Zhao Ade, an illiterate country bumpkin who earns his living by pulling a cart. One day, Ade took his daughter Niu to the county town for medical treatment and to look for Niu's mother, but unfortunately, the money he had for expenses was swindled away by the city rascal Liu Xiaochun. Fortunately, with the help of Zhang Dage, who performs boxing on the street and sells bruise medicine, and Mr. Ming, a "well-respected" fortune teller, Ade's family settled in the "Tian Family Courtyard".