This is a story about children making their mothers grow.
Due to the trauma of her original family, Jean Lanxia regarded marriage as a daunting prospect. Until she was 33 years old, she met Mu Qing, a photographer who was 8 years younger than herself. A passionate sibling relationship finally made her let down her guard and thought she had captured the happiness of the rest of her life. But the reality is far more cruel than imagined: the grievances of a naked marriage, the in-laws' difficulties, and the husband's cowardice and betrayal made this marriage start and end in a hurry.
In order to give his son Dongsheng a complete family, Lan Xia chose to trust Mu Qing again and again, accompany him to start a business and shoulder the debt, but only in exchange for a desperate situation of physical and mental exhaustion. The epidemic struck, the studio closed down, and she was forced to go into the factory with heavy debts. Amidst the boring and hardships of the assembly line, the kindness of the workers and the resilience of life quietly changed her attitude towards life, and even gave her the idea of "stable in the factory until retirement."
However, her father's serious illness disrupted her plan again. When she was desperate, she taught herself Chinese medicine to treat her father, which unexpectedly opened up a new track in her life. On the one hand, she was repeatedly frustrated in her fight for custody of Dongsheng, and on the other hand, she encountered all kinds of life in the traditional Chinese medicine clinic - difficult patients, warm boss, and the sense of accomplishment in curing others, which made her gradually find the meaning of life.
From a lonely person who resists marriage, to a tenacious person who is strong as a mother, to a Chinese medicine practitioner who warms others with her medical skills, Lan Xia's growth contains the weaknesses and armor of all mothers. And that child named Dongsheng is not only the reason for her to fight against the suffering, but also the source of strength for her to choose to live in the sun even after being repeatedly polished by life.
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