Three Sparrows Under the Eaves

[Modern romance + the 1990s + farming + a touch of ensemble cast + family and neighborhood life + ordinary people’s lives]

[The main characters are not perfect]

Beneath the old locust tree, the Liang family has three daughters. But the winds of the times blow each of them toward a different crossroads of fate.

When Liang Meihua turns eighteen, her father forces her to take a live-in son-in-law. For the sake of her family, she puts down roots in the fields and kitchen of her hometown. She trades marriage for stability, and for someone who can help support the household.

Liang Meiying has just turned sixteen when she falls for Zhang Weidong, who is sixteen years her senior. Neither her family’s scornful objections, the neighbors’ gossip, nor the gulf of reality between them can stop her from following her heart. In the end, she overcomes every obstacle and marries the man she loves.

Liang Meili refuses to submit to her family’s arrangements and can’t stand her father’s domineering ways. After a fierce argument, she storms out and heads south to find work, dreaming of making her way in the world. But the neon lights of the unfamiliar city don’t illuminate her path. Instead, she falls into an abyss. From then on, she never finds her old self again. She drifts through life, alone to the end.

The three sisters set out from beneath the same locust tree, each carrying her own hopes and struggles. As the years pass, each blossoms and bears fruit in her own way, with some finding fulfillment and others regret. Only the old locust tree remains, quietly listening to the stories they left hidden in time.