解放前,杂乱的上海街头,饥肠辘辘的流浪儿小牛偷了万老头修表铺中一块金表,他的小伙伴大猫和小耗子为之眼红,于是发生争斗,结果被带往警察局拘押。至此,三个孩子又团结一致,发誓严守金表的秘密。 拘押期内,小牛因争食并动手打人,又被送进“儿童教养院”。教养院训导主任殷小臣发现了小牛偷金表的秘密后,便借此要侠他,唆使他盗卖院内公物,此事被院内名叫小胖的孩子发现。事发之后,教养院教导员雷春华着手调查。 小胖准备联络院内孩子揭发殷小臣,小牛却向殷小臣通风报信。殷小臣先发制人,把小胖狠揍一顿。雷教导员为人热情厚道,对小牛生活关怀备至,使小牛深受感动。最后,当小牛知道万老头因丢了顾客的金表被拘留三个月,他的孙女、小牛的好朋友翠翠孤苦伶仃,无依无靠时,良心受到谴责,终于坦白了自己的错误,并揭发了殷小臣的违法勾当。小牛的表现,得到雷春华和孩子们的谅解和欢迎。

现年27岁的长冈（三浦贵大 饰），存款仅有725日元。此前他挺过了半身不遂的威胁，经历了恩师去世的悲痛，更顶住来自周遭的反对声和压力，最终成为一名高中教师。仅仅五年后，为了实现多年以来一直怀有的建造学校的梦想，他毅然选择辞职，而今为了筹措创校的资金四处奔走。 　　最初他用那点儿可怜的存款开了间小酒吧，能依靠的也只有自己的力量。幸运的是，总算有当初的四名学生集聚到长冈的身边。分别是健二（加治将树 饰）、由美（松冈茉优 饰）、崇史（柾木玲弥 饰）和大辅（山本凉介 饰）。简陋破旧的小酒吧，成为了长冈和四个人生正处于彷徨期的年轻人的避风港。为了进一步筹措资金，长冈决定自费出版自传。而对这四名年轻人来说，长冈老师的梦想不知不觉间也变成了他们的梦。与此同时，长冈不断认识因各种情况而旷课或者闭门不出的孩子与年轻人。怀有苦恼的他在学生和年轻人们的鼓励下，持续朝着建造学校的梦想迈进。他们昂起头颅，直面挑战……

When the eldest grandson of Mr. Kang (Choi Seong-ho), a prominent local figure in the village of Suri in Hwanghae-do, becomes afflicted with a mysterious, life-threatening illness, the entire household is plunged in anxiety. The imminent death of the direct heir to the family name is a serious matter indeed, since the Kangs have a history of seeing their sons die young a fact that has resulted in a household teaming with widows. The family matriarch (Hwang Jung-seun) calls in the most famous shamans and has them perform healing rituals, but the illness shows no sign of improving. The family steward recommends that they bring in Ok-hwa (Yoo Ji-in), who is renowned for her extraordinary spiritual powers. While she is performing the ritual, a large snake drops down from the eaves of the house and causes a commotion. Amazingly, the incident brings about a dramatic improvement in the condition of Mr. Kang's grandson. The household buzzes with glad excitement, with everyone clinging to Ok-hwa and asking her to cure the disease outright. But Ok-hwa searches all around as if possessed by a spirit and discovers a sinister-looking gourd bottle buried deep in the ground in the pine forest. This bottle hides a bloody secret. 　　Some twenty years ago, there was, in the Kang family, a young widow by the name of Lee (Kim Yun-kyeong). Bound by strict moral codes, Lee was living a lonely life of enforced celibacy. She had taken to stabbing her thigh with a small silver knife every night in order to suppress her frustrated desires, but the wound became infected and she came on the verge of death. According to family tradition, the Kangs removed Lee to an isolated hut (called pi-makin Korean), and left her there to await her own death. The family matriarch, wishing to grant her daughter-in-law one final wish, arranged for her to spend a night with the hut keeper, Sam-dol (Nam Koong-won). Through Sam-dol's devoted care, Lee miraculously recovered and the two developed deep feelings for each other. The matriarch welcomed her daughter-in-law's recovery at first, but became enraged when she found out about Lee's adulterous relationship with Sam-dol. As punishment, the Kang family secretly murdered both Sam-dol and Lee. 　　Ok-hwa, who is in fact Sam-dol's daughter, was merely pretending to be a shaman in order to exact revenge for her father. Possessed by a real spirit, she attempts to kill Mr. Kang inside the hut but lets him go unscathed. She enters the hut, sets it on fire, and dies in the flames.

巨贾之女王晞为摆脱封建婚姻，以表小姐的身份来到远在他乡的永城侯府。在帮助母亲揭开往事真相的过程中，王晞经历了重重困难与挑战，面对权力的压迫与家族的背叛，她始终不屈不挠，展现出坚定的勇气与智慧。在与幕后黑手镇国公的斗争中，王晞不仅要保护自己和家人，还要帮助姐妹们摆脱困境。她的努力使得镇国公的罪行被揭露，永城侯府的冤屈得以洗清。在这期间，王晞与长公主之子陈珞之间的感情逐渐升温，二人携手共度艰难时刻，彼此支持，培养了深厚的信任与情感。最终，王晞与陈珞一同返回故乡，开启新的生活篇章。

巨贾之女王晞为摆脱封建婚姻，以表小姐的身份来到远在他乡的永城侯府。在帮助母亲揭开往事真相的过程中，王晞经历了重重困难与挑战，面对权力的压迫与家族的背叛，她始终不屈不挠，展现出坚定的勇气与智慧。在与幕后黑手镇国公的斗争中，王晞不仅要保护自己和家人，还要帮助姐妹们摆脱困境。她的努力使得镇国公的罪行被揭露，永城侯府的冤屈得以洗清。在这期间，王晞与长公主之子陈珞之间的感情逐渐升温，二人携手共度艰难时刻，彼此支持，培养了深厚的信任与情感。最终，王晞与陈珞一同返回故乡，开启新的生活篇章。

该剧改编自谈天音的小说《昆山玉之前传》。合浦采珠奴端午（赵露思 饰）历经万难逃出吃人的珠场，邂逅了西域商人燕子京（刘宇宁 饰）和谦谦君子张晋然（唐晓天 饰）。她加入燕氏商队，一路摸爬滚打，璀璨的珠宝世界仿佛近在咫尺。然而西北之行，她却发现了自己的身世之密，更卷入了燕子京的 复仇谜局，至亲皆死，至爱背离。端午改名苏幕遮勇闯扬州，宁可万劫不复也要追寻真相。然她终心如明镜，不被仇恨裹挟，一手缔造明镜台，联合张晋然昭雪旧案。原打算独自背负污名和仇恨的燕子京最终亦缓解心结，与她共对疾风骤雨。尘埃落定，苏幕遮在赛宝会上勇攀珠宝艺术高峰，众多原本屈从于命运的女子也因她而焕然新生。