The events take place in a comedic context, focusing on a family composed of a father, a mother, several children, and their grandmother. The father works in the stock market after retiring, but he loses his money, house, and farm due to the global economic crisis. This forces him to live in an apartment in one of the buildings, where he encounters various and diverse problems.
After 11 years of marriage and one child, Anna and Enrico separate. Their separation soon becomes a destructive war, with the result that social services are forced to intervene to assess their parenting skills.
Chen Xiaohua has lived 20 years living without his father at the Dong-Huachun Barbershop. One day, his father sends a girl with a letter to him, revealing that the girl, Chen Yulan, is his little sister.
A rich and powerful polygamist marries yet another woman to the disbelief of his wives and many children. Mpali focuses on the unique family dynamics within a polygamist household as well as all the drama and complexities that go along with it.
Pocok is a seventh grader and the youngest member of his brother's gang. The gang of teenagers wants to buy a motorcycle. They borrow one while they collect the money. Pocok also wants to ride a motorcycle, but they won't let him. His brother and his friends commit a crime, and Pocok gets involved against his will.