A story of hoe and desair surrounding the lives of a mother and son from a small town in Subei. The 18-year-old Ding Xiao Jun who lives with his mother Ding Bi Yun has been admitted to a university in Beijing. However， as soon as he entered university， he is ridiculed by his classmates. Ding Xiao Jun starts to rebel until he gets a warning that he will no longer graduate. Luckily， his mother gets through to him in time for him to ull himself together and earn enough credits to graduate. Ding Xiao Jun enters society full of assion and hoe but is scammed and left to wander Jaan as a bum for months. Beginning to understand all the hardshis his mother went through for him， Xiao Jun manages to make a long-distance call to her in order to return home. During New Year’s Eve of 2010， Ding Xiao Jun learns that he has landed a job in Beijing. What seemed like the erfect beginning to a new chater in his life is met with the terrible news that will affect the two most imortant women in his life. Ding Bi Yun has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Ding Xiao Jun is now faced with two choices?—to continue building his career in Beijing or to return home and stay with his mother during her final days…

该剧同样是用一帧帧画面，一句句乡音，把人带回那个火热的年代。主角在这里发射满满的回忆杀，赚足了泪点，青春的主题得到升华，要怀念的不只是熊孩子的青春，还有父母们的青春。。导演和演员们会在片场积极沟通人物关系，剧中每一个分寸把握、每一场戏的演绎、每一句台词的念法都经过团队的仔细推敲。其中有一句经典台词很受欢迎，有人就有恩怨，有恩怨就有江湖。人就是江湖，你怎么退出？