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Gu Qing (played by Wang Xueqi) / a member of the Eighth Route Army Art Troupe / came to Cuiqiao's house to collect folk songs. After a while / he and Cuiqiao's family became like family to each other. Gu Qing told about the situation of women's autonomy in marriage in Yan'an. After hearing this / Cui Qiao became yearning for it. Although her father is kind / he is also ignorant. He wants Cuiqiao to get married in April. Gu Qing is about to leave / and Cui Qiao is going to Yan'an with him / but Gu Qing is powerless. Cuiqiao's younger brother Hanhan (played by Liu Qiang) followed Brother Gu from one journey to another. After climbing over a mountain ridge / Gu Qing saw Cuiqiao standing on the top of the mountain. She sang farewell with a sweet voice / and Gu Qing was deeply moved. In April / on her wedding day / Cuiqiao reluctantly ran away from her husband's house and rowed across the river to pursue a new life...
陕北黄土高原上的贫苦女孩翠巧（薛白饰），自小由父亲（谭托饰）作主定下娃娃亲。八路军文工团团员顾青（王学圻饰），为采集民歌来到翠巧家，一段时间后，与翠巧家彼此仿佛自家人般。顾青讲述起延安妇女婚姻自主的情况，翠巧听后，心生向往。 父亲虽善良，可又愚昧，他要翠巧在四月里完婚。顾青行将离去，翠巧要随去延安，顾青有心无力。翠巧弟弟憨憨（刘强饰）跟着顾大哥，送了一程又一程。翻过一座山梁，顾青看见翠巧站在峰顶上