Wu Lanxin, a peasant woman from northern Fujian who was of the same age as the Republic of China, had long suffered from the prejudice of favoring boys over girls. In the 1980s, when she was six months pregnant, she was forced to induce labor due to family and family planning controls. She was slapped by her biological father and almost wanted to die. She went to Fayun Temple to ask for a fortune after all the hardships, and worked hard to provide for her four daughters to study and improve themselves.
Over the decades, the four sisters each made their way out of the mountains through hard work: the eldest sister Yuqing worked hard in banking and rose to the position of a provincial bank executive; the second sister Yuying started a cable company and successfully went public; the third sister Yuhua became a teacher after resuming her studies; and the younger sister Yuxin took a self-study in psychology and opened a family education institution. During the journey, Yuhua fell seriously ill, and Wu Lanxin accompanied her closely, and the mother and daughter weathered the difficulties together. Her mother-in-law, who had treated her harshly for half her life, came to her senses in her later years, and her husband was also filled with guilt, and donated real estate to her in her later years to compensate for her half-life grievances.
Many years later, when the four generations reunited together, Wu Lanxin returned to her old home, sat quietly on the bluestone threshold that had trapped her, and completely let go of the pain of the past. With half a lifetime of perseverance, she broke away from conventional prejudices, and personally proved that after all hardships, happiness comes, she crossed the many thresholds of fate, and ushered in a stable and happy old age.
Purpose: Drawing on the life experiences of her mother Wu Lanxin, criticizing the old custom of favoring boys over girls, and praising women's tenacity and maternal power.