In the early 1960s, China had just emerged from three years of natural disasters, and the vast rural areas engaged in a fierce struggle over whether to implement the "three self and one package" policy. Qi Lanzi (played by Hu Jing), the branch secretary of the Niujiaoshi Brigade, and the poor and lower middle peasants took the lead in opposing it. Chen Bingren (played by Chang Wenzhi), a local party committee cadre, and He Yide, the brigade branch committee member, took the lead in opposing it(
In the early 1960s, China had just emerged from three years of natural disasters, and the vast rural areas engaged in a fierce struggle over whether to implement the "three self and one package" policy. Qi Lanzi (played by Hu Jing), the branch secretary of the Niujiaoshi Brigade, and the poor and lower middle peasants took the lead in opposing it. Chen Bingren (played by Chang Wenzhi), a local party committee cadre, and He Yide, the brigade branch committee member, took the lead in opposing it(