Cheng Yimei is the daughter of Cheng Yifa, a hunter in the village. Cheng Yifa's shooting skills are so accurate that he can kill with one bullet, and thus he has trained Cheng Yimei to become an excellent marksman as well. During the Sixth Day of the Sixth Month Festival in the village, while Yimei was singing and dancing with the other girls, she caught the eye of Chen Ziming, a prominent grain merchant. Yimei was chosen to be the Village Princess of that year and draped in a red headscarf.