该剧以菌草技术的发明人，科学家“林占熺”教授为原型，聚焦菌草种植技术如何落地国外，帮扶他国致富。 20世纪末，中国菌草专家黎长欢在福建省领导的安排下，带着菌草技术来到南太地区，帮助当地解决贫困问题。南太地区条件艰苦，黎长欢因陋就简搭建起菇棚等生产设施，因地制宜发明了旱稻技术，成功栽培出各种菇类，使当地百姓的生产和生活得到了明显改善。黎长欢深入研究菌草技术，当地喜获丰收的菇农情不自禁地捧着用菌草培育出来的各类菌菇，又唱又跳地呼喊着“中国草，幸福草！”
一个年轻人放弃街头生活开拓了新领域，带来机遇的同时也出现了强大的敌人。
Poole’s untimely and tragic demise brings Humphrey Goodman to the beautiful island of Saint Marie as the new Detective Inspector. But while he enthusiastically embraces Caribbean life, his new team of Camille, Dwayne and Fidel quickly realise they’ve got another eccentric and rather frustrating Englishman on their hands… Humphrey’s apparently random and disorganised approach to solving crime initially seems confounding, but it’s not long before they realise they have a remarkable detective in their midst – one capable of solving his predecessor’s own baffling murder - and together the team go on to brilliantly solve a host of dizzyingly mystifying murders, from zombie film stand-ins, to glamorous stewardesses and local politicians.
该剧以女主顾嘉一的视角展示都市老年人们的生活现状，她有一个事事替她操心的虎妈，一群永远一呼百应拿她当亲姑娘养的阿姨们，她比常人多了几倍的关爱，也多了几倍的烦恼。这群老人们之间有着各种琐事，或是被疾病困扰、或是与子女不合、或是毫无来由的发神经，他们有几十年的深厚感情，每当相遇却因无法消除的误解争吵不止，却又在老伙伴们遇到困难时，静静得守护在彼此的身边。在这部剧中集中体现了细碎又不乏温暖的正能量。这些相伴走过了几十年的老朋友们，在人生迈入暮年之时，约定放下世俗的烦恼，一起去看看这个世界。等到自己老到不能动的时候，约定一起来养老院颐养天年。
