Xiao Jianguo and his wife, Wei Yuan, took their four daughters from place to place to evade the birth restrictions so they could have a child.
It wasn’t because they favored boys over girls. They had simply lost too much and wanted to heal their wounds.
They started out working at various brick and tile factories. Eventually, tired of moving from place to place, they decided to settle down somewhere.
It was only after settling down that they finally had a son.
But what came afterward was even more complicated and involved far more than their years working in the factories.
