At 72, she had spent 50 years as a “good wife and loving mother.” After her husband died, a phone call exposed half a century of lies: her old love, Chen Mingyuan, had waited for her for fifty years and never married.
Love letters, an inheritance, a life stolen from her: it turned out she had lived under her husband’s control all along, and even her children urged her to “stop making trouble.”
She slammed down her cup and stood up. “I’m done putting up with this!” She studied the law, learned to guard against scams, went to court, and set off alone for a small courtyard in Yunnan, reclaiming herself step by step.
At 74, she married again. At 77, she opened a nationwide chain of post stations. She used the rest of her life to tell the world: it’s never too late to live, only too late if you never dare to begin.
People basically live without themselves in their lives, and it is also because life is numb and mechanical in family and work. Those who are not in love are put together, and those who are in love are basically separated. Everyone has a dream in their hearts to be themselves freely, but the reality is indeed very difficult...
The content is rich and colorful with distinctive characteristics of the times.
Very pretty! That's how people and things were in that era!
The work is very real and represents the life of the elderly. It reflects the thoughts of many children and is well written.
It is suitable for us elderly people. I am also eighty-one years old. Everyone's way of living is different, but at most it is basically the same. The husband is devoted to his children. Having said that, most men are carefree. I am tired of being a nanny for this family. I have to work, take care of the lives and studies of the three children, and do housework. I am willing to give the children a home. It has been more than 20 years since my husband passed away. I am liberated and can do what I like.
Although this is not normal, there are reasons for it
This book is worth reading. I am also seventy-two years old. My parents have arranged marriages for me in every era. People who really love each other dare not confess their love. They can only obey their parents' arrangements. I have never known what love is and have never been loved. I just get married and have children to live my life. Alas😮💨!
Super pretty Super pretty
It's super beautiful and true. Now my daughter-in-law is the one written in the book. The fact is very real and touching.
I want to read it all in one go