In 1930s, in Jiangxi, the red cradle of China Revolution, a mountain village named Liuxi told the stories of dozens of poor families still under the rule of local tyrant Hu Hansan. Taking Pan Dongzi, an eight-year-old child, as the center, the plot and contradiction are arranged, which reflects the process of the protagonist's gradual maturity with the education and help of the party and predecessors.