Shengxia and her fiancé

The story took place in Beijing in the 1980s. A few years ago, Sheng Xia (played by Xiao Xiong), who jumped in the queue in the countryside, returned to the city and became a saleswoman selling meat. She pinned her hopes on her boyfriend Ke Ping (played by Liang Tongyu), hoping that he could get a professional title. At the same time, she also wanted to change her future prospects through self-study. She pursues her dormitory friend Qin Yuan (played by Xu Xiaoxing) and uses all her spare time to tutor in English and other cultural classes, striving to take the college entrance examination. As the college entrance examination was approaching, Shengxia found out that she was pregnant. Ke Ping took the opportunity to propose marriage, but Shengxia did not want to lose the opportunity to take the college entrance examination and had an abortion. This caused a estrangement between the two. Affected by her emotions, Shengxia failed the college entrance examination, and Ke Ping also left her. Faced with a double mental blow, Shengxia gritted her teeth and persisted on the road to self-taught. Qin Yuan's success in the college entrance examination also always inspired her. She believed that the light was just ahead...