小平房村代理村主任方菲的恋人吴长海是土生土长的小平房村青年。他一方面帮助方菲建大棚，一方面也要引入高端牛养殖技术； 宋敏要女儿回城发展。庄兴源对宋敏一见钟情； 燕华从小便爱慕长海，而钱明又苦恋着燕华。 大学初恋欧阳前来投资，要和方菲破镜重圆。学成归来的博士桃丽丝也对长海发起爱的攻势。 方菲和长海在历经风风雨雨之后，终于将小平房村这走上了科技致富的道路，而他们的感情也迎来了新篇章。
The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately enough, in the family mausoleum. The pathologist notes that he was the victim of a frenzied attack but the lack of blood at scene leaves the police to conclude that he murdered elsewhere. Sir Julius was a candidate to become the Master of an Oxford college and was known to have a have had a bitter rivalry with another candidate for the position. When Roger Meadows, a friend of the Hanbury's au pair, is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered. Jealousy, revenge and greed all play part in the deaths.
