Sheng Yunzhu, the daughter of a bankrupt silk and satin merchant, entered the largest department store in Chunshen as a female clerk in order to repay the debt owed by her father. Every day, she keeps accounts for the wives, chooses clothes for the ladies, and hides the dreams that poor girls cannot afford. She also gradually discovers that when a woman walks into a department store, she never buys just a commodity, but dignity, freedom, love, identity, and a chance to choose her life again.
