Miao Hong, the Village Woman

Miao Hong is a young widow whose husband has died. She lives with her domineering mother-in-law, while the men in the village have all kinds of designs on her. She remains unmoved.

Li Jianguo, a middle-aged man who lives next door, grows closer to her because his wife works away from home. Slowly, feelings develop between them.

Later, the neighbors' marriage falls apart, Miao Hong finds a man to stand in for someone else, and her mother-in-law suddenly falls ill...

A whole series of hardships only makes her more determined to face life. What will her future hold?