Furious Sea Light Cavalry

Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.

Wei uncle from the off with her daughter Shirley flee from famine came in the northeast, under the rule of the puppet work in the coalmine. Wei uncle married the daughter of Shirley Wang young miners, on their wedding day, coal mine gas explosion, Wang kille. Then, after a period of time, Shirley and miners He Zhenggang marriage, the two gave birth to a daughter, named Shu-Fang. Soon, He Zhenggang mine gas explosion has died, Shirley was the second blow. Good hard-working miners Luwan Chun in Shirley, a time of extreme difficulty, hand to help her, the two gradually built up a strong feelings, Luwan Chun's adopted son, and Shu-Fang Jiang Ming also became good friends. However, Shirley does not want Luwan Chun for their hardship, and her daughter returned to Shandong to visit his Shu-Fang. After the liberation, Shirley has her daughter Shu-Fang to the northeast, to find long-lost father, uncle and met Wei has become a model of labor, Luwan Chun.

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

In a small-town high school, days before the college entrance exam, teacher Chen Jun finds out that the father of his most promising student has died in a mining accident. Telling him—or not—bears heavy consequences.