Episode 1 The setting sun cast the shadow of an old man, Cao Liyou, who was searching for books of some value in the waste paper pile at the paper mill. Suddenly, a paper arrow folded by a child landed at his feet. He casually unfolded it and found that it was actually a yellowed death notice. Cao Liyou was extremely shocked, and the sun before his eyes seemed to shatter. Cao Liyou rummaged through the waste paper pile and found 76 death notices. He gently touched these papers, and a few tears fell on them.
Cao Liyou returned home, holding the death notices and unable to sleep at night. The fallen comrades appeared before him, entrusting him to find the way home. His wife, Wang Mei, shed tears with him. Cao Liyou fell ill, and Wang Mei urgently called 120 to send Cao Liyou to the hospital. When Cao Liyou woke up, an elderly man in his sixties in the same ward was unconscious, muttering weakly, "Uncle Mangniu, come back, aunt is waiting for you, Uncle Mangniu..."