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Among the scenic Longjing tea plantations, just a few paddles across Xi Lake from the renowned city of Hangzhou, live Mulian and his mother Taihua, apparently in harmony. Taihua is a hard-working single mother tea plucker after her husband – likely homosexual – abandoned them. She is in a relationship with the owner-manager of the estate where she is employed. Her son Mulian, an innocent young adult closely connected to nature, is now old enough to begin seeking employment. All would have been well, if not for Mulian’s obsession with relocating to the city in search of his missing father, who is rumored to have joined a monastery there.

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After Taihua’s relationship is brutally exposed, sparking a scandal in the village involving her potential mother-in-law, she decides to support her son’s wish: along with a younger fellow co-worker, they move to the city, hoping to find their fortune.