The adopted daughter Xu Hongmei was forced to marry as a substitute and met veteran Zhao Dachuan for the first time on a rainy night. The marriage certificate wrapped in coarse cloth and the bullet marks on the man's chest indicate that this marriage is unique.
Faced with the difficulties caused by her husband's family, Hongmei cleverly uses a kerosene lamp trick to resolve the wedding crisis. In an era when supplies were scarce, she weaved the first pot of gold out of dried mugwort, demonstrating the entrepreneurial wisdom of women in the 1980s.
From family workshops to contracted village factories, from hand weaving to the introduction of sewing machines. The couple seized the opportunity in the wave of reform and opening up and used peonies to conquer foreign businessmen at the Canton Fair.
When the mystery of Hongmei's life experience was revealed, Zhao Dachuan exchanged military medals for her freedom. Passbooks and night school textbooks wrapped in old military uniforms bear witness to the tenderness and romance of the era.
