Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) on Netflix

Plot summary

Daughter of a jailed father and a mother branded a capitalist, Jing Qiu is among the educated youth sent to the countryside for reeducation. She arrives at Xiping village in the Three Gorges region and is lodged with the family of the village head, Zhang. There she meets Sun Jianxin, known as Lao San, a geology student who also takes his meals in the house, and she is drawn to his responsible character. His father held a high military post; his mother was branded a rightist and killed herself four years earlier. Jing Qiu is working to become a teacher to support her mother and siblings, and knows a misstep could endanger them. Lao San tells her he will wait for her to grow up, and she is torn between her feelings and her duty to her family.