According to classic short stories from the Philippines; Qixi's wife", The story takes place in the 1920s. Qixi Mountain is a successful Japanese immigrant farmer who lives in the Rattrinidad Valley of Bengai, where the Japanese are famous for growing salad vegetables. Middle aged and lonely, he hired a young and lively Bontoc woman named Fasang as a farm worker and fell in love with her. They got married and had a son, but Fasang was attracted by the city lights and other people that Biyao was taking shape.