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To the west of the salt pond at the foot of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, there is the ancient town of Hui'an Fort - that is the place where my father was born. It is said that grandma got seriously ill when she gave birth to him... In order to save his life, my father, Ma Zhenqi, had no choice but to send the child to Haizijing Villa, fifty miles away to the north, and he was adopted as a son by Ma Jiyao, a wealthy family. He learned to herd sheep at the age of nine. During the Republic of China, Mr. Ma Jiyao was the head of the village. Just marrying four wives. My mother, Ma Fuying, was the girl his fourth wife brought over from Linhe Farm in Shanxi. Later, due to the old man's domineering attitude, the fourth grandmother was forced to run away from home on a dark night with the camel team that came to Haizi Lake to carry salt, and she never came back again...