Zhaodi

San Ya has two older sisters and a younger brother. Her eldest sister quickly became mentally unstable after getting married, and her second sister died in childbirth.

San Ya is in high school and ranks among the top three in her year. Her parents want to build a new house for their son and find him a wife, so they accept a bride price of 100,000 yuan from a lame man in a neighboring village and force her to quit school and marry him.

The lame man is forty-seven this year. He spends all day showing off with his big yellow teeth bared, and he's filthy and vile. He also beats San Ya nearly to death at the drop of a hat. San Ya can't take it anymore. She wants to escape this remote mountain valley, go to the city to earn money, and continue high school...

Theme: Keep working hard and never give up