In the mid-1950s, Lin was a graduate student in a university in Bincheng. Her father is a famous industrialist and Democrat, and he loves her like the apple of his eye. At school, she is also the object of boys' pursuit, and even the secretary of the school youth league Committee is pursuing her. But she fell in love with Jiang Feng (Gao Shuguang), a lecturer who taught them Russian literature. Before her bold confession, Jiang Feng admitted that she could not accept her love because he had a wife in his hometown and was pregnant, and gave her a poem by Pushkin to encourage her to get out of the shadow of her feelings as soon as possible. Although Lin is very painful, she has to keep her admiration and love for Jiang Feng in her heart.
Jiang Feng's wife died after giving birth to a baby boy. At this time, Jiang Feng was designated as a "far right" and was about to be sent to the farm for labor reform, unable to raise children. He asked Lin to send the children to his relatives in other places for him, but his relatives refused. They are unwilling to adopt the son of the "Rightists". Lin had to take the children back to school. What is waiting for her is the decision to "order out of school". Lin took Jiang Feng's children home. She was discriminated against and looked on coldly, but she still gritted her teeth and raised Lin Sheng (Zhu Yongxi).
A few years later, when the political situation eased, Jiang Feng found Lin and met his son on a business trip. Jiang Feng promised her to take off the "Rightist" hat and form a new family with her. Unexpectedly, it was not long before the "Cultural Revolution" began. Jiang Feng, who was afraid of sports, completely despaired, fled the farm and never went anywhere again. Lin was tracked down and criticized, and her father died of fright. She almost lost the courage to live, but for the sake of her son, she decided to live no matter how hard she was until Jiang Feng came back!
October thunder, the nightmare of the "Cultural Revolution" finally ended, and everything had a new beginning. Jiang returned to the city from the countryside and was admitted to the university where his father taught that day. When the organization handed Jiang Feng's rehabilitation book to Jiang Feng's only relative, Lin couldn't help crying. She sincerely felt the greatness of the party!
During his stay in the countryside, Jiang fell in love with rural girls. Lin disapproves of her son's early girlfriend, and she is not satisfied with what she says. In particular, when she learned that Li Juan had been recruited to a joint venture factory in the suburbs, she was very worried about her son. Coincidentally, a professor from the United States, Yu, was willing to sponsor Jiang to study abroad, which made Lin overjoyed. Jiang is naturally very happy to get such an opportunity that many people dare not dream of, and is ready to go abroad wholeheartedly. He Li Juan told him that he was pregnant! This made Jiang very upset, and Lin was shocked when he learned about it. She told her son seriously that if the situation was true, she would take responsibility and she couldn't go anywhere until the problem was arranged!
On the eve of Jiang's visit to the United States, Lin was surprised to learn that Professor Yu who sponsored Jiang's study in the United States was none other than Jiang Feng! It turned out that Jiang Feng fled the border and wanted to sneak into the United States, but he was saved by an old American. In order to be grateful and survive, he married the old man's daughter who was born with disease. From then on, he was able to concentrate on his research and finally became a professor in a famous American university. Because he has another family, he can't face Lin, but he misses his son very much, so he arranged Jiang's plan to go abroad. Lin, who learned the truth, was very sad and never wanted to see Jiang Feng again, thinking that he was really dead. Although she knew that Jiang's return to Jiangfeng meant that she would never come back, she decided to send Lin to the United States as scheduled to reunite their father and son.
After Jiang left, Lin heard that he didn't have an abortion as she promised (because the doctor told her that if she had an abortion, she might never be a mother again). Instead, she was found out by the factory because she was pregnant and was ruthlessly fired. This made Lin very shocked and anxious. The woman's sympathy made her unable to let go of the mother and daughter anyway, so Lin looked around. Her efforts touched He, and she sent her weaned daughter back to Lin. In her letter, she said that she could not make a living with her children. I hope grandma can hire a nanny for her children and send the child support and nanny fees on time every month. Lin takes his granddaughter alone, and he does send money on time every month. Even if it is empty for a month, it will definitely be made up next month. However, Lin is really worried about him and can't stand the child asking her mother for it. So she took the children and went there according to the address written on the money order. The news made her soul-stirring: He used to work in a factory, and his work was very hard and his life was simple. Lin searched for a long time before he found He on a construction site.
With Lin's persuasion and persistence, he moved back home. Satisfied her wish, bought her a used car and let her drive a taxi. The reason why he drives a taxi is that it is convenient to send his daughter to school. She works hard, scrimps and saves, and strives to cultivate her daughter into an outstanding person who is self-reliant and self-reliant.
He Miao lived up to expectations. After graduating from a key university, I worked as a department manager in a big company. But her outlook on life is completely different from that of grandma and mom. Lin is very anxious about this. Just then, an overseas phone call came home. Jiang told her that she would go back to China to visit her mother, and his father Jiang Feng would come with him! He is firmly opposed to seeing Jiang again. Lin believes that it is helpful for her to know her complicated life experience and the historical joys and sorrows of the previous generation at this time to correctly choose her own life path.
They met. White-haired Jiang Feng, holding a bunch of flowers, knelt on one leg in front of the forest in front of her children and grandchildren. He has divorced his wife, and he can finally formally propose to the woman he loves and the woman who has been waiting for him for most of his life.
The secret of many years was uncovered. He was shocked, and she realized the greatness of "grandma"-she never got married in order to raise other people's children; At the same time, she also felt the good qualities of hard work, simplicity and kindness from her mother. She feels small.
Jiang and He Miao both knelt in front of Lin and He.
Year after year, year after year. How much right and wrong, how much injustice, how much hardship! The kindness, kindness, tenacity and tolerance embodied in Lin ... These traditional virtues of China women, as well as her spirit of self-esteem, self-improvement and self-reliance, are the vitality that supports us to tide over all difficulties and twists and turns! It's commendable! Tears streaming down her face! Thought-provoking! Attract people up!