Fengjie County, Chongqing, where the construction of the Three Gorges is underway, welcomes two Shanxiese, one man and one woman. The man Sanming Hanfrom Fenyang, a loyal and honest coal miner, who came to Fengjie to find his ex-wife, whom he has not seen in 16 years. He bought his ex-wife with money back then and ran back to Fengjie after giving birth. There were many twists and turns in the search for his ex-wife, and Sanming Han decided to stay and do coolies until his ex-wife appeared. The woman Shen Hongfrom Taiyuan. She is a taciturn nurse who comes to Fengjie in search of her husband who has not been in contact with her for many days. The relationship between her husband and her husband and wife has long been nameless. Although she knows this well, she still wants her husband to tell her in person. Zhao Hong's search process was not smooth, and her husband was avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally. Although Sanming Han and Zhao Hong don't know each other, they have a mysterious connection in the dark because they have to make a choice between "pick up" and "abandon" in a relative sense
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