Zhou Qi

Songlian, jeune fille de dix-neuf ans, accepte de devenir la quatrième épouse de maître Chen Zuoqian. À travers son initiation aux rites du clan et sur quatre saisons, le film met en scène les intrigues que les femmes se livrent entre elles pour attirer l'attention du maître et assurer leur suprématie.

Xiao Dou is a shy and naive mailworker living in Beijing with his sister. When a coworker is fired for reading people's correspondences Xiao Dou takes over the same mail route. He soon finds himself indulging in the same curiosity, eventually developing an obsession. Xiao Dou chooses to spend time reading letters instead of socializing with friends or coworkers. As he becomes increasingly tied to the letters, he begins to intervene in the lives of those who write and receive the letters.