In 1960, Zhou Jianjun was born in a remote and impoverished small village in the northwest. In the 1950s, his ancestors settled here after being displaced to escape famine. As the eldest son, Zhou Jianjun has three younger brothers and two younger sisters. The embarrassment of life made him feel inferior and stubborn. In the face of external prejudice, he had a fiery personality and would always protect his family.
In the 1980s, the eldest brothers and sisters of the Zhou family started to get married one after another, but all the grandchildren in the family were girls. His father Zhou Houfu, who was deeply influenced by the concept of favoring boys over girls, yearned for a male son and found it difficult to accept the fact that there were no boys in the family to continue the family life. In that era, many "excess" baby girls were helplessly given away. Zhou Jianjun's family has three daughters, and he initially thought of giving them away. Fortunately, a series of unexpected events led to all three girls staying at home.
The article focuses on the childhood of three girls in Zhou Jianjun's family, and details their daily study life, family atmosphere and village environment. Their growth path is full of ups and downs, like weeds growing tenaciously in the cracks of rocks, they have tasted the warmth and warmth of the world early on. These experiences profoundly exposed the Zhou family's feudal ideology of favoring sons over daughters and the excessive interference of elders in their children's marriages. With the opening of the economy, great changes have taken place in the Zhou family and the village. The family has transformed over the years, the economic and material conditions of the villagers have improved significantly, and their thoughts have gradually gotten rid of the old constraints and become more open.
Purpose: The phenomenon of favoring boys over girls in the family and the frustrations it causes to girls' growth, and the suppression and harm of human nature caused by feudal backward ideas
