Knowing nothing more than the working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiao Lu reluctantly starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in completely to the expectations of those around him.
As Lu Xiao Lu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiao Lu decides to fight for the life he wants.
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Adapted from the novel "Young Babylon" (少年巴比伦) by Lu Nei (路内).
Episodes: 26
Duration: 45 min.
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Ratings: 8.3
Di Zi Yuan seeks revenge after her family was falsely accused of treason ten years ago and beheaded according to the emperor's edict.
As the sole survivor, she changes her name to Ren An Le and schemes her way into the court. She admires Crown Prince Han Ye's concern for his people's welfare. While slowly developing feelings for him, she remains haunted by her past, unable to dismiss the enmity that exists between their two families.
Han Ye, driven by his deep love for Di Zi Yuan, vows to resolve their differences at any cost.
Adapted from the web novel "Di Huang Shu" (帝皇书) by Xing Ling (星零).
Xu Qing Jia was orphaned at a young age and became the best in class talent. He marries the Hu family daughter, Hu Jiao. Hu Jiao was born in a butcher's family and did not know how to write or write, but she was cheerful, active and informal, and kept everything in order. Xu Qing Jia devoted himself to serving the people and forge ahead with reforms as a county prime minister. Their story unfolds in the Northern Song Dynasty as they work together in love, marriage, and helping the people from corrupt officials.
Adapted from the novel “The Little Lady of the Butcher's House” (屠户家的小娘子) by Lan Ai Cao (蓝艾草).