A middle aged woman oculist has a heart attack. Recalling her past, she feels sorry for not having been a dutiful wife and mother, but she consoles herself with the thought that she has saved many people from blindness.

Zi Hen, who is being raised in a strict orphanage, is suddenly adopted by the beautiful and wealthy Luo Ban-di, who murdered her own husband.

The returned magistrate postpones his son's wedding and leads people of saline land to overcome poverty and achieve prosperity.

After the Liberation, workers organize under CCP leadership to improve production standards.