Eun-yu was a playboy who fell in love with Songlin when she was young and later married into a landlord's family. When her husband took his concubines to seize the house and status, he fled with several children. After being rescued by the clan leader, he began to transform from landlord to tenant. Relying on the family's hard work, Enyu bought land and later moved to the port. In his later years, he met the pine forest by chance and fulfilled his long-cherished wish when he was young.
The eldest daughter Hui Xin and the second daughter Cui Xin got married respectively after being advised by a matchmaker. Huixin's husband did not change his love interest and had another woman outside. Huixin chose to live alone, and later became blind due to diabetes. Under Tom's care, she died happily. The husband Cui Xin married was a gambler and subjected Cui Xin to domestic violence. Later, with the help of her children, Cui Xin escaped.
Guilan is Enyu's eldest granddaughter. After rejecting the marriage proposal from her childhood friend, she fell in love with her future husband at first sight. Her husband went abroad to study with her. She supported her husband and took her children to school. When her husband returned to Fengshan, Guilan also returned to Fengshan after her children grew up. The novel is based on the history of modern development and depicts the stories of survival, love and marriage of three generations of women in different periods and under the influence of different cultures. The theme that the novel has always wanted to answer is: life is difficult, marriage is unfortunate, and how people should choose. Throughout the novel are Qingfang's inquiries about whether she is divorced.
Purpose: To show the formation of women's destiny and character under the background of modern historical culture.