The plot introduction of the countryside

It's corn harvest season, but the weather forecast says that heavy rainfall may hit the whole of North Dakota in the next three days. Although Jill's three ancestors stepped up harvesting day and night, it was still too late. A sudden tornado and storm hit Jill's 180 acre farm. In recent two years, due to the restriction of the national agricultural policy, although Jill's family has had bumper harvests year after year, a large amount of overstocked grain can't be sold at a good price. And this tornado and storm attack, for Jill, who has been struggling in business, did not mean to make it worse.

This storm has made Jill's wife, Jurville, start to scrimp and save the lives of a family of six, but at this time, a loan settlement list of the Agricultural Resources Association pushed Jill's family to the brink of bankruptcy. The Agricultural Resources Association refused to continue lending to Jill on the grounds that he could not make a profit when he applied for the loan. Without financial support, Jill can not only repay the debts of other creditors, but also buy feed for the sheep.

Temporary business difficulties cast a shadow over Jill's originally happy family. Allen of a nearby farm committed suicide because of complete bankruptcy, which was a great blow to Jill. The pressure of life made Jill, the pillar of the family, grumpy, until one day, Jill, who was drunk, vented her anger on her son Carlisle for no reason. After Jill, who beat her son, was driven out of the house by his wife Jurville, Jurville found the list of loan liquidators from the Agricultural Resources Association, braving the storm, trying to unite everyone to resist the forced auction of agricultural equipment and land by the Agricultural Resources Association to repay the loan.

On the day when Mr. Mike from the Agricultural Resources Association and the auctioneer came to Jill Farm, people from several nearby farms spontaneously gathered together because of the same interests. Mike and his auctioneer had to leave the farm in despair when everyone kept the price down until the price of a set of farm tools dropped to four or five dollars.

The Agricultural Association and the auctioneer left, and Jill went home with the forgiveness of his wife and son. However, it was not until1984 February 16 that a judge in North Dakota proposed to the federal government of the United States to "stop liquidating farmers' farm assets in the local agricultural association before farmers obtained the right of appeal according to law", thus avoiding the occurrence of similar tragedies.