Episode 1

At the Diaozhuang Immigration Office in Haiji County, director Zhang Shucheng reported to Deputy County Magistrate Yang that a group of immigrants had escaped from Yuquan Camp and returned to Yongquan Village. County Magistrate Yang taught that as demobilized soldiers, we must face difficulties. Ma Defu, a graduate of the agricultural school seconded to Diaozhuang, reported to Zhang Shucheng. Ma Defu, who came from Yongquan Village, took Zhang Shucheng to find the acting village director of Yongquan Village, his father Ma Huashui, to assist in the work. Ma Huashui led the two to understand the situation. The villagers had various reasons for not wanting to immigrate. Li Dayou, who took the lead in running away, was even more slippery and lazy, and remained unmoved in the face of Defu's good advice.

Episode 2

Unable to let go of Li Laoshuan, Shui Hua gave up on escaping and returned home, accepting her fate to marry An Yongfu from a neighboring village. The isolation and backwardness of Yongquan Village stung Zhang Shucheng. He insisted on holding a village meeting, where he explained the immigration policy carefully and patiently. Several "deserters" villagers spoke out and constantly provoked conflicts. At the moment of chaos, Grandpa Shui Wang came forward and asked the villagers about the most concerning issue. At the same time, he used a few little dolls and the courage to go out to boost morale, and asked Ma and the Shui family to take the lead in signing up to go to Diaozhuang.

Episode 3

Grandpa Shui Wang returned to Yongquan Village to recuperate in order to plant a tree with diseased roots. Seeing that the saplings he planted were short of water, Defu and Ma Meng were anxious and worried. Heartache. Defu went to the county to solve the electricity problem, but was temporarily blocked due to the handover of the county bureau position. At a loss, Shui Hua dragged her disabled husband and young daughter across the Gobi desert to Jintan Village to immigrate.

Episode 4

When Debao and his gang went to pick up supplies for the train, they were chased by the police. Debao escaped with Shuiwang, while Gawa stayed on the train. On the train, he wanted to find his father who disappeared many years ago when he went out to work. Gawa's mother suffered from an old illness because she lost her child, and Debao was lectured by Ma Huashui and Principal Bai in turn. Chen Jinshan, a cadre from Fujian, encountered a pickpocket on the train. Due to his accent, it was difficult to communicate with the local police. Defu, who spoke Mandarin, was called to communicate with him.

Episode 5

The situation of Gawa's mother became worse and worse, and she wanted to go back to her hometown. Ma Huashui decided to take his sister back to Yongquan Village and take care of her with his wife. Debao bought a map and wanted to find Gawa, but Mai Miao wanted to go with him. Chen Jinshan, the temporary county magistrate, contacted the Fujian businessmen he knew to help facilitate the export of labor services. Wu Yuejuan and Chen Jinshan, directors of the Minning Office from Fujian, took turns introducing Fujian's assistance policies to grassroots cadres. Defu helped the cadres in the two places pass on the policies and understand them.

Episode 6

Defu and Teacher Bai helped organize a labor export conference. At the meeting, Chen Jinshan described the bright prospects of labor export to the villagers. The first batch of female workers recruited will go there. Mai Miao was excited to work in the electronic component factory, but he hesitated because he missed Debao. Principal Bai actively supported Mai Miao's registration, but Mai Miao misunderstood that he wanted to send her away, venting all the resentment she had towards her father over the years due to her mother's death. Principal Bai understood his daughter's weird temper and asked Defu to help find water flowers to enlighten the wheat seedlings.

Episode 7

The language barrier hinders Haiji female workers from learning skills. The diligent and studious Mai Miao leads her partners to study the language seriously after work, and they become sisters in life and work. Object of trust. During the critical season of spring irrigation, the villagers of Jintan Village had a conflict with the people at the Qingtongxia Water Pumping Station due to irrigation issues. Defu rushed to mediate and agreed to postpone the payment of winter irrigation arrears and only pay the spring irrigation money until the grain harvest. Then pay the arrears later. However, after Defu mobilized the villagers to pay all the money for spring irrigation as agreed, the water pumping station released only a trickle that did not wet the land.

