47 episodes of one man sacrificing everything while everyone else gets ahead. Buckle up, bitterness incoming.
Season 1 • Episode 47
LatestIn the 1980s, Liu Guiping, a kind-hearted farmer, sacrifices his education to help his brother, Liu Quangui, and his love interest, Hao Yiduo, move to the city. Despite facing challenges, Guiping continues to support them while striving to find his own success and love.
Acting
He Shengming's long-suffering saint routine will break you.
Production
Painstaking 1980s period detail that feels lived-in, not costume-party.
He Shengming
Liu Xinghe
Ying Er
Su Zitong
Monica Mu
Hao Yiduo
Zhang Jiayi
Su Wenyong
Liang Tian
Hao Wangcai
Guo Da
Mr. Zhang
Wang Haiyan
Bai Jing
Kingdom Yuen King-Tan
Qing Jie
Wang Jianxin
Guan Laohu
Zheng Yihan
Shen Xinyi
Zheng Kai
Liu Xing Chen
Guo Xin
Wang Xin
Chen Linsheng
He Dong
Zhu Yanping
Liu Qingping
Tan Xiaoyan
He Meiqin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a traditional Chinese blessing for marriage and prosperity—deeply ironic given Guiping's trajectory. The series captures the specific post-Cultural Reform era when rural workers flooded cities but hierarchical family structures remained rigid.
47 episodes of deliberate suffering positions this as 'moral education' television, a format where protagonists endure to teach viewers about virtue through pain. Guiping's arc is essentially Buddhist masochism as entertainment.
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