Era
Xu Zhiyi has been a widow for two years, with no news of her husband working outside. However, her mother-in-law called her a "chicken that doesn't lay eggs" and forced her to borrow seeds from relatives in the village. Just when she was desperate and despairing, Chen Yan, a rough-and-tumble veteran who was said to be "injured and sterile for life", climbed into her courtyard wall on a rainy night. The man was soaked all over and looked like a hungry lone wolf. He cornered her in the corner of the woodshed and said in a rough but firm voice: "Sister-in-law, since he doesn't want you, I will raise it for him!"
