When the "birth family" of childbearing quietly overlaps with the "family family" of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, three contemporary women in Xizhou, Lu Ting, Shan Xian, and Feng Xin, are standing at an important crossroads in their lives.
They hid their grievances during pregnancy, secretly wiped away tears in the middle of the night, and gradually broke away from the constraints of the labels "wife", "daughter-in-law" and "mother" through repeated interactions with their mother-in-law and conversations with themselves. From passive compromise to active communication, from being anxious alone to learning to leverage, they finally found their own life coordinates in the balance between family responsibilities and personal growth.
The birth stories of three ordinary families are a true microcosm of countless contemporary women. Their struggles and awakenings not only depict the emotional texture of Chinese-style families, but also write about the courage and strength of women in the new era to achieve secondary growth between marriage, childbirth and themselves.
Purpose: The second growth faced by middle-aged women in contemporary society