Plot | After the victory of anti-japanese war, the couple of Lao Zhao and Xiao Yu returned from the rear area (Da hou fang) to Shanghai, looking forwards to beginning their brand new life here. But they encournter many difficulties in finding an ideal residence. The houses are so expensive that only the rich people can afford them by paying gold bars. In their disillusionment, they meet Xiao Tao, the wife of a traitor named Pei whose spouse and property are all taken by Lao Hong, the carpetbagging bureacrat from Chongqing. One day, after a quarrel with Lao Hong, Xiao Tao rents a vacant room to Lao Zhao and Xiao Yu. Their happiness doesn't last too long. Both Lao Hong and Pei returned to fight for the house.
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