Ding Zhonghua, who settled in the city, returns to the countryside to celebrate the birthday of his 69-year-old father Ding Baogen. The old and seriously ill father is unwilling to go to the city with Ding Zhonghua. Even if living would be easier with his son, he is not ready to let go of his hometown and his lost wife. Ding Zhonghua does not know, whether he should let his father live in his homwtown, or to force him to the city for medical treatment….