In a small village, a girl named Cheonghwa, as frail as she was beautiful, was sold to be the new wife of a rich, old man. He was not a good husband. Fearing she would gain weight, he kept her starved. With this, Cheonghwa found the gnawing hunger unbearable. Then one day, that husband suddenly passed away. Now, she could eat. She could eat to her heart's content. Both the food... and her handmaiden, Ohwol, standing right before her eyes.