Sandpaotou in the Storm and Rain

This film (drama)Also known as风雨沙坡头，is aChina MainlandProducerbeauty 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 wartime against Japan, the Japanese army had never reached Zhongwei, and the people lived simple lives under the governance of County Magistrate Ma Shoutian. Shoutian, a loyal member of the Kuomintang since the Northern Expedition, was kind-hearted, loved the people like his own children, and despised any acts of bullying the locals. Unfortunately, the new police chief Ouyang Qing, said to be a trusted confidant of Chairman Ma from the provincial government, quickly arrested many people under the guise of eliminating traitors, and engaged in torture and forced confessions, creating chaos in the small county. The county magistrate was quite displeased with Ouyang Qing's actions, knowing that the arrests were aimed not at actual traitors but rather at the Communists, yet he felt unable to respond directly. On one day, two special individuals arrived in Zhongwei. They both coincidentally fell into a trap set by Ouyang Qing and were imprisoned in the police station's jail. One of these two people was Ma Youlan, the biological daughter of the county magistrate, and the other was Ma's adopted son, the rough-and-tumble Tong Sanquan, who had been away for many years. Ma Youlan had been studying in Chongqing and had returned home to work as a doctor, while no one knew where Tong Sanquan had been or what he had been up to during those years. In fact, both Ma Youlan and Tong Sanquan, like Ouyang Qing, each had their own special missions. Their fates intertwined at Sandpaotou... Sanquan was already a member of the Communist anti-Japanese organization. He returned to his hometown of Zhongwei with the experienced old underground worker Lao Qi to establish transportation links with Yan'an. Sanquan was naïve and straightforward, lacking the guile necessary for underground work. The organization chose him solely because of his special status as the adopted son of the Kuomintang county magistrate. When he first arrived in Zhongwei, his inexperience led to numerous troubles, and Lao Qi was constantly worried about him, attracting the attention of the shrewd Ouyang Qing. There was a Red Willow Inn at Sandpaotou, and everyone knew that the charming owner, Hong Liu, was the close confidante of County Magistrate Ma Shoutian, but no one knew that she was also Ma Youlan's biological mother. She was also the godmother of Tong Sanquan and He Zhonghan, the deputy commander of the Zhongwei security regiment. With the protection of the county magistrate, even the fiercest local bandit, Shali Fei, dared not provoke her easily. Upon returning to Zhongwei, Sanquan, under the guise of a businessman, worked with Lao Qi to transport supplies to revolutionary base areas and completed one impossible task after another. Their activities raised Ouyang Qing's suspicions, who set traps to ensnare Sanquan. To protect Sanquan, Lao Qi unfortunately sacrificed himself, leaving Sanquan heartbroken and vowing to avenge him. The intelligent and beautiful Youlan was like a wild chrysanthemum in the desert; He Zhonghan admired her, and even Ouyang Qing was attracted to her. However, Youlan only had eyes for the stubborn Sanquan. The indulgent county magistrate personally arranged a marriage proposal for Youlan. Although Sanquan cared for Youlan as a sister, he felt no romantic interest in her. He not only refused his godfather's proposal but also told him that he was already engaged to Lao Qi's daughter, Dandan. This was something Sanquan made up on the spot to deceive his godfather, but Dandan suddenly appeared in Zhongwei and insisted on marrying Sanquan, making him overjoyed. Dandan was a medic in the army; Sanquan had always secretly admired her. The marriage was all a ruse; she wanted to be Sanquan's pretend wife to better conceal his identity. Sanquan and Dandan held a mock wedding, while Youlan felt disheartened and agreed to marry He Zhonghan. The fake marriage was the truth, but soon Dandan was discovered to be pregnant. This news struck Sanquan like a thunderbolt. Recently, Japanese spies had shown their faces, and the new cavalry brigade commander, Hu Shigui, had colluded with local Chamber of Commerce president Li Weixiong to betray the Japanese. Sanquan had already sworn brotherhood with Hu Shigui earlier to utilize special channels within Hu's army to transport supplies. Now, having gained Hu's trust, he decided to leave the pregnant Dandan behind and infiltrate a spy camp in the desert to eliminate the traitorous spy organization. Sanquan killed the traitors and Japanese experts at the spy camp, along with the local bandit Shali Fei. Hu Shigui and Li Weixiong's traitorous organization was entirely wiped out. However, after giving