In 1927, a large number of poor farmers flocked to Jinguashi in the mountainous area of Jiufen, Taiwan, to fulfill their gold rush dreams. The honest tenant farmers Azhu and Awei followed the gold rush to Jiufen and rented a shabby house owned by the widow Arou. Arou was a poor woman who was known to have bad luck with her husband. She fell in love with Azhu over time. The rise of the gold rush made Jiufen full of smuggling and pornography. Japan sent the talented Shibata to manage the order of the gold mines. However, the miners colluded with brothels, the gold trade became increasingly rampant, protests broke out one after another, and the talented man was killed. Azhu died of illness shortly after his marriage to Arou. Arou wanted to cry but had no tears. She left Jiufen desolately with her four children and the tablet of her late husband...