The background of the story is Changchun City, Jilin Province. Three generations of a family of three work in a large state-owned enterprise. There are many ironic stories. As the head of the family, Niu Yonggui (played by Li Qi) was the workshop director before retiring, while his wife Chen Jiuxiang (played by Peng Yu) was a retired nurse in the worker's hospital. Niu Yonggui finds it difficult to accept social changes such as reform and transformation for a while, and is full of complaints. On the surface, he seems to be one-sided and very domineering, but in fact he is always subdued by Chen Jiuxiang. Jihong (played by Jin Zhu), the daughter of Niu's parents, is a kindergarten teacher. She is serious and low-key. She divorced at an early age and lives with her son Sun Jun. The second son, Niu Xiaowei (played by Lv Xiaopin), has been laid off and idles around all day long. The youngest girl Niu Xiaoling (played by Zhang Danlu) is a fashionable young woman. Because she is the youngest in her family, she has been loved since she was a child. Grandson Junjun is the only third generation in the family, so everyone in the family dotes on him. But Niu Jihong's ex-husband Sun Ming (Gong Hanlin) is the deputy director of an insurance company