Lin Chuan, the village's laughingstock poor boy, gets dumped by his fiancée Liu Meilan the moment she hears he spent 30,000 yuan to lease a stinking sewage pond—she immediately divorces him and runs off with the nouveau riche Zhao Dayong. Guided by his grandfather's dying words, Lin Chuan grits his teeth and perseveres; after draining the pond, he uncovers three treasure chests from the Ming Dynasty—gold ingots, jewels, and blue-and-white porcelain—worth a fortune.