Chatting Alley
The spirited belle of the cotton mill returns home after divorce, only to face endless scorn! The day she's denied housing, the city's most intellectual man unexpectedly offers her a marriage certificate... In 1980s Jiangcheng, Zhao Ling, a tenacious and spirited cotton mill worker, finds herself back in her parents' home with her asthmatic daughter, Zhao Qianqian, after her divorce. Met with coldness and forced to rely on others, her struggles escalate when her work unit begins housing allocations. The director, citing her as a vulnerable single mother, maliciously denies her a home. Just then, Lin Feng, the only university-educated teacher in the city, witnesses her plight. On the spot, he proposes, offering Zhao Ling a new lease on life and a place of her own. Zhao Ling believes Lin Feng is merely a kind stranger offering help, unaware that their fate was intertwined long ago. Together, they bring their children to form a new family, ready to face life's myriad challenges.