A story revolving around the people who put in half a century of hard work and labor to build a forest in Saihanba. In the year 1960's, a group of young graduates majoring in forestry from 18 provinces get together to work with a 369 member team for an important project. To lessen the harm brought on by the harsh desert and to establish a source of water, Feng Cheng and Qin Xue Mei become the first generation of tree builders.