The villagers always stare at Cuiping's waist.
In these hard times, it's the sight most likely to stir up gossip.
Her husband works himself to the bone away from home, her mother-in-law criticizes her day after day, and a thousand domestic troubles weigh on her.
Cuiping holds her head high, her slender waist supporting an entire household.
Rumors spread like weeds. Some covet her, others slander her.
But nobody knows that beneath her seemingly delicate frame is a woman who has endured backbreaking farm work and swallowed her grievances, hiding a strength that refuses to bend.
Amid the warmth and bustle of rural life and the grind of everyday struggles, watch Cuiping hold on to her boundaries and make her own way through life's endless little troubles.
