In the novel "京华烟云" (Clouds and Dreams of Peking), the eldest son of the Zeng family, Zeng Pingya, contracts typhoid fever. Mr. Zeng Wenbo and Mrs. Zeng invite many famous doctors to try to cure him, but to no avail. Out of deep maternal love, Mrs. Zeng comes up with the idea of arranging a marriage as a way to bring him good fortune and health. However, Pingya's fiancée, Man妮, is far away in the south. The old saying goes "distant water does not put out a nearby fire"! The Zeng family has three sons: the eldest, Pingya, is engaged to Man妮; the second son, Jinya, is engaged to Niu Suyun; and the third son, Sunya, is rebellious...