20in the 1990s, in an ordinary living area in old beijing, the ordinary old jiayi lived. ccc。 the head of the family, fu ming, is an old cadre who participated in the revolution. after retirement, he still remained unabashed in his official accent, but today, when the commodity society is rising, his words and deeds seem a bit out of place and ridiculous. jia zhiguo (played by yang lixin), the eldest son who works in a certain agency, and his wife heping (played by song dandan), who works in the quyi troupe, jointly raise his lovely daughter yuanyuan (played by guan ling). couple with his unemployed second son zhixin (played by liang tian) and the little nanny (played by shen chang) who often gets into trouble, make this lively big family stage a hilarious and cute story. their joys, angers, sorrows, and happiness are usually visible, and are the true reflections of every chinese living on this ancient land... this film is china's first sitcom.