故事发生在解放前的南方地区,这里生长着五位快乐活泼的少女,但她们逐渐认识到身为女人的悲哀。明桃(沈蓉 饰)被后娘许配给一个肺痨鬼,身不由己;爱月(陶慧敏 饰)眼见奶奶八十寿辰,却不被允许上桌吃饭;荷香(剧雪 饰)目睹哥嫂破裂的婚姻,想要追寻自由的爱情却不能;桂娟(吉雪萍 饰)的姐姐难产而死,自己却要遵循母命为姐夫续弦;年龄最小的金梅(池华琼 饰)则由爹爹早早定下亲事。
女孩们相信仙娘(金棣 饰)所说的,未出嫁的女儿最为清新雅洁,她们相约二月初八这天共赴黄泉……。苦命女人何秋惜身不由主,丈夫不惜为钱将自己卖进青楼。她趁人不备抱着尚在襁褓中的儿子逃命,途中遇到怀抱着儿子去福建和丈夫会面的富家太太徐采英。屋漏偏逢连天雨,突然冲出的土匪杀害采英,女人临死前将儿子托付给秋惜。历经千辛万苦,秋惜终于来到陈家,可是她私心骤起,竟然将自己的骨肉指为陈家的少爷,在此之后更以奶娘的身份留在了这里。
此去经年,冒牌少爷陈天雄和奶娘之子林钧山长大成人,只因当年秋惜的一念之差而令彼此的命运发生翻天覆地的变化,他们的爱情、亲人和家业也由此被投入了爱恨纠葛的漩涡之中……。Tanya arrives in London with her son Artyom, expecting to be met by her boyfriend. When he doesn't show and immigration wants to send her back to Russia, she asks for political asylum to buy some time. She has no idea that this will consign them for at least a year to a detention center, a fenced "city" near an abandoned seaside amusement park. Once there, realizing her boyfrie...。