When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West

In POON’s mansion, CHONG FUNG-YEE orders a dim sum chef to prepare breakfast for her father-in-law POON KWAI-FAN. It concerns FAN that his grandson POON CHEUK-WAH has not got married, he urges YEE to arrange marriage for WAH. With a wish to bring her son WAH good luck, YEE consults a fortune teller. The fortune teller tells her she has two sons and one of them is going to have a big trouble. MUK HING comes to Guangzhou for the first time. He asks CHEUNG FOOK-TAI to find him a job. TAI finds him a place to settle down in a compound. After family’s downfall, YIP HEUNG-YEUNG and YIP HEUNG-CHING are earning a living as a hawker selling porridge in Liwan. Out of sympathy, CHING gives poor HING a bowl of porridge. HING sells his jade pendant, the last piece of possession he has, and YEE sees the pendant by chance. She orders her maid KAM to investigate whether the pendant belongs to the son she abandoned.… ...

WAH returns home from military school, YEE and POON SIU-TONG are delighted to see him again. YEE tells her mother PAK SAU-WAN that HING is arrested, and her mother says she should never try to involve herself in it. But YEE feels guilty, she attempts to rescue HING. CHING believes HING did not kill anyone, she asks WAH to help HING. HING fails to escape from jail and ends up getting beaten badly. One day, CHING encounters an old school friend CHOI-DIP. She is jeered at by DIP. Fortunately, WAH appears to help her. HING is sentenced to death for murder. YEE asks TONG to help rescue HING. TONG finally promises as he knows she is nervous. TONG withdraws a huge sum of money from bank and tries to bribe cops. Just before execution, a court document arrives stating that HING is found not guilty of all charges and ordered to release. FAN flies into a rage when he gets to know that TONG has taken the money.… ...

YEE keeps the true identity of HING hidden from TONG, she does not tell him the truth that HING is indeed his son. HING meets CHEUNG again. They see FONG PO-KEI who is distributing leaflet advocating complete banning of prostitution. CHEUNG makes a fool of KEI. KEI encounters CHING, her old school friend. She invites CHING to a party celebrating a sister’s resignation. In the party, CHING feels giddy after dancing with WAH. TSUI YIU-CHUNG attempts to gloss over the fact when FAN is asking him about TONG’s work performance in the bank. HING visits the Poon family with a wish to express his gratitude to WAH. TONG promises to find HING a job. On the other hand, KAM suggests sending HING abroad for learning. CHUNG examines goods in the warehouse and is shocked to find munitions. CHUNG’s wife CHONG FUNG-TAK is not happy with CHUNG for he has helped TONG.… ...