Sisters of the Mountain Village

Zhang Hongxia, the daughter of Widow Zhang from the village, moved with her mother into Ma Youcai’s household after her mother remarried. Independent from a young age and an excellent student, she got into a good university. After graduating, however, she went to teach at a middle school in a township. Lin Jiahao, a rich second-generation heir, had always been in love with her. Zhou Wenqiang, her childhood friend and the village Party secretary’s son, served in the military and loved her too. Zhou Chuntao, the daughter of Yangliucun’s Party secretary Zhou Dahe, and Ma Qiuju, the adopted daughter of the “drunkard” Ma Youcai, were best friends. Chuntao was lively and cheerful, while Qiuju was steady and meticulous. The two had grown up together and were the village’s pair of beautiful girls. The grudges and tangled relationships of the previous generation affected the next. Qiuju had suffered hardship all her life, and their different family backgrounds shaped the two girls in very different ways. The arrival of Chen Jianjun, a member of the village work team, disrupted their peaceful lives. Both best friends fell for him, and Chen Jianjun’s choice drove the once-close pair further and further apart. Ma Qiuju’s true origins also began to come to light...