she does not have any domineering momentum. Li Mingli let Zhou Xiaoning live with her for three days, and she also wanted to persuade Zhou Xiaoning to sleep with her in the big bed, but Zhou Xiaoning was independent and accustomed, and she did not take Li Mingli's sister's affection at all. Li Liangming lost his temper because of the matter of moving out of the room, and Li Fengying had to comfort him, saying that Zhou Xiaoning could see at a glance that the will was fake, not a fuel-saving lamp. Li Fengying asked Li Mingliang not to tell him about his taking over her father's position, otherwise Zhou Xiaoning might not know how to make trouble.
Li Mingmei suddenly went home, and with a heavy heart, asked Li Fengying to hand over her stepfather's position to herself, because at that time, Li Fengying said that she would do a good job for her brother Li Liangming to cut in line, and when she returned, she gave her stepfather's position in the machinery factory, and she knew that this job could be replaced by her family. Li Mingmei said how much suffering she had suffered when she cut in the queue for Li Mingliang, and now she wants her stepfather's work as compensation. Li Liangliang did not feel guilty at all, and frankly said that he had taken over the work. Li Mingmei was not angry with his mother's eccentricity, and he beat Li Mingliang on the spot and asked his mother to give up the position to himself. Zhou Xiaoning didn't know this yet...
To be continued