A man works tirelessly fishing along the coast to support his family, while his father is left disabled after risking his life to save his uncle. When the family property is divided, their grandmother shows extreme favoritism, giving nearly everything to the other two branches of the family and leaving them only an old, dilapidated house. Furious, the man decides to split from the family and make a fresh start. By a twist of fate, he adopts several orphaned girls. When he catches a gigantic wild yellow croaker at sea and sells it for a fortune, word reaches his biased relatives, who come knocking, hoping to seize his earnings.