The movie follows her life situation in two successive family environments. Due to the death of her father, the young girl, Mui, dies at the age of 10 and is sent by a neighbor to work as a maid for a large family in Saigon.

The family's life is not a happy one: the man, a musician, is always on the prowl for women, and the woman, who spends all her time grieving for her dead daughter, is very much loved by the woman because she looks just like her dead daughter. Soon the man got into a lawsuit and went into hiding to avoid the lawsuit, and no one has heard from him since.

The mistress's three sons had nothing to do all day and only knew how to kill time with Mei, but in contact with them, they gradually realized that Mei's uniqueness and gentleness had brought life to the family.

Time flies like an arrow, and Mei has grown up, but the hostess is getting old. She knows that it is time for Mei to leave the house, and she used to look forward to his second son, Lan, marrying Mei, but his son has also left, and she gave Mei the dowry that she had prepared for Momo, and sent Mei to work as a maid if she wanted to marry her to Mr. Hao Ren.

Mr. Hirohito is a young pianist whose fiancée is a very high-spirited person. Mei's natural simplicity attracts the pianist, and eventually the young pianist breaks off his engagement and chooses Mei.