Zheng Jiarou was two and a half when her mother died. On the hundredth day after her death, her father brought home a new wife. Because she had to help her stepmother care for her younger siblings, it took her nine years to finish elementary school. Due to her family circumstances, after graduating from upper elementary school she applied to teacher-training school. From then on, her family never gave her another penny.
After graduating, she was introduced to Liao Quan, and they married. Liao Quan was the eldest son in his family and had been emotionally manipulated by his parents. He was a terrible worker, lazy, lecherous, unreliable, dishonest, and had a histrionic personality. Knowing Zheng Jiarou had no family to care for her, he treated her with disrespect and cruelty, and even abused her.
After a life full of hardship, Zheng Jiarou took refuge in Buddhism at sixty and became a lay Buddhist, finding solace for her soul.
When Zheng Jiarou was sixty-eight, Liao Quan passed away, and she regained her independence. From then on, she began traveling with a group of close friends, visiting her daughter in Shenzhen for a change of scenery, and returning home to study Buddhism and traditional Chinese medicine. She entered a peaceful, happy old age.
In the spring of 2018, when Zheng Jiarou was seventy-five, a tumor was found in her liver. Her children insisted on taking their mother to the capital for treatment, where she underwent surgery to remove it.
In the years that followed, despite enduring the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zheng Jiarou’s health remained stable.
Just as her family was beginning to feel relieved, in the spring of 2025, Zheng Jiarou, now in her eighties, was diagnosed with another liver tumor...
Zheng Jiarou’s life was marked by hard work, kindness, hardship, and steadfast perseverance. Will the brave Zheng Jiarou be defeated by the tumor this time?
I have read a new book again. It is a very good period article, which allowed me to get to know a strong woman born in the 1940s. I just feel aggrieved for the heroine and it's not worth it. Times have changed, such as those born in the 1985s and 1990s. People's attitude towards marriage is to divorce if they don't get along, and to stop losses in time. But the heroine's forbearance in marriage is to protect her three children. The reason why she chose not to divorce was because she didn't want her child to have a father... Maybe people of every generation have their own helplessness, but I have to admit that the heroine's helplessness is selfless and dedicated. I hope fate will be kind enough to her. This novel made me think deeply about marriage.
This is the second book I have read. The style of this book is different from the previous fantasy novels. The language is simple and sincere, which touches people's hearts. The heroine lost her mother when she was 2 years old. On the hundredth day, her father married her stepmother... The heroine's father didn't care for her, and her stepmother didn't love her, but her grandmother treated her like jewels and her aunt treated her like her own child. The heroine has a rough life, but she does not live her life as a pitiful person. Instead, she is naughty and cute, and as tough as a weed... I know the subtleties of the story, I am very optimistic about this new work, and I highly recommend it...
This is a new book by Soft Hedgehog. Compared with the previous fantasy novels, this period novel is more down-to-earth, more novel and interesting. For example, the two-year-old heroine wakes up in the morning and holds her urine while looking for her mother. The writing is so witty that it makes people laugh. There is also a 7- or 8-year-old girl who blames herself for her mother's premature death. It is really sad to hear this and makes readers cry... Although I have only read four chapters, I am very optimistic about the subsequent plot. I hope the author will keep updating and interact with readers frequently...