In the 1980s, Du Bao Kui, an old man who had endured a lifetime of hardship, closed his eyes forever at the age of seventy-four. He left behind a wife ten years his junior and ten children. The night before he died, the second son of his second daughter, Gui Ling, was murdered by a hired killer sent by an enemy. As relatives and friends murmured among themselves, the old man let out a long sigh and called out the name of his ill-fated daughter. He breathed his last in his youngest son's arms. After they had finished arranging the old man's funeral, they held the funeral for his grandson the next day. Dark clouds hung over Du Village for a long time. After the old man's death, life became even harder for Old Madam Du and her youngest son, who had not yet graduated from college. With her children failing to care for her, Old Madam Du even began to think about remarrying...
