With both parents working far away, ten-year-old Chuang is being raised by extended family in his home village, where thousands of years of rural tradition collide with the socio-economic changes of China in the early 1990s.

1991年，霸王台村还很热闹，是记忆中最美乡愁的模样。生活在姥姥家的少年徐闯，经历着村里的各种春种秋收，婚丧嫁娶。随着打工潮兴起，年轻人逐渐脱离土地去往城市，乡村也在悄然改变。