Yang Tian qing's uncle YangJin shan is an owner of dye-works who Has physiological defect and has been married to two women early orlate whom he gets them down and died. For having a son to carry hisfamily, he purchases a young and beautiful woman-JuDou with much of money.
On day time, she works at the dye-house, at night she serves him as hegives vent to his obscenity. YangQing tian is nearly forty and has not taken to wife. He feels curiosity and sympathy for her who is abused by his uncle and cries piteously, so he often secretly looking at her bathing.
To his uncle's cruelty, TianQing is forced to keep his resentment to himself in view of being afraid of feudal ethics. When Yangjin shan is not at home, TianQing can't helping falling in love with her and has her with a child. Soon after their child TianBai is born. But YangJian shan doesn't know the fact and goes into raptures.
One day he is down with apoplexy and is paralyzed who knows their personal relationship at long last and nurses thoughts of revenge, but his ability is falling short of his wish. Later, he drops into the dye-pool and drowns during playing with the child.
On the basis of family's custom, TianQing has to move out. He and JuDou often stealthily meet at countryside. Soon after much gossip about them spreads at village. TianBai has grown up and hears of the his life experience. Although he knows TianQing is his own father, he forces him to move out of the dye-works with hostilities and hate.
TianQing and JuDou revive their old experience at the cellar where is short of air, they are
suffocated. TianBai drops TianQing into the dye -pool when he is in coma. JuDou is despaired and lights a fire at the dye-works. In the end, the feeling of gratitude and resentment has lasted for ten years is reduced to ashes.