Wind and Rain in Shapotou

This film (drama)Also known as风雨沙坡头，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2010Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating0.0(For reference only)。

In the 1940s, Ningxia, Zhongwei County. Although it was the war of resistance, Japanese troops had never reached Zhongwei. The county had a simple folk culture, and under the governance of the county magistrate Ma Shoutian, the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment. Shoutian, an old Kuomintang party member since the Northern Expedition, was honest and loved the people like his own children, and he could not stand any oppression of the common folk. However, the newly appointed police chief, Ouyang Qing, who was said to be a trusted confidant of Chairman Ma of the provincial government, shortly after taking office, arrested many people in the name of eradicating traitors and heavily engaged in torture, causing chaos in the small county of Zhongwei. The county magistrate was very dissatisfied knowing that Ouyang Qing was ostensibly arresting traitors but actually targeting Communists, but he found it difficult to express his grievance. On this day, two special individuals arrived in Zhongwei. They both unwittingly fell into a trap set by Ouyang Qing and were imprisoned in the police station's jail. One of these individuals was Ma Youlan, the biological daughter of the county magistrate, and the other was her adoptive brother, the rough-and-tumble Tong Sanquan, who had been away for many years. Ma Youlan had been studying at a university in Chongqing and had returned to her hometown to work as a doctor at a hospital. As for Tong Sanquan, no one knew where he had been or what he had been up to all these years. In fact, both Ma Youlan and Tong Sanquan, like Ouyang Qing, had their own special missions. Their fates became intertwined in the place of Shapotou... Sanquan had long been a member of the Communist anti-Japanese organization. This time, he was brought back to his hometown of Zhongwei by the experienced old underground worker Lao Qi to establish a transportation link with Yan'an. Sanquan had a naïve and straightforward personality, without any cunning, making him an unsuitable candidate for underground work. The organization chose him simply because of his special identity as the adoptive son of the county magistrate. When he arrived in Zhongwei, due to his lack of experience and being a headstrong rookie, he caused quite a bit of trouble, and Lao Qi frequently worried about him, which in turn caught the attention of the astute Ouyang Qing. In Shapotou, there was a Red Willow Inn, and everyone knew that the charming owner, Hong Liu, was the beloved confidante of the county magistrate Ma Shoutian. However, what no one knew was that she was also the biological mother of Ma Youlan. She was also the godmother of Tong Sanquan and He Zhonghan, the deputy leader of the Zhongwei security team. Her inn had the protection of the county magistrate, and even the most ferocious local bandit, Shali Fei, did not dare to provoke her easily. Upon returning to Zhongwei, Sanquan, with Lao Qi acting as a cover as a businessman, transported supplies to the revolutionary base, accomplishing one impossible task after another. Their actions aroused Ouyang Qing's suspicion, and he set a trap to ensnare Sanquan. To protect Sanquan, Lao Qi unfortunately sacrificed his life, and in his grief, Sanquan vowed to avenge him. The clever and beautiful Youlan was like a wild chrysanthemum in the desert, admired by He Zhonghan, and even Ouyang Qing was attracted to her, but Youlan just happened to have feelings for the stubborn Sanquan. The indulgent county magistrate personally came forward to propose to Youlan. Although Sanquan loved his adoptive sister, he had no romantic feelings for her. He not only rejected his adoptive father's proposal but also told him that he already had a woman, claiming he was engaged to Lao Qi's daughter, Dan Dan. This statement was merely a fabrication to placate his adoptive father, but to his surprise, Dan Dan arrived unexpectedly in Zhongwei, insisting they get married right away, which left Sanquan elated. Dan Dan was a medic in the army. Sanquan had secretly admired her for a long time, and the supposed marriage turned out to be fake; she wanted to be a pretend couple with Sanquan to better conceal his identity. Sanquan and Dan Dan held a wedding banquet, and Youlan, feeling depressed, agreed to He Zhonghan's proposal. Although the couple was pretending, it was soon discovered that Dan Dan was pregnant. This was a tremendous shock for Sanquan. Recently, Japanese spies had been surfacing; the new cavalry brigade commander Hu Shigui had colluded with the local chamber of commerce president Li Weixiong and sided with the Japanese. Sanquan had earlier sworn brotherhood with Hu Shigui to leverage his military connections for transporting supplies. Now, having gained Hu Shigui's trust, he planned to leave the expectant Dan Dan behind and, alone, infiltrate the spy camp in the desert to