80 minutes
2/18/1956
A group of eighth-grade boys and girls set themselves the goal of greening the vacant lot adjacent to their school and turning it into a blooming garden. At first, they thought it would be extremely easy to achieve this goal. But then there were those who argued that the garden only required physical strength (so wouldn't it be easier to hire workers?) and that schoolchildren should not be distracted from their classes, especially since many of them were falling behind. The enthusiastic gardeners did not give up. They took the weaker students under their wing. Much more was needed—special knowledge, teamwork skills, and perseverance—before the eighth graders were able to ceremoniously present the school with the first bouquets of flowers from their plot.
Manyi Su
as Xiao-Hui's mother
Jie Liu
as Mother Wang
Weina Zhang
as Xiao-Hui Li
Huanqing Li
as Teacher Shi
Baoluo Li
as Teacher Hua
Gao Ye
as Principal
Guoyi Gu
as Luhua Du
Ziqiang Jiang
as Xinghua Fang
Haigen Chen
as Dawei Zhao
Ansheng Kang
as Bingliang Li
Anduan Liu
as Dasheng Xu
Jianan Wu
as Changlin Gao
Yanmin Fu
as Yindi Chen
Longhui Sheng
as Small friend
Min Zheng
as Nan-Nan Jiang