Episode 8

Debao was looking for Gawa while working, and when he inquired about Gawa’s whereabouts from a truck driver, Debao, who had no idea about it, was sold to another place by the truck driver. Black coal mine. In order to implement poverty alleviation policies, Minning Village carried out technological poverty alleviation and developed the local economy. Chen Jinshan found Ling Yinong, a teacher who was working on a Juncao scientific research project in Ningxia, and persuaded Ling Yinong to go to Minning Village to develop the Agaricus bisporus cultivation industry, and expressed the urgency of helping the villagers create income and become rich.

Ling Yinong aspired to research technology to protect the ecology, but was not enthusiastic about promoting planting technology to develop the economy. Unfortunately, Chen Jinshan had already praised Haikou for him in front of the villagers.

Episode 9

Debao went home and hid his tragic experience from his parents and brother. He also had to pay for his aunt's medical treatment. His mother was worried about him and Mai Miao. Debao learned about Mai Miao's current situation and mailing address from Principal Bai, and Debao also found an opportunity for him to work in a Fujian shoe factory. Mai Miao and her companions worked overtime to practice their skills, and the female workers became a team. The Municipal Youth League Committee organized a social dance. The driver Wang Guohui had a crush on Mai Miao and invited her to dance but was rejected. Looking at the lively crowd, Mai Miao missed Debolai.

Episode 10

Because Ma Qiuhong, a fellow villager of Mai Miao, had experienced the poverty of water shortage, the female laundry worker turned on the flowing faucet, but was misunderstood as a clothes thief. . The stimulated female workers were determined to gain a reputation at work and no longer be looked down upon. Struggle will bring rewards. The Haiji female workers who worked hard finally passed the assessment and produced efficient and high-quality products. Everyone happily celebrated by eating seafood food stalls. Mai Miao felt that she had found the meaning of struggle. Under the guidance of Ling Yinong, Debao's mushroom shed was built in an orderly manner, attracting the attention of the villagers. Shuihua's family had no money to build a shed, so they went to Debao's shed to learn and help at the same time.

Episode 11

The mushrooms grown in Debao’s shed were sold at a good price at the farmer’s market. The mushrooms came out one after another, and Debao’s pocket gradually bulged. , Defu asked him to help call on the whole village to grow mushrooms together. Debao paid Shuihua a salary, and Ernst & Young recognized that his wife had made a fortune through hard work. Wu Yuejuan came to visit Ling Yinong and Chen Jinshan. The three of them sat around eating mushroom soup hot pot. Wu Yuejuan brought the favorable policy of the autonomous region to provide interest-free loans for villagers to grow mushrooms. On the steaming table, the three people's work enthusiasm also increased. .

Episode 12

A boom in mushroom cultivation has begun in the village. As a person with successful cultivation experience, Debao helped his master Ling Yinong promote it in surrounding villages. Planting technology. Shui Wang couldn't defeat his father Li Dayou, so he asked Debao about growing mushrooms, and Debao gave him advice. A fire broke out in a factory warehouse in Fujian. Mai Miao risked her life by running through the fire to rescue supplies, until she collapsed from exhaustion and was rescued. The letter Debao gave her was burned in the fire. The media wanted to interview Bai Maimiao, a Haiji female worker, about her heroic efforts in rescuing production supplies. The Municipal Youth League Committee sent publicity officer Ding Shijun to teach her how to deal with the media. The mushrooms sold by the villagers in Jintan Village are selling well. The reporter from the county newspaper reported the advanced example of mushroom cultivation in Jintan Village. Everyone was immersed in the joy of getting rich through hard work.

