Following a hastily arranged marriage by unsympathetic relatives, Cao Guiying (Hai Qing) sets off with her new husband Ma Youtie (Wu Renlin, himself a farmer) to nurture their farm and livestock.

Late one night, alone in her bedroom, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) stares into her webcam and repeats "I want to go to the world's fair" while pricking her finger until it bleeds. She is entering an ...