梅淑卿为了争取自由恋爱，摆脱封建大家庭，选择与江少文这个穷教师到小镇定居结婚。婚后五个子女在十二年内先后出生，儿女一多，经济便有了困难，终于两人都先后为儿女而过度辛劳，在极度贫困中死去，无法完成父母的责任。然而悲剧还未终结，彼时竟有人肉贩子看中他们的大女儿……

The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets married, has five kids, then she and her husband die forcing one child sold to prostitution to feed the other four. Chinese culture dictates that great respect is given to the elders and in The Younger Generation, it is an elder that is the hero, telling audiences that although sadness abounds, they can return home happy with their Confucius mindset.