广西村庄，28岁的农妇李巧鱼（杨舒婷 饰）和丈夫何满（高锦 饰）有个女儿丫丫。38多岁的成永贵（成泰燊 饰）、梁云珍（梁静 饰）夫妇有个独子壮壮。壮壮一日放学后乘坐何满的三轮车发生车祸死亡。法院判决何满家赔偿12万元。梁云珍已经结扎，不能再生育。这给两个家庭带来了灾难，危机在暗中酝酿。何满车祸后腿伤，无钱支付昂贵的手术费。医院外，李巧鱼已倾家荡产，独自承担各种重压......这天，成永贵买醉归来，闯入李巧鱼住处，告诉她自己需要的不是赔偿，而是一个儿子的再生。更深的错误在夜色中铸成，将两个本来平静的家庭送上不归路......

Set in a small village in China's Guangxi Province, tragedy strikes Yonggui, a 38-year-old construction site supervisor. His only son is involved in a traffic accident while riding their neighbor Heman's pedicab and dies. The court orders Heman to pay a large sum of money in compensation, but he too, has suffered serious injuries and can not even pay the hospital fees. Furthermore, Yonggui is shocked to learn his wife, Yun Zhen, had secretly undergone a sterilization procedure. Yonggui demands of the hospitalized Heman, "give me my son back," but their conversation ends in mutual cursing. Enraged by Heman's sharp parting words, Yonggui goes to Heman's wife, Qiaoyu.