HEOSaeng-Wonisanageingmarketvendor.Hehasbeenapeddlerallhislife.AfteralongdayatthemarketplaceinBongpyeongvillage,hefollowshisfellowpeddlerJOSeon-Dalintoaninnwherehemeetsayoungitinerantvendor,Dong-I.Asthethreeaccompanyeachotherunderthemoonlightalongthebuckwheatflowers,HEOSaeng-WonrealizeshehasaspecialbondwithDong-I.‘I’toilonthefielddayandnightasaservantforamanwhohaspromisedtogivehisdaughter’shandtomeinreturnformylabor.Theman,however,keepsputtingoffthewedding,sayingthathisdaughterisnotgrowingfastenough.Oneday,outoffury,Icallthemantotheultimatematch.KIM,whoearnshislivingbydrivingarickshaw,getsoutonthestreetagain,evenafterhearingfromhiswifethatsheisseriouslyill.KIMthengetstodriveanunusuallylargenumberofcustomersthatday,andbeginstosuspectsomethinghideousmaylieaheadofhissuddengoodfortune.Attheendofthelongandhardday,KIMreturnshome,withaninexplicablesenseoffearweighingdownonhisheart.