Recaps

After returning to 1982, Wei Donglai broke with He Lijuan and began rebuilding his life through fishing, cooking, and helping his family. The arc left him on friendlier terms with Xu Qingqing after he saved her brother, as they gathered a valuable catch together.

• Wei Donglai returned to 1982, reunited with Wei Guoqing and Li Yue'e, and ended his relationship with He Lijuan after exposing her affair with Zhang Hui.
• Wei Donglai moved into the old house and began earning money from coastal foraging and fishing, impressing his family with his cooking and his catches.
• Wei Donglai set fishing traps and caught several groupers, then sold the catch with Wei Guoqing and shared some of the proceeds with his family.
• Wei Donglai rescued Xu Qingqing's younger brother from a pond and performed CPR until the child began breathing again.
• Xu Qingqing thanked Wei Donglai and offered him money, but he refused payment and asked her to help him with manageable tasks instead.
• Wei Donglai hosted Li Changfeng and He Dongliang for dinner, encouraged their plans, and declined He Dongliang's offer to open a food stall because he wanted to go to sea.
• Wei Donglai and Xu Qingqing collected his traps together and found groupers, black seabream, conger eels, and other fish.

Wei Donglai saved enough to buy a wooden boat, dealt with trouble over its sale, and finally launched it to fish offshore. After a day at sea, he returned with more than 260 jin of silver pomfret.

• Wei Donglai caught mud eels with Li Changfeng and Li Guowang, earned good money, and stopped after He Jiahao stole from his baited burrows.
• Wei Donglai persuaded Li Yue'e to let him go to sea, and he and Wei Guoqing arranged to buy a 200-yuan boat from Zhou Huaimin.
• After Wei Guoqing broke Old Madam Liu's statue, Wei Donglai paid five yuan for the damage and discovered a valuable jadeite Buddha pendant hidden inside it.
• Zhou Caihong tried to stop Wei Donglai from taking the boat, but he drove her family out and paid Xu Lianyun the full price.
• Wei Donglai brought the boat home, celebrated with his family, and received a cast net Xu Qingqing had woven for him.
• Wei Donglai launched the boat, set traps and a longline, and caught a variety of fish offshore.
• Wei Donglai found a shoal of silver pomfret, caught more than 260 jin, and returned to the pier for Li Laosan to help unload it.