Episode 13

Secretary Tan from the county appreciated the news report about Minning Village growing mushrooms to develop the village economy. Deputy County Magistrate Ma, who is good at flattering, immediately proposed to hold an on-site meeting to promote mushrooms. Planting, Secretary Tan asked him to do preliminary research work. The production of Agaricus bisporus has surged, and the purchase price has continued to fall, until the price of the mushrooms hurts farmers, and if they are not sold at a low price, they will rot in their hands. Despite the depreciation of Agaricus bisporus, Shuihua still bought a wheelchair for her husband. Ernst was in a complicated mood and insisted on letting Shuihua return the wheelchair, but Shuihua refused. After Li Dayou hit a wall in his own business, he complained about his son Shui Wang. The villagers also pinned their hopes of selling mushrooms on Ling Yinong, who proposed using support funds to build a temporary cold storage as an emergency measure.

Episode 14

Deputy County Magistrate Ma irresponsibly issued an order to hold an on-site meeting without conducting on-site inspections. After learning the fact that Agaricus bisporus was unsaleable, he still pretended to be peaceful and complained to Superiors concealed the actual situation. In order to prevent the tragedy of the Li family from happening again, under the pressure of slow sales of mushrooms, Ling Yinong led his men into several groups and went to various places across the country to sell the mushrooms, refusing to attend on-site meetings. Deputy County Magistrate Ma used career prospects to coerce and seduce Defu, asking him to replace Ling Yinong to introduce his experience at the on-site meeting. Defu was faced with the choice of sticking to his faith and taking the "single-plank bridge", or following the arrangement of Deputy County Magistrate Ma and taking the "highway" in his official career. Principal Bai gave him some advice. The single-plank bridge has the advantage of making people cautious, but the highway is prone to paralysis. It was a careless accident, but Defu made up his mind and chose to watch the former.

Episode 15

At the meeting, with the help of the villagers, Defu, despite the threats from Deputy County Magistrate Ma, sought truth from facts and told the truth, pointing out the actual situation faced by mushroom farmers. and urgent issues, Secretary Yang, who was resolute and resolute, said on the spot that he would solve the problem. Principal Bai saw the interview on TV about Mai Miao fighting the fire, and the interview was a great success. As an advanced representative who went to work in Fujian, Mai Miao will return to Ningxia to give a speech and write a speech together with Director Ding. After the on-site meeting, Secretary Yang immediately held a meeting to study the problem and set up a mushroom sales team to focus on storage and sales to solve the worries of mushroom residents. After the county mushroom sales team did their work, a group of mushroom harvesting merchants came, but they only offered 80 cents, which was lower than the previous unified purchase price of the city and county. The villagers had no choice but to sell the mushrooms at low prices.

Episode 16

Behind the real money brought by Professor Ling’s order greatly boosted the confidence of mushroom farmers, in fact, he secretly paid for the difference. The mushroom harvester who had lost his business threatened Ling Yinong and his party, and a conflict broke out between the two parties. Debao was also caught in the melee and almost missed the chance to meet Mai Miao. Debao finally met Mai Miao at the station before leaving, but Debao hesitated and couldn't say anything. Ling Yinong, who was injured in the conflict, confessed to Defu that he had given money. Defu reported the matter to Secretary Yang. Secretary Yang approached Wu Yuejuan to discuss the matter, which ultimately reduced the cost of air transportation and increased the profits of Agaricus bisporus. . Jintan Village became the Minning Collaborative Mushroom Industry Demonstration Village. Defu spent his own money to open a small stove to bid farewell to Ling Yinong. Unexpectedly, the whole village came to see him off. After the lecture, Mai Miao returned to Fujian and was promoted to workshop leader.

Episode 17

Debao went to Fujian to see wheat seedlings and met Shui Wang, who was also working in Fujian. The three of them missed Gawa. Principal Bai stopped Hai Chunling, a student who was going to work in Fujian. Her parents insisted that she was already sixteen years old and could go out to work. Principal Bai, who had taught her since childhood, did not believe it. Guo Minhang, a volunteer teacher from Fujian, volunteered to be a teacher at the immigrant primary school in Yuquanying with enthusiasm. Principal Bai's attitude towards him was lukewarm. After all, his school did not need support teachers who just came and left. Guo Minhang told Principal Bai about the chorus competition held in the autonomous region. Principal Bai was very angry because the money for building the playground was delayed and he did this useless thing. Gawa, who left home many years ago, came back and joined Debao as a member of the engineering team.

