Set against the realities of life in the mountains of Yunnan, this story uses vivid, cinematic prose to depict the daily lives of Wu Liang and Wu Meijuan, showing the quiet happiness in their ordinary existence. Then a twist during a prenatal checkup for their second child brings out the unpredictability of fate and the warmth of human nature. We’re born ordinary, so why can’t we make life a little more extraordinary? That must be fate!