政府建立吊庄基地，号召 西吉的农民们移民、搬迁。但飞沙走石的荒漠条件太艰苦，搬迁来的村民第二天就走了一半。 马得福用尽各种办法动员大家去吊庄，并帮助村民们留下来。1996年，党中央作出推进东西部对口协作的战略部署，其中确定福建对口帮扶 宁夏，共同推进宁夏扶贫工作。福建专家来到村里教村民们种蘑菇，让大家挣到了第一桶金，又想尽办法为蘑菇寻找销路。福建的干部们鼓励、带动宁夏的劳务输出，为村里人去福建打工积极创造条件。扶贫政策四面开花， 闽宁镇初具规模。 张树成走马上任闽宁镇的党委书记，继续三级扬水工程的同时，加强劳务输出、招商引资，闽宁镇旧貌换新颜,越来越多的村民们主动报名搬迁。时光飞逝，闽宁镇变得越来越好。这片土地焕发了新的生机 。

In the 1990s, Defu, a young cadre who works in the county migration office, returns to his hometown Yongquan Village, hoping to persuade LI Dayou and other villagers not to escape from the Xihaigu Diaozhuang Migrant Village. Returning home, he encounters a childhood sweetheart Shuihua. At this time, Shuihua is ready to run away from home together with Defu’s younger brother Debao and other young villagers, in attempts to say no to the betrothal arranged by her father. However, Shuihua is still forced to marry a disabled man in Kushui Village. Defu feels very depressed to hear that.    Three years later, a new batch of households from the Xihaigu Diaozhuang Migrant Village trek along the desolate sandbeach. They come across CHEN Jinshan, a cadre assigned from Fujian province on a temporary basis, who is responsible for providing assistance to the village. Because no power supply is available for the Xihaigu Diaozhuang Migrant Village, Defu quarrels with Director LIU of the power substation. When the power supply problem cannot be solved, Shuihua carries her disabled husband in due course, thereby filling the vacancy of the last household.    In July 1997, the Xihaigu Diaozhuang Migrant Village is officially called, Minning Village. Led by deputy county magistrate CHEN Jinshan and agricultural expert LING Yinong, a poverty alleviation team from Fujian province helps Minning Village develop a courtyard economy and launch labour service exports. Long-term planning is also developed for the Yellow River Pumping Irrigation Project. Debao and Shuihua learn to grow agaricus bisporus under instructions of LING Yinong. Maimiao and other girls are determined to work and earn money in coastal areas. Defu serves as the first-ever party secretary of Minning Village.    With the advent of the 21st century, Minning Village has developed into Minning Town. The previous Yongquan Village gets wholly relocated to the Yinchuan Plain. Villagers bid farewell to the mountains, and build their new hometown in pursuit of common prosperity.