Tales of the Great Migration North, Part One: Leaving Home Behind

In the late Qing Dynasty, Shandong suffered a severe famine. Crops failed, and the people were driven to desperation. The village where Zhu Kaishan’s family lived was filled with starving corpses. Zhu Kaishan had gone to Manchuria after getting into trouble in his youth, and had been gone for a long time with no letters from him. With no other choice, Wen’s mother decided to take Chuanwen, Chuanwu, and Chuanjie with her on a journey to Manchuria to find her husband.