The Autobiography of a Miserable Woman

On the day her husband died, Lin Qiutang was forced by her mother-in-law to kneel outside the door and slapped her repeatedly. She was kicked out, taking only a few old clothes and a pair of chopsticks with her five-year-old daughter in her arms. The men in the village blocked her door and said that widows did not have to observe the customs; the women poked her in the spine and said that her life was too tough for her husband. But she still wants to live. Even if she lives like a dog, she still wants to raise her daughter.