1947年北京沁芳居酱菜铺老板严振声，因为哥哥帮自己去河北买大豆时路遇国军抢劫而死，为尽孝道从小过继给舅舅的严振声，要在妻子林翠卿之外，为亲生父亲俞老爷子再娶一房媳妇，为俞家传宗接代。俞老爷子看上了一心为父亲治病的牧春花，虽然是因为孝道娶妻，严振声和牧春花在接触中两人感情渐深。1950年新婚姻法颁布，严振声和牧春花离婚，在以后几十年的岁月里，严振声、牧春花、林翠卿一家仍然相互扶持，风雨共担。

Set in 1947, we follow the relationship between three people - a shop owner, his wife and a young woman who is determined to cure her father's illness.