家庭离异的中年男人杜红军（范伟 饰）是一名看车人，年过不惑的他渴望重新拥有一个完整的家庭，于是和美丽的花店店主小宋（陈小艺 饰）好上了。小宋也是一个离了婚的女人，两人共同的愿望就是赶快组织一个新的家。杜红军的儿子因为思念母亲，一直反对杜红军再婚。但杜红军还是和小宋结了婚。就在一切准备妥当的时候，小宋的前夫刘三从监狱里出来了。刘三反悔了当初的离婚协议，于是一切开始变得不可收拾……

A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.