eradicate the traitorous spy organization. Sanquan eliminated the traitorous spies and Japanese experts in the spy camp, as well as the local bandit Shali Fei. The traitorous organization led by Hu Shigui and Li Weixiong was wiped out. Meanwhile, after giving birth while staying at the county magistrate's home, Dan Dan was killed by Li Weixiong's wife, a Japanese female spy. The scheming Ouyang Qing, wishing to monopolize the credit for eradicating bandits, imprisoned Sanquan and intended to frame him as a traitor. In desperation, Youlan exposed Ouyang Qing's plot, but he laughed maniacally and claimed that he did this only to win Youlan's affection. Sanquan sorrowfully arranged Dan Dan's funeral. With his lover gone, his connection with the organization was severed. He also bore an unknown child, and his mood sank to the depths. At this time, the Japanese surrendered. As the war of resistance ended with a global celebration, Sanquan was left wondering which path to take. The Red Willow, who had been quietly watching over and protecting Sanquan, finally revealed herself. It turned out she was, on the surface, the innkeeper, but was actually an undercover agent arranged by the organization in Zhongwei. With the victory in the war of resistance, Red Willow was appointed as the secretary of the work committee in the Zhongwei region, and Sanquan joyfully discovered that he was no longer fighting alone. With Red Willow's help, Sanquan smoothly entered the local armed organization, the security team, as a military supply officer. Ouyang Qing's other identity gradually became clear as well; last time, after eliminating the Japanese traitors, he gained the trust of Chairman Ma from the provincial government and was appointed as the cavalry brigade commander. However, his real identity was that of a military regular intelligence agent stationed in Zhongwei—first to monitor local warlords, and second to curb local Communist activities. Once, he hosted two senior military intelligence officials from the central government, and Sanquan had them in his sights. Under Red Willow's directive, he led the staff of the inn, including Lao Jiang, to steal the funds and military maps from the military intelligence officials, humiliating Ouyang Qing in front of his superiors... Ouyang Qing suspected that Sanquan was the hijacker and secretly retained some crucial evidence. Although Youlan was already engaged to He Zhonghan, she still could not forget Sanquan. Ouyang Qing continued to press her, and in a moment of desperation, Youlan publicly broke her engagement with Zhonghan. Shoutian was furious but powerless. Red Willow informed Shoutian that Youlan's heart belonged only to Sanquan, and as Youlan's mother, she hoped she could marry the one she loves and find happiness. Ouyang Qing instructed Li Weixiong, whom he had already co-opted, to scheme to sow discord between He Zhonghan and Sanquan, prompting Zhonghan to shoot at Sanquan, achieving a goal of eliminating both. He successfully drove a wedge between Sanquan and Zhonghan. A shipment of supplies bound for Yan'an went missing in the Zhongwei area, and Sanquan and Red Willow received orders to find the whereabouts of these supplies. Sanquan learned that they had ended up in the police station. At this time, Ouyang Qing received orders from his superiors to lead troops across the Yellow River to attack Yan'an within three days. Sanquan and the unwilling Shoutian conspired to drive a wedge between Ouyang Qing's subordinates, delaying their troop deployment under the pretense of demanding military funds. Ouyang Qing, left with no choice, sold the supplies meant for Yan'an to raise military funds, which played right into Red Willow and Sanquan's hands... Both sides were amassing strength for a direct confrontation. To protect Sanquan, Red Willow unfortunately fell into custody, and Shoutian was unable to rescue in time; Red Willow died in the police station's torture chamber. Ouyang Qing was also imprisoned and punished by his superiors for delaying military affairs. Youlan learned that Red Willow was her biological mother and found it hard to accept. However, Ma Shoutian, in the name of her biological mother, demanded that she become engaged to Sanquan. As the two faced numerous obstacles, just when it seemed they would finally become a couple, evidence sent by Ouyang Qing to Nanjing for verification revealed Sanquan's true identity, and as an agent of the Nationalist government, Youlan had to personally come forward to arrest her lover. Three years later, during the fervent Liberation War, Sanquan returned to Zhongwei as the reconnaissance company commander of the Northwest Field Army, aiming to incite the local government and military. The tide of history rolls on; faced with the choice of war or peace, County Magistrate Ma Shoutian must decide the fate of the people and the ancient city... Unwilling to accept defeat, Ouyang Qing resolved to fight to the death... And the love between Sanquan and Youlan would once again undergo a severe test from their differing beliefs...