A Rural Teacher's Spicy Life

Li Shuiying is a rural schoolteacher. She wants to teach her students well, be understanding toward their parents, raise her children well, and find perfect love. To fulfill each of these dreams, she has to give so much, so very much. This is a story of more than thirty years of change in rural education, a long and arduous journey of love, and a life full of hardships. Books and daily life rub against each other, beauty collides with the mundane, and human relationships clash with ancestral traditions. With her gentleness, kindness, and virtue, she bears every injustice done to her, transforming herself from a child bride into a renowned principal.