Story Outline Childhood sweethearts: Zhang Lianxin and Liu Xianfeng grew up together since childhood. One is the daughter of a tea farmer, and the other is a poor scholar. They played and read in the tea mountains, and their feelings for each other developed secretly. Silent support: When Liu Xianfeng's family was on the decline, Zhang Lianxin not only used the money from selling tea to support his education but also took good care of his daily life, even staying up late to copy books for him. Parting promise: Before Liu Xianfeng went to the capital for the imperial examination, the two made a promise under a tea tree. He vowed that he would come back to marry her after high school, and Zhang Lianxin gave him a sachet sewn by hand. No news at all: Liu Xianfeng had been away from his hometown for three years. Zhang Lianxin looked forward to him every day but never received any news. It was not until she happened to learn from a guest that he had passed the imperial examination and become a jinshi. Cruel reality: Zhang Lianxin ventured to the capital to search for Liu Xianfeng, only to find that he had become engaged to a young lady of an official family, and the vows of the past had become empty talk.