
Leo Lawson returns to his hometown to take over the Barren Mountain. Withstanding villagers' doubts and Kane's obstruction, he investigates his father's failed planting attempts, disproves a forged waiver, and secures rights to the Barren Mountain. He establishes an agricultural cooperative, secures a letter of intent for cooperation. Finally, in his father's notebook, he discovers a secret about a discontinued core sample area for late-ripening fruits.