birth, Dandan, who was staying at the county magistrate's house, was killed by the wife of Li Weixiong, a Japanese female spy. The insidious Ouyang Qing, wanting to monopolize the credit for eliminating bandits, imprisoned Sanquan and intended to frame him as a traitor. In a moment of desperation, Youlan exposed Ouyang Qing's scheme, but Ouyang Qing laughed uproariously, saying his only purpose in doing so was to win Youlan's heart. Sanquan mournfully organized Dandan's funeral; with his lover gone, he lost contact with the organization and was left with an unknown child, feeling utterly desolate. Just then, the Japanese surrendered. Amidst worldwide celebrations for the victory in the anti-Japanese war, Sanquan found himself at a loss for what path to take. The long-hidden Hong Liu finally revealed herself. Ostensibly the innkeeper, she was actually an undercover agent arranged by the organization in Zhongwei. With the war now won, she was appointed as the secretary of the working committee in the Zhongwei region. Sanquan joyfully discovered that he was no longer alone in the fight. With Hong Liu's help, Sanquan successfully entered the local armed organization, the security regiment, becoming a military supply officer. The other identity of Ouyang Qing gradually became clear; after the previous elimination of the Japanese traitors, he gained the trust of Chairman Ma and was appointed as the cavalry brigade commander, but in truth, he was a military intelligence agent stationed in Zhongwei, tasked with monitoring local warlords and restraining the activities of the Communists. One time, he hosted two high-ranking military intelligence officials from the central government, who caught Sanquan's attention. Under Hong Liu’s direction, Sanquan led the inn's staff, Lao Jiang, to steal military funds and maps from the military intelligence officials, leaving Ouyang Qing humiliated in front of his superiors... Ouyang Qing suspected that Sanquan was behind the heist and secretly kept some crucial evidence. Although Youlan was already engaged to He Zhonghan, she still couldn't forget Sanquan. Ouyang Qing pressured her step by step, leading Youlan to publicly break off her engagement with Zhonghan in a moment of desperation. Magistrate Ma was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Hong Liu told Magistrate Ma that Youlan's heart only belonged to Sanquan, and as Youlan's mother, she hoped that her daughter could marry the one she loved and attain happiness. Ouyang Qing secretly instructed the already co-opted Li Weixiong to incite discord between He Zhonghan and Sanquan, aiming to have Zhonghan shoot Sanquan and eliminate both. He successfully sowed discord between Sanquan and Zhonghan. A batch of supplies destined for Yan'an went missing in the Zhongwei region, and Sanquan and Hong Liu received orders to track down the whereabouts of these materials. Sanquan learned that the supplies had fallen into the hands of the police station. Just then, Ouyang Qing received orders from his superiors to lead his soldiers across the Yellow River to attack Yan'an within three days. Sanquan and Magistrate Ma, who was unwilling to engage in a civil war, devised a plan to sow discord among Ouyang Qing's subordinates, delaying the dispatch of troops under the pretense of demanding military pay. Ouyang Qing, left with no choice, sold the supplies for Yan'an to raise military funds, which played right into the hands of Hong Liu and Sanquan... Both sides gathered strength for a confrontation. To protect Sanquan, Hong Liu tragically got captured, and Magistrate Ma couldn't make it in time to rescue her; Hong Liu died in the police station's torture chamber. Ouyang Qing was also imprisoned and dealt with by his superiors for delaying military operations. Youlan learned that Hong Liu was her biological mother and struggled to accept it. However, Magistrate Ma used her mother's name to demand that Youlan get engaged to Sanquan. After enduring many hardships, just as the two seemed set to become a couple, evidence that Ouyang Qing sent to Nanjing for authentication came back with a report revealing Sanquan's identity, and as a member of the Nationalist government's intelligence personnel, Youlan must personally step in and capture her lover. Three years later, during the intense Liberation War, Sanquan returned to Zhongwei as the reconnaissance company leader of the Northwest Field Army to incite local government and military personnel. The tide of history rolls forth. Whether to fight or to reconcile, County Magistrate Ma Shoutian faces choices that determine the fate of the people and the ancient city... The unwilling Ouyang Qing decides to fight to the death... And the love between Sanquan and Youlan will once again face severe tests from their opposing beliefs...