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A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.
When a murder occurs in a small town in Southeast China, a local mechanic, known for his honesty, comes under suspicion. When the police target him to take the fall, he’s forced to try and exonerate himself, uncovering a number of disturbing facts, most much bigger than the initial crime.
At the turn of the century, Ma Fei (played by Guo Qilin) returns to Tianjin after leaving his hometown. After encountering various unsatisfactory experiences, he "kidnaps" his nephew Li Jiawen (played by Hu Langquan), and the uncle and nephew embark on a "deviant" journey. Things get out of control, the image continues to escalate, and all the absurdity follows...
When he was nineteen years old, Shen Xing rode his motorcycle across the long sea of flowers at the border and mistakenly entered a barbaric land. He smeared blue mud like the locals to resist the ubiquitous pollen, but also in this time real and sometimes phantom pollen, experienced a colorful, wild and bizarre story.
The story of four simple men living in Black Well Village in rural Yunnan province who decide to finally run the criminal Xiong Brothers out of their homes.
The show documents the simplistic lifestyle of living away from the bustling city centers. Each season takes place in a different rural part of China. The cast members are only provided with the basic life necessities and have to take care of everything else such as cooking their own meals and building their own furniture. To "buy" different cooking ingredients and other tools, they have to complete certain tasks assigned by the production crew, such as planting and harvesting crops. Different guests join the cast in each episode and help out with the daily chores. The goal of the program is to bring the audience along on a slower pace of life and to illustrate the joys of a simple lifestyle.