Growing older without realizing it

The years gradually wash away each other's pain, and what settles is the eternal true love. Mei Yan, an educated youth from Beijing, works as a mathematics teacher in a middle school in Shanxi. Not only does she take the 6-year-old girl Mei Ana alone, but the origin of the child is unknown. No one knows her background, and there are many speculations and bad rumors about her... Mei Yan silently endures the strange looks of others. When the educated youth returned to the city in the early 1980s, many people racked their brains and thought of various ways to return to Beijing, but Mei Yan was determined to stay in Shanxi, and at this time Ana fell ill and was hospitalized... Teacher Mao Mao, who is also an educated youth, has always been deeply in love with Mei Yan. Since he is married, he has to bury this feeling deeply in his heart. However, he often takes care of Mei Yan and Ana. All this arouses the jealousy of Mao Mao's daughter-in-law and the suspicion of others. Because Mei Yan is single and beautiful, the school principal is very jealous of her. He often calls her to the office, touches her, and sexually harasses her, but Mei Yan shirks her... During a report in the office, the principal showed his bestiality and wanted to rape Mei Yan. Mei Yan could not bear it and reported the principal's behavior. Unexpectedly, she aroused the principal's revenge and sent Mei Yan to a rural primary school to support rural education. At this time, Ana, who was in Beijing, was lied to by Maomao's daughter-in-law that Mei Yan was dead and abducted to Beijing.