Kil-rye, a young girl from an upper-class family that has seen better days, is married off for money to the deceased son of a local magnate named Mr. Kim. Mrs. Kim (Moon Jeong-suk), intending to glorify her family by making Kil-rye a renowned "widow of virtue," keeps her new daughter-in-law preoccupied with myriad household chores. However, Kil-rye (Won Mi-kyeong) grows up and ...