In Jianghai Town in the nineteen eighties, A Tao had just lost her husband when her only son, Tongzhou, broke his leg at a school sports meet while saving a young classmate. A Tao went through untold hardships, taking her son from doctor to doctor until she was nearly ruined, yet his leg could not be cured. At the railway station, they met Lanzi, a blind girl who sang for a living. At Tongzhou's insistence, A Tao brought Lanzi home. Nanfei, an armless boy, met A Tao; after a series of twists and turns, the kindhearted A Tao still took in this disabled child. A Tao struggled through hard days with the children. Unexpectedly, one night she found an abandoned baby, Yueyue, at her doorstep. The kindhearted A Tao adopted this little life as well. Thus a special family came into being: the widowed mother A Tao and several disabled children living a difficult life. Before long, A Tao fell ill. During surgery, the doctors opened her chest and immediately sewed it up again, because her tumor had already spread throughout her body and, compounded by severe anemia, she could no longer be treated. Beside the father's grave there was now another new grave, and the four children knelt at their mother's grave and could not rise for a long time. More than ten years later, the group of children had grown up. They went to the city to make a living and encountered countless hardships and bittersweet experiences. Tongzhou had grown into a handsome young man, but a crutch blocked every path forward for him. Tongzhou tried everywhere to find work, but all his efforts ended in failure. Yueyue was admitted to a teachers college, but before long she was asked to withdraw. The reason was that she was diagnosed with mental illness. Liu Tongzhou silently bore all of this. Lanzi and Yueyue quarreled, and in a fit of anger Lanzi left home for the provincial capital. With the help of Huang Gang, chairman of the Disabled Persons' Federation, Liu Tongzhou opened a small supermarket. Armless Nanfei immersed himself in his own world, writing poetry and fiction and practicing calligraphy. Far away in the provincial capital, Lanzi met Tian Ye, who brought her back to his home. There Lanzi met Tian Ye's father, Tian Ming, a professor at a conservatory of music. Years earlier, Yang Liu had abandoned Yueyue for her own sake. She met Yueyue many times and clashed with her many times, yet she never knew that Yueyue was her own biological daughter. While managing the supermarket, Tongzhou attended night college. His diligence, hard work, and steadiness caught the attention of his teacher, Sha Sha. As they spent more time together, Tongzhou's melancholy eyes and low singing voice deeply attracted Sha Sha. But when faced with Sha Sha's confession, Tongzhou lost his courage. Heartbroken, Sha Sha left Tongzhou and went to the provincial capital. Nanfei was accepted as a disciple by a master and began practicing calligraphy with his feet and mouth. The handicrafts made by Yueyue caught the attention of a customer, who placed a large order. Liu Tongzhou used this as an opportunity to open a welfare factory producing handicrafts. During this time, Yueyue met Long Jun, a staff member of the Disabled Persons' Federation, and they fell in love. Tian Ming recognized Lanzi as the daughter he had abandoned twenty years earlier, while Tian Ye, unaware of the truth, fell in love with Lanzi. Nanfei accidentally rescued a suicidal woman, Li Yuhong, and fell in love with her. However, Li Yuhong's family firmly opposed the relationship and tricked her into returning to her hometown. Nanfei decided to go to Li Yuhong's home. Long Jun discovered that Yueyue was actually suffering from mental illness and, with no other choice, broke up with her. Looking at his heartbroken sister, Liu Tongzhou decided to take on the responsibility of caring for her. Just then, Liu Tongzhou learned that Sha Sha was coming back. A brother and sister with the same father but different mothers falling in love; the torment of conscience after abandoning a child; whether to give up love for the sake of morality; whether to fight for one's own happiness in the face of worldly conventions... All these questions, all these shocks, and all these moving moments are in the twenty-episode television series The Sound of Flowers Blooming.
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