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Aunt Tao (Zhang Ruifang) a retired and ailing schoolteacher, postpones her vacation to bring some unsupervised children under her wing at home, only to be faced with her distraught niece who needs silence to practice her music. This rift between the aunt and niece is soon healed, as the older woman works out a way to handle her own physical debilities as well. (The Chinese title of this movie translates as something like "Flowing Stream, Water Sound.")