Episode 18

Several students wrote letters to Principal Bai, expressing their determination to go out to work and contribute to their families. The frustrated Principal Bai drank with Defu. Defu said that there were benefits to working outside, which angered Principal Bai, and Defu was kicked out of the house. Principal Bai went to the Education Bureau to solve the problem to no avail, and was persuaded to actively cooperate in the chorus competition. Frustrated, he decided to take the children to participate in the chorus competition. Facing a pair of eager eyes, Principal Bai decided to ignore the number limit and all members participated. In order to buy school uniforms for the competition, Principal Bai sold four computers donated by the Mai Miao Factory and used the money to renovate the playground. Mai Miao took the factory leaders to the school to accompany them to investigate further assistance matters. When Principal Bai sold the computer privately, it was revealed that Mai Miao was shocked. Knowing that he would be punished for selling the donated materials, Principal Bai was unwilling to make any amends and only thought about the chorus competition.

Episode 19

Mai Miao stayed and became the person in charge of the preparation of the Fujian business investment and construction project, and Guo Minhang became a formal teacher in the school. In 2002, Minning Village was evacuated to build a town. However, due to problems with the handover of administrative jurisdiction, the local development fell into an unprecedented dilemma. An article was published about Minning Town's prestige projects before and after its establishment and its arrears in project payments, and the cadres in question also tried to shirk the blame. Defu was hit on the head by a stone thrown by a migrant worker asking for wages, and his wife Gao Qingxia wanted him to be transferred to the city. The migrant workers asked for wages and went to block Debao again. Defu asked Debao to advance funds to take over the project, but in fact, his brother suffered heavy losses.

Episode 20

Zhang Shucheng came to Minning Town to serve as the town secretary concurrently, and recommended Defu as the acting mayor. Defu suggested that he solve the problem of wage arrears first, and then reorganize the team. The three-level water pumping station that was suspended due to misappropriation of project funds is also a major issue that needs to be resolved.

Zhang Shucheng opened the door to receive petitioners. His sincere attitude and previous grassroots work experience allowed him to gain the trust of the villagers. The town issued a batch of overdue project funds, but Defu ranked Debao's company at the back. Debao was aggrieved and angry, feeling that Defu was disregarding his life and death for the sake of his own political achievements. Zhang Shucheng's village committee team held a symposium to help everyone strengthen their faith and repaid the owed subsidies. Defu had a heart-to-heart talk with Debao and told him that Ma Huanshui drew lots for the brothers to go to school. He felt guilty for his brother and wanted to treat him well all his life, but failed. Debao accepted his brother's apology. Defu wanted Debao to participate in the bidding and take over the resettlement village project, but Zhang Shucheng failed to dissuade him.

Episode 21

Ma Defu was reported to have abused his power for personal gain, and people from the Discipline Inspection Commission came to investigate that he let his brother Debao contract the project. According to procedure, Defu was temporarily suspended from his position as mayor, and Debao finally understood Defu's difficulties. The progress of the third-level water pumping project was affected by the contractor's unpaid wages. The contractor was a relative of the cadres of the Water Conservancy Bureau. After Zhang Shucheng learned about the situation, he recovered the unpaid wages and terminated the contractor's contract. The entire village relocation project encountered a bottleneck, and Zhang Shucheng asked Defu to return to Yongquan Village to tackle the problem. Ma Huashui went around to test Defu on behalf of Defu. Li Dayou admitted frankly that if the old people didn't leave, their children and grandchildren would not abandon them. Ma Huashui held a mobilization meeting in the village to relocate the entire village. Everyone opposed and questioned it. Even Grandpa Shui Wang, who had previously supported Diaozhuang's immigration work, did not express support, emphasizing that this was a major event that would cut off the roots of the village. The oldest Mr. Li led the villagers out of the meeting and expressed his attitude. Several young people found Defu privately and expressed their desire to move away. They were all young people named Ma, but there were no supporters among the other popular surnames in the village, Li.