 Set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the 1930s and 1940s, "All That Matters" follow the lives of the Chen family, this time through the experiences of Kiam-Kim, the First Son and Oldest Brother of Jook-Liang, Jung-Sum, and Sek-Lung, whose childhood and adolescence in a strict but caring Chinatown family.The story runs parallel to the events related in "The Jade Peony".Kiam-Kim is three years old when he arrives by ship at Gold Mountain with his father and his grandmother, Poh-Poh, the Old One.