Bai Mei

En tant que remplaçante, Wei Minzhi s'occupe de la classe de Gao Enman, l'instituteur d'un petit village chinois. Du haut de ses treize ans, elle parvient difficilement à discipliner les élèves. C'est alors que l'un d'eux part travailler à la ville, afin d'aider sa famille. Soucieuse de ne laisser aucun enfant quitter l'école, elle réunit de quoi prendre le bus et se rend sur le lieu de travail du petit garçon, déterminée à le ramener. Malheureusement, Zhang Yichang a disparu. Wei décide alors de demander le concours d'une chaîne de télévision. Le directeur, ému par son histoire, lance un avis de recherche.

Ma Lan (Qin Yi), who was born in the city, was unwilling to be a mediocre housewife and determined to take part in the surging socialist construction. Her parents did not agree with her plans, but she resolutely goes to the construction site. There others look at her strangely, but Ma Lan does not care. The master Hu Agen looks down on women, dismissing Ma Lan, who decides to learn to drive a loader. Even in secret if she must.

"Mom wants me to be married" is based on Liu Zhen's novel "Sister Chun". Li Yuchun is not only capable, beautiful but stubborn. Her Beicun Mutual Aid Group is connected to Nancun Cooperative Land. In production, Yuchun met Liu Minghua of Nancun Cooperative. Ming Hua was simple and enthusiastic, and Yu Chun gradually fell in love with him. In a storm, Yuchun's ox cart got stuck in the river and Minghua came when she was in distress. She helped her push her ashore, put her straw hat on Yuchun, and went home in the rain. Yuchun knew that Minghua's family was not good, so she carried shoes to Minghua.

Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.

In 1894 the Japanese Imperial Navy provokes the Chinese navy to test defenses. Some Chinese want to make concessions while others want to fight. When Japan invades, some naval officers put up a heroic resistance.