Shen Yuluo, a tea-picking girl from Guizhou, once lived a simple, peaceful life among the green peaks. But she was seized by Zheng Huaishan, a Kuomintang officer, and reduced to the life of a canary. Amid the turmoil, she gave birth to three sons, believing she might find a moment of peace. Then Zheng Huaishan was killed in battle, and she was plunged into despair. To protect her children, she endured the humiliation of becoming the concubine of the wealthy merchant Chen Qitai, entering a grand household governed by strict rules.
In the Chen household, the principal wife, Madam Wang, and her daughter, Chen Shuxian, saw Yuluo as a thorn in their side and tormented her at every turn. For the sake of her children's future, Yuluo struggled to survive through humiliation. She had to contend with the household's infighting while also weathering the upheavals of the times. As the Kuomintang forces collapsed and the People's Liberation Army advanced, the old and new regimes changed places, and the Chen family fell apart. Awakening in the depths of despair, Yuluo ultimately chose to remain on this newly transformed land. With a mother's steadfast love, she protected her children and found dignity and hope of her own amid the chaos of a turbulent age.
Very well written! Very nice!
The plot is well written
The plot is really good
It was originally from the perspective of the heroine, but halfway through the book I started writing the story from the perspective of the heroine's son. It was so strange that the heroine didn't appear in the entire second half of the book [what]