嘎子、大招,相依为命的两位亲兄弟,一个憨一个傻,分明就是一对活宝。弟弟嘎子性格冲动,常常好心办坏事;哥哥大招有智力缺陷,往往弄巧成拙。日本侵略者血洗揦子村时,全体村民为掩护嘎子和大招,被残忍杀害。仓皇逃难的二人巧遇外甥“狗蛋”——八路军营长赵有亮。誓言为乡亲们报仇的兄弟俩,一心想要加入八路军,却遭到赵有亮的拒绝。为了证明自己有能力成为合格的八路军战士,嘎子和大招抓到为寻找妹妹而逃脱国民军的猴子作为“投名状”,最终他们各自在硝烟战火中历练和成长。
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.
A multi-generational saga set in Alberta, Canada and centered on a family getting through life together in both happy and trying times.