In the famine year of 1960, a widow remarried with her baby to the most evil family in the village.
An evil mother-in-law runs the house, a violent husband, and an overbearing sister-in-law who beats and scolds her every time she enters the house.
Give birth to children, but raise a family full of debts——
Stupid grandson, paralyzed man, mentally retarded child, cheating, domestic violence, abandoned baby, jail, madness.
Aunt and sister-in-law become enemies, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight bloody battles...
Poverty breeds treachery, and evil devastates the whole family. From beginning to end, this ruined courtyard is a purgatory on earth.
Purpose: Taking a rural family from the famine era to the end of the century as the background, it shows the tragic reincarnation of the low-class people from the victim to the perpetrator, from the pitiful person to the hateful person under the influence of the times and desires. Ultimately, it is pointed out that if the family is not in harmony, there will be no happiness, and if the heart is not kind, the life will be unstable.