A big city girl Gu Xiaolin visits a remote village in Poyang to find her exboyfriend the son of dedicated rural teacher Miss Liu It turns out she stopped teaching some time ago because her son ed away in an accident The village head asks Gu to be a substitute teacher so that the very primitive village school can satisfy provincial requirements by having at least one teacher Taking up teaching as a temporary job Gu Xiaolin begins to understand her deceased boyfriends sense of mission in working at this backward village
