Hye-yeong reclaims her son from the boy's father and moves back to Seoul where she starts a business with money that she believes came from her brother. It is, in fact, from Shin-ho--her ex-lover. Shin-ho is driven to backruptcy because of his generousity and his wife pleads with Hye-yeong to leave Seoul for the sake of her husband's piece of mind.
Byeong-yeon (Park Gyeong-ju), a grandson of Kim Ik-sun, once the deputy delegate of Seoncheon, wins the first place in the state examination. He is refused a government position, because his grandfather gave in at the revolution of Hong Gyeong-rae (Kim Seung-ho). Disappointed, Byeong-yeon leaves his family to lead a bohemian life, wearing a reed hat and holding a bamboo stick. ...