
Cheng Ho Village is an isolated town and the villagers living there lead a quiet and peaceful life. However, generations after generations, they are very superstitious and tend to overreact to whatever happens. It has not rained for a long time and one of the villagers, a grocer, CHIN KUNG SUM, leads a procession along the streets sprinkling water all around, hoping to bring rain. The water damages the paper goods made by KOON YAU CHOI and the two have a fierce quarrel. CHOI curses that the son born to SUM will be an idiot. SUM got very maddened by this.
Cheng Ho Village is an isolated town and the villagers living there lead a quiet and peaceful life. However, generations after generations, they are very superstitious and tend to overreact to whatever happens. It has not rained for a long time and one of the villagers, a grocer, CHIN KUNG SUM, leads a procession along the streets sprinkling water all around, hoping to bring rain. The water damages the paper goods made by KOON YAU CHOI and the two have a fierce quarrel. CHOI curses that the son born to SUM will be an idiot. SUM got very maddened by this.
LINGTUNG is born into CHOI's family and is named CHEUNG SANG. His mother soon passes away and he is brought up by his father CHOI. The temple keeper, CHEUNG, picks up an abandoned. child and thinks that she is god-given. He names her YUET SIN and sends her to the West to be educated. Time flies, SANG and YIN have grown up. SANG has totally forgotten his past but has a feeling that he is endowed with some magic power. Besides, he has a burning passion to look for his destined lover. Since childhood, SANG has been on intimate terms wi.th YIP SIU FUK and SUM's son CHIN BUT WOON. Both FUK and, WOON are deeply attracted by YIN's beauty. Hiding his feelings, SANG also develops good impression toward YIN wondering whether she is his destined lover or not. In order to raise fund for renovating the temple, CHEUNG organizes an auction for a bottle of 'Holy Water'. WOON misunderstands SUM's instruction and puts the highest bid, a house.… ...