After My Family Fled the Famine, We Worked Hard to Farm and Build a Better Life

For a hundred years, every child born to the Mo family has been a boy. They have endured drought, locusts, and flight from famine... The Mo family seems to have been unlucky for as long as anyone can remember. At last, a new emperor ascends the throne and peace comes to the land... The eldest Mo son's wife discovers that she is pregnant. After much thought, she decides to ask the village doctor for an abortion potion. She plans to drink it and put an end to the pregnancy, but her mother-in-law discovers the shattered medicine bowl. “Eldest son's wife, the bowl is broken. Since the baby is on the way, we'll keep it. In a couple of days, we can leave the village and settle somewhere new.” The eldest Mo son's wife is already weeping...