Plot Summary:After the death of both her parents, an adolescent girl is sent away to be under the care of her cantankerous grandfather, the terror of his village. Through young orphan's innocence and infectious charm, little Chia Chia adjusts to her new surroundings with a positive attitude affecting everyone she meets including the irascible family patriarch whose world of ingrained adult cynicism and folly is about to be transformed to one of optimism and hope.
童星赖慕贤、麦炳均和夏五群从四百名应征者中脱颖而出, 演出本片. 孤儿嘉嘉由小姨李二姐抚养至八岁, 然后送交祖父虎大爷照顾. 祖孙俩相依为命, 嘉每天与好友小牛上山牧羊. 讵料二姐突然到来, 把嘉带走卖与郭家为婢, 陪伴残疾的郭家小姐安妮. 安妮姑姑咏芬苛待嘉, 更要求大哥秋明将嘉送走. 嘉思念祖父成病, 明无奈偕安妮送嘉回祖父家. 安妮喜欢当地清幽的环境, 留下与嘉作伴. 一日, 小牛无意中踢毁安妮的轮椅, 安妮爬行挣扎间, 双腿竟能站立. 明感激嘉, 欲赠金为报, 遭嘉婉拒. 嘉决定留下与祖父享乡居之乐, 与安妮父女依依道别.