The Threadline Returns to Its Boat

In 1923, in Jinzhuang on the plains of northern Jiangsu, a beautiful young woman famous far and wide was born. At twenty, the age when she was expected to marry, she was inexplicably branded a “husband-killer.” In pursuit of her own happiness, she bravely broke free of feudal constraints and forged an extraordinary life. Her husband left home to make a living and was never heard from again. Faithful to their love, she waited for nearly half a century, until at last her husband returned, having never remarried. Their story became a beloved local legend.