Woodcutter's daughter A Tang goes down the cliff to look for ginseng to save her poisoned mother, and meets the white snake mother and daughter Bai Shuang and Bai Ling who also urgently need ginseng to save their lives. Kind-hearted A Tang gives up her ginseng to save Bai Ling, and is rewarded with a kindness seed. The kindness seed sprouts into a tree, revives A Tang's mother with echo dew, and also bears gold ingots. A greedy landlord covets the treasure tree, forging an IOU in an attempt to seize the Shen family courtyard.