18-year-old Gao Juemin and his younger brother Gao Juehui are both young people who are keen on new ideas. Chueh-min fell in love with his aunt's daughter Qin, and Chueh-hui also had his own sweetheart Ming-feng. Chueh-hsin is the eldest of the two brothers and the eldest son of the Gaos. He loved his cousin deeply, but accepted Miss Li Ruijue, who was chosen by his father by lottery, and got engaged and married like a puppet. One month after my marriage, I went to work in Xishu Industrial Company, and my father was a director. I completely gave up my ideal.
A year later, his father died, and Chueh-hsin took on the burden of the family. The intrigue between the whole family disgusted him. He must be careful to avoid conflict with them. Fortunately, her new wife Jui-chueh is beautiful and kind, which gives him a lot of comfort. The birth of their son Haier made Chueh-hsin even happier, and he was determined to put his legacy on his son to realize it. Two years later, the May 4th Movement broke out, and new ideas awakened his long-lost youth. But he is still not as progressive as his two younger brothers, and he is often ridiculed by them as "bowing his head" and "no rebel".
Extended data:
With the spread of the May 4th Movement to Chengdu, an isolated inland Sichuan province, the works truly describe the decline and fall history of Gaojia, a representative feudal family. On the surface, the high giants are famous for their poems and rituals, but behind this scene, they are infighting, infighting, decadent, filthy and shameless.
Those defenders, represented by Mr. Gao and Ke Ming, tried their best to maintain the moral codes and family precepts and suppress all new things, even at the expense of young people, in order to maintain this family, which was the pillar of the feudal system and was facing collapse. This has deepened the contradiction between the old and the new, between the ruling forces and the oppressed, and caused great pain to young people.