Impoverished scholar Leung (Yam Kim-fai) became a widower and his in-laws give him 30 taels of silver to find a new wife. He gives the money away to help an old man, a kindness witnessed by the young woman To (Fong Yim-fun), who is impressed and smitten. Needing to introduce his ‘new wife' to the in-laws, Leung seeks help from his cousin (Tam Sin-hung), whose husband Wong (Poon Yat On) had just bought To as maid, lusting after her. The cousin loans the maid to pose as Leung's wife but the jealous Wong poses as their servant to keep watch, creating hilarious havoc that fails to hinder the love developing between the scholar and the maid.

Cast

Yam Kim-Fai

Leung Guang-luk

Tam Sin-Hung

Mrs Wong

Lee Pang-Fei

Uncle Chung

Fong Yim-Fen

To Yin-yeung

Poon Yat-On

Wong Dor-fuk

Cheung Sing-Fei

Mr Lam

Chan Pei-Mui

Madame Lam

Cheung Sang

To's father