Cheng Chunzhou, who lost his father at the age of seven and was carrying a bamboo basket to pick up pig excrement, found half of the Three Character Classic among the thorns. Who would have thought that this tattered book covered in dirt would become the starting point for the Cheng family's century-old counterattack! He and his eldest brother Cheng Rongzhou depended on each other in the cold wind in the mountains of eastern Fujian. The sweat of the tenants and the hardships of picking up dung were finally exchanged for the first pot of gold for the coffin shop ten years later.
From the turmoil of the late Qing Dynasty to the raging war of resistance against Japan; from the earth-shaking changes of liberation to the surging spring tide of reform and opening up, the Cheng brothers held their abacus and floated in the tide of the times. Cheng Chunzhou taught himself literacy and protected his family business with wisdom; Cheng Ruiqing stuck to his conscience amidst the turmoil; Cheng Yuejin embraced the spring breeze of reform and made waves in the business world.
Three generations and a century's journey, let's see how the Cheng family went from a poor family oppressed by soldiers and gangsters to write a shocking family legend in the turbulent waves of history!
The bitterness hidden in the sweet potatoes and the tenacity engraved in the abacus beads will eventually shine brightly over the years.
