Zhang Yimo

In a small mountain village in northwest China, Wan Qinglai (played by Liu Peiqi), the husband of Qiu Ju (played by Gong Li), a village woman, was kicked in the lower body by the village head during an argument and could no longer do farm work. He could only lie in bed all day long. The village head did not show any reaction to this. Qiu Ju couldn't hold back her anger and went to the village chief to argue, but he refused. To vent her anger, she wrote a letter

In the 1930s, Tang Shuisheng, a rural teenager, came to Shanghai to seek refuge with his sixth uncle (played by Li Xuejian). Under his recommendation, he became the personal servant of the queen of singing and dancing, Xiao Jinbao (played by Gong Li). Xiao Jinbao is the woman of Tang Laoye (played by Li Baotian), a powerful figure in Shanghai. However, she has an affair with her subordinate, Song Erye, who has already been eyeing Tang Laoye's position

After learning of his father's death, a man (played by Sun Honglei) returns to his hometown. His elderly mother tells him about the past with his father. More than 30 years ago, Luo Changyu (played by Zheng Hao), a young man from the city, voluntarily came to Sanhetun to work as a primary school teacher after graduating from a normal school. Within a radius of over ten miles, there was a well-known beauty named Zhao Di (played by Zhang Ziyi).

Retired worker Lao Zhao (played by Zhao Benshan) has a crush on a fat woman. To his embarrassment, the fat woman asked for 50,000 yuan as wedding expenses when they first met. Lao Zhao had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree. His apprentice Xiao Fu gave him an idea, asking him to make use of an old bus compartment at the back of the factory area and turn it into that