当杨兆龙与沙溯因相识时,杨虽已有租界法院推事(法官)及大学教授之职和相应的收入,但因要赡养父母、并使弟妹到上海受良好教育,因而生活清寒。沙溯因出身于家道中落的书香仕宦的节俭之家,因其母善于持家,量入为出,故从小就衣食无忧。此时更因其父在政府任职,收入已丰厚,自己也芳华正茂,仰慕者甚多。但她却对志向远大、仪表非凡的杨兆龙情有独钟。其母嫌杨家清贫;但其父觉 While Yang Zhaolong met Sha Chu-yin, although Yang already had the duties of courtesy judges (judges) and university professors and corresponding incomes, Yang lives coldly in order to support her parents and bring her siblings to Shanghai for good education. Because of his mother’s goodness in holding a house and taking it as an excuse, he grew up in a frugal home. At this time more because of his father in the government office, the income has been rich, his prime, many admirers. But she has a soft spot for Yang Zhaolong, ambitious and superb instrument. The mother suspected of Yang poor family, but his father felt