His Matrimony

This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50s and 60s MeiHsia is from the most prominent family in town YunLang works in the local peasant assocation They like each other but MeiHsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other They wait till YunLang sends a matchmaker to MeiHsias family There was no way that MeiHsias family would agree to their marriage MeiHsias parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other but YunLang follows her there MeiHsias relative doesnt stop them until MeiHsias mother finds out Now their love is an open affair This time its the MeiHsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families To everyones surprise the YunLangs turn it down MeiHsia and YunLang planned to elope but they failed She kills herself At last YunLang can call MeiHsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet