He happened to have watched this show some time ago.
As for the reason why I watched the show, it was entirely because of its popularity.
Looking through the circle of friends, both people in the circle and outsiders are discussing this drama.
Although the time span of this drama is very long, one sentence is enough to describe the plot.
The story of the Zhou family.
There are five people in the Zhou family. His father Zhou Zhigang is the first generation of construction workers after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and his mother Li Suhua is a typical housewife with the characteristics of the times.
The two fathers have two sons and one daughter in total, the eldest son Zhou Bingyi, the second daughter Zhou Rong, and the youngest son Zhou Bingkun.
The story begins in the late 1960s, when Zhou Zhigang was going to the southwest to support the construction of the Third Front.
When mentioning the term junior high school, many people may find it unfamiliar.
Before the 1980s, third-line construction was still within the scope of confidentiality regulations, and few people discussed it.
In fact, the original intention of the third-line construction was affected by the international environment, and its purpose was to protect the security of the rear area.
According to the strategic concept proposed by the great man, the country will be divided into three areas, namely the front line, the intermediate buffer zone and the strategic rear area.
The front line is the first line, the buffer zone is the second line, and the strategic rear is the third line.
This is also the origin of the name of the third-line construction.
After the 1960s, due to the deterioration of the relationship with Mao Xiong, Mao Xiong even deployed heavy troops on the northern border.
In addition, the bald heads who are entrenched overseas also have malicious intentions and never forget to counterattack the mainland.
In addition, Ah San was also instructed by Western forces to constantly stir up troubles in border areas.
In the end, the beautiful country had no good intentions and secretly deployed a series of containment plans.
There are furry bears in the north, bald heads in the south, and dog legs in the west. Although there is a certain buffer zone in the east, once you cross the 38th Parallel, there is the spokesperson of Western power.
War seems to be about to break out.
At this point, the third-tier construction plan came into being, even though the domestic economic environment was not good enough at that time.
But in the face of the threat of war, everything must give way to war preparations.
It is necessary to build a relatively independent industrial production system to ensure the country's strategic security.
A grain of ashes of the times is like a mountain when it falls on an individual's head.
Zhou Zhigang went to the southwest, but he was just a microcosm of many third-line construction workers. At that time, there were simply countless people like him.
Although from the perspective of future generations, third-line construction may not be so necessary.
After all, the war didn't start.
But having no sword in hand and having a sword but not using it are completely two different concepts.
If a war does occur, the strategically important locations in the rear areas will be the last line of defense and the strongest line of defense.
During the Anti-Japanese War, precisely because there was no complete industrial system, even the supply of bullets could not keep up.
The Chinese people have suffered enough from the insufficient supply of weapons.
That lesson was too painful!
Closer to home, Zhou Zhigang was transferred to the southwest to carry out the third-line construction.
At that time, the movement to go to the mountains and to the countryside was also in full swing. The boss, Zhou Bingyi, responded to the country's call and went to the Construction Corps to support national construction.
The world is vast and there is much to be accomplished. In principle, a family only needs to keep one child at home, so it is not enough for the eldest child to go alone.
Originally, the Zhou family planned to let their youngest son Zhou Bingkun also go to the mountains and countryside.
After all, the second child, Zhou Rong, is a girl, and she is not very young. It is too easy for a girl to go out so far alone and suffer a loss.
However, because Zhou Rong bravely pursued love, she took the lead and ran to the countryside in Guizhou Province before her younger brother.
Moreover, the lover she pursued was Feng Huacheng, an old right-wing poet who was more than ten years older than her.
After traveling thousands of miles away, when Zhou Rong came back again, she was already married and a mother for the first time.
The eldest son went to the Frontier Corps, and the second daughter went to Southwest China. Their fates changed completely, one in the south and the other in the north.
Bingkun, the oldest three weeks old, stayed and took care of his mother at home.
Whether it is the frontier corps or the Yunnan-Guizhou mountainous area, the conditions are definitely not as good as those in the city. Logically speaking, Lao Sanzhou Bingkun is enjoying the blessings of staying in the city.
However, fate always likes to play tricks.
Zhou Bingkun, who stayed in the city, was the one who had the hardest time among the brothers and sisters.
Zhou Bingkun is affectionate to his brothers and filial to his parents. He is the best person in the whole drama, but he has been in the most jail time.
I finally made some achievements and bought a house, but the house was unexpectedly lost and I had to move back to the shanty town.
The children who have finally been raised will have to leave this home when they grow up.
If you leave, just leave. After all, my son graduated from a prestigious school and went to a beautiful country. His biological father will take care of him and he won't suffer much.
But what he never expected was that a brief farewell would turn into an eternal farewell.
The son is dead.
Later, he had a conflict with his son's biological father, resulting in his unexpected death.
Entering the palace for the second time.
Compared with the last time, the sentence this time is longer.
Zhou Bingkun's life was miserable, and his wife Zheng Juan's life was even more miserable.
Zheng Juan was an orphan when she was young. She was picked up by Granny Zheng and raised with great pains. Since she did not have a city registered permanent residence, she could not find a job and could only earn some money by doing odd jobs.
Later, her family arranged a marriage for her. The man came from a working-class family and had a city registered permanent residence. As long as she got married, her registered permanent residence problem would be solved.
In that era, it was not uncommon to marry someone for the sake of household registration.
How many people want to get married but have no way to get married?
However, this marriage did not bring her happiness, but brought her greater misfortune.
Tu Zhiqiang is her husband, but there is no love between them. The two of them got married, one wanted to settle the household registration, and the other wanted to hide it from others.
(Although it is not explicitly stated in the play, there are many hints that the relationship between Tu Zhiqiang and Shui Ziliu is not that simple.
A relationship like theirs is not recognized by mainstream society even now, let alone that era.
Nowadays, they can only receive a strange look from a moral level, but at that time, they were committing a crime.)
Therefore, Zheng Juan's marriage was not happy.
In fact, given Zheng Juan's character, it doesn't matter whether her marriage is happy or not. Even if Tu Zhiqiang doesn't love her, she will be satisfied as long as she can live a peaceful life.
But a peaceful life has become a luxury.
She was raped.
Later, the husband was shot because of the crime.
She became a widow, her husband died, and she had nowhere to go, so she could only return to her parents' home with a pregnant belly.
The adoptive mother is old and has no job. The younger brother was also picked up by the adoptive mother, and his eyesight is not very good. The older brother is older, the younger brother is younger, and the younger brother is pregnant.
You can imagine how difficult it is for a family to live like this.