Three generations of the He family were trapped by hunger and the tide of the times. The male protagonist He Cangsheng hopes to have a son to carry on the family line, but he has six daughters in a row and is ridiculed by the "extreme household". His wife Liu Meixi has suffered multiple miscarriages in order to continue their relationship, and she is exhausted physically and mentally. After He Cangsheng disappeared unexpectedly on a business trip, the He family began the "Era of Women."
The eldest daughter He Yalin is as stubborn as a weed, and her relationship with Tang Youjin, the son of her old enemy Tang family, went from tit-for-tat to secret love... Later, she met Chang Jiange by chance... When "preparing for war and famine", He Yalin devoted herself to digging air-raid shelters and became embroiled in a grudge between the two families. Six sisters with very different personalities have constant conflicts amid the heavy pressure of daily necessities and trivial daily life. Grandma He asked her granddaughters to recite the "Seven Steps of Poetry" repeatedly, hoping to heal the rift in the blood.
From the Great Leap Forward to reform and opening up, from being laid off to doing business, the women of the He family have experienced ups and downs in the tide of the times. They face their fate with tenacity and vigor, and write their own stories of struggle and redemption.
The author's work is very well written