Canal Ballad

During the Republic of China, many people lived like fish and shrimps, struggling in the mud of life. They always thought that the sea was in front of them, but in fact, death was waiting for them. Liu Shui'er was a miserable woman. She was defined by the goddess as being possessed by a drought demon since she was born. Her family always wanted to throw her away, but they couldn't. In order to escape the curse of ghost life, Liu Shui'er was arranged to have a baby wedding. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, her father died tragically in a Japanese gunboat, and her