Asian Drama

Turning 40 should be a year when everything is falling into place; however, 42-year-old Bian Liang is completely at a loss. As a father, who actively seeks breakthroughs, he encounters hurdles in his quiet and indifferent son and has reached a bottleneck in his career.

In his forties, Bian Liang, who has always felt that everything was smooth-sailing for his family is caught by surprise now that they're facing a crisis. Suddenly, all the wisdom and experience he has accumulated over the past 40 years of his life are no longer enough for him to deal with various problems and even his past methods seem to have been wrong. Despite feeling confused and powerless, Bian Liang being a responsible middle-aged man can only move forward hard while trying to find a solution. When everything in his past is shattered and he has to pick up the pieces, Bian Liang learns to reconcile with his wife, son, relatives and friends, and finds the right way to live.

It tells the story of villagers from Ningxia who migrated and built Minning Town from scratch.

The government wants to build the rural housing land, and encourages the farmers of Xiji Country to migrate or relocate. However, the conditions of the desert is too harsh. The villagers who moved there mostly left the second day. Ma Defu uses every ways to mobilize everybody to Diao Zhuang, and tries his best to get the villagers to stay. In 1966, the the Party Central Committee made a strategic plan to promote counterpart cooperation between the East and the West, which identified Fujian counterparts to promote poverty alleviation work in Ningxia. Fujian experts came to the village to teach the villagers to grow mushrooms, so that everyone was able to earn their first pot of gold. They then tried their best to find a market for the mushrooms. The workers in Fujian encouraged and promoted the export of labor services in Ningxia, and actively created conditions for the villagers to go to Fujian to work. Poverty alleviation policies have blossomed in all directions, and Minning Town has begun to take shape. Zhang Shucheng took the post of the Secretary of the Party Committee of Minning Town. While continuing the three-level water pumping project, he also strengthened the export of labor services and attracted investments. The appearance of Minning Town was given a new look, and more and more villagers signed up for relocation. As time passes, Minning Town was given a new lease of life.