 A little girl, Mui, went to a house as a new servant. The mother still mourns the death of her daughter, who would have been Mui s age. In her mind she treated Mui as her daughter. 10 years later Mui (now a young woman) was sent to another family, a young pianist and his wife. The musician falls in love with the peasant, he taught her literacy and they eventually married. A movie about a girl s life.