With a hundred-odd mu of good farmland at home, he counts as a fairly well-off small landowner.
But at just fourteen, he suddenly finds people calling him Dad. The scholarly title he has only just earned looks ready to slip away, and young scholar Wang Fulin feels the pressure mounting.
The first rule of the Wang family code: Of all evils, lust comes first; of all virtues, filial piety comes first.
At the turn of the Longqing and Wanli eras, society is extravagant and the world of pleasure is dazzling, yet making a living is no easy task. Thus begins the unconventional journey of Young Master Wang, a minor official who refuses to take the usual path.