该剧讲述简宏成是临水市农机二厂厂长简志国的儿子，曾经在大学里对长相漂亮性格文静的宁宥一见钟情。遭到对方的拒绝，到毕业之后她就嫁给别人。此时的简宏成才彻底死心。在早年简志国与员工崔浩发生过争执，被刺伤过，导致身体每日愈下。为了成功的保住厂子的承包权，强制让女儿简敏敏嫁给自己的徒弟张立新，可以暂时管理工厂。然而张立新暗中夺取权利。简志国去世之后，儿子简宏成远走他乡

多年以后，宁宥的老公背叛婚姻，俩人离婚。白手起家的简宏成重新回到家乡，知道张立新要将厂子卖掉抵债。简宏成不忍心父亲的心血复之东流，想要保住厂子，也与宁宥重新相遇，终于知道对方拒绝自己的原因。主要是宁宥是崔浩的女儿，两家有仇恨，无法在一起。简宏成个人非常理智，将张立新留下的烂厂子解决。但是宁恕心中充满怨恨，是宁宥的弟弟，策划计谋，想要完成复仇。宁宥与简宏成面对生活中各种鸡毛琐事，重新又认识彼此，找到想要过的生活。

The play tells the story of Jian Hongcheng, the son of Jian Zhiguo, the director of Linshui No. 2 Agricultural Machinery Factory. . Rejected by the other party, she married someone else after graduation. At this moment, Jian Hongcheng completely gave up. In the early years, Jian Zhiguo had a dispute with his employee Cui Hao and was stabbed, which caused his body to deteriorate every day. In order to successfully keep the contracting rights of the factory, he forced his daughter Jian Minmin to marry his apprentice Zhang Lixin, so that he could temporarily manage the factory. However, Zhang Lixin secretly seized power. After Jian Zhiguo passed away, his son Jian Hongcheng left his hometown

After many years, Ning You's husband betrayed the marriage, and the two divorced. Jian Hongcheng, who started from scratch, returned to his hometown and knew that Zhang Lixin was going to sell the factory to pay off his debts. Jian Hongcheng couldn't bear his father's hard work to go to waste, wanted to keep the factory, and met Ning You again, and finally knew the reason why the other party rejected him. The main reason is that Ning You is Cui Hao's daughter, and the two families have enmity and cannot be together. Jian Hongcheng was very rational personally, and resolved the bad factory left by Zhang Lixin. But Ning Shu's heart was full of resentment, it was Ning You's younger brother who planned a scheme and wanted to complete revenge. Ning You and Jian Hongcheng face all kinds of trivial matters in life, get to know each other again, and find the life they want to live.