At twenty-one, Wang Xiaohua got engaged to her boyfriend Zhuzi and gave herself to him.
"Once I've got my feet under me, I'll come back for you."
After Zhuzi took the eighty yuan she'd saved for two years and went to the city, her father and stepmother pressured her to meet a suitor.
She refused and chased after him in the middle of the night.
When she found Zhuzi, he had his arm around the deputy factory director's daughter.
"She's a childhood friend from my village. She's always had a crush on me."
Wang Xiaohua slapped him.
On the most miserable night of her life, she met Zhou Tiejun, the captain of the patrol team.
He was like a ray of light, slowly illuminating her world and finding his way into her heart.
Xiaohua can bloom anywhere.
