八十年代闭塞的北方山坳，春桃不顾家人反对，执意嫁给穷小子刘石头。婚后婆婆刁难，嫂子处处算计，丈夫懦弱愚孝，遇事只会劝她忍耐，春桃受尽委屈。家中祸事接踵而至，大伯矿难身亡，嫂子遭苛待流产后。刘家一蹶不振，刘石头终日消沉，婆婆还诬陷怀孕的春桃品行不端。心灰意冷的春桃逃回娘家决意断绝关系，恰逢母亲重病。退伍军人陈阳出手相助。面对刘家上门撒泼逼迫，陈阳挺身而出护住春桃。春桃挣脱封姻枷，从此过上幸福生活。

陈穗被养父母低价许配给李大山，来到贫瘠的张家沟。丈夫真心善待她，给了她底气。她发现后山石头可烧制水泥，此举遭到村里人质疑。依靠丈夫支持，她克服资金、技术和旁人阻挠，建起水泥厂。致富后她带领乡亲修路发展乡村。后来火灾揭开她是省城富家失散女儿。面对亲生父母相认，她选择留下来，和丈夫携手建设村庄，事业爱情两全，让村子走向富足兴旺。

身怀身孕的小花逃离拐卖婆家，逃亡途中临盆，被善良村民满仓收留。二人渐生情愫，可婚事流言、旁人刁难接踵而至，媒婆还恶意倒卖小花。为护小花满仓拟假结婚，小花不愿拖累他，最终抱着孩子悄然离去，奔赴未知前路。

大学毕业后的秋香到偏远山村支教。一天，她因轻信他人，被带到陌生环境，与村民二狗办了婚事。秋香不愿接受，被关进柴房。为寻机会离开，她假意妥协，借故出门后逃走。二狗母子带人追赶，秋香慌乱中遇到赶集的鹏鹏爹，获救后被带回鹏鹏家。鹏鹏和妹妹很喜欢秋香，父母最终同意她暂住。然而第二天一早，二狗就带人找上门来，秋香将面临新的困境。

上世纪八十年代，北方山村贫苦汉子陈老憨因家境困顿、痛失妻子，孩子取名陈山河，自幼寄人篱下、受尽冷眼，幸得大哥陈大山守护与善良姑娘秀芹温暖，重拾生活希望。他历经磨难进城学艺，凭坚韧与善良站稳脚跟，返乡创业，一路化解危机、解开心结，最终完成亲情救赎，带着家人与乡邻逆光而行，活出滚烫人生。

农科院研究员林辰遭同事窃取育种成果、被辞退负债后返乡，依靠十棵老李子树培育黄金李。他化解村邻水源积怨，创办合作社免费传授嫁接技术，接连粉碎对手造谣、仿冒、资本围剿等多重打压，洗清自身冤屈，携手大学生村官王秀月带领全村深耕特色果业，将贫瘠山坳打造成全国乡村振兴示范村，诠释科技兴农、先富带后富的正能量故事。

媳妇玉秀遭难，丈夫柱子救她坠崖身亡，腹中胎儿亦流产。婆婆将悲痛全归罪于玉秀，对其百般刁难。大哥狗剩不仅觊觎玉秀、屡加骚扰，还因赌博输光家底，伙同婆婆逼玉秀嫁给暗恋她的根生换彩礼还债。玉秀起初抗拒，在大嫂桂英相助下逐渐觉醒。狗剩疯狂索债气死婆婆，玉秀最终挣脱枷锁。后在桂英主持下，她带着尊严嫁给真心待她的根生，开启新生。而逼死母亲、输光一切的狗剩，则在悔恨疯癫中消失。

九十年代乡村，孤女张招娣被哥嫂包办错嫁痴心村花的李铁柱。婚后她受尽丈夫冷遇与王春花的造谣刁难，却始终隐忍勤恳，靠祖传腌菜手艺踏实生活。青梅竹马王文斌回乡帮扶，引发重重误会。身怀六甲的招娣心碎出走，独自创业养家、抚育幼子。三年逆袭成才，幡然醒悟的铁柱看清真相、千里寻妻赎罪。最终招娣选择释然原谅，二人破镜重圆，一家三口携手经营酱菜生意，收获安稳幸福。

李荷花被家人变卖，嫁给暴戾屠户，受尽家暴后冒雨逃入深山，被瘸腿猎户陈守义好心收留。原生家人与屠户接踵上门逼迫，乡邻也流言不断。历经磨难的二人相互扶持暗生情愫，在乡亲相助下摆脱买卖婚约。他们扎根山野辛勤劳作，靠双手打拼出安稳红火的生活。

Lorna Brady is a woman from the small, fictional Irish town of Kilkinure who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Chillingly, Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is, or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder. That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking ever since she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in a convent. There, Lorna gave birth to her daughter Agnes, who was cruelly taken from her and whose fate Lorna has never known. Unluckily for Lorna, Detective Colman Akande is now also on her tail, for a crime seemingly unrelated to the body she has discovered in her house. The ambitious Colman quickly rose through the ranks of the Garda Síochána thanks to his natural aptitude. His scathing wit hides a quiet sadness, and when he meets Lorna, he finds himself forced to confront his own haunting secrets. As Colman searches for a murderer and Lorna searches for her daughter, their paths collide in ways they could never have anticipated. Lorna’s search for Agnes will take her deep into her own past and to the heart of Kilkinure’s darkest secrets, as she and Colman seek the answers they each so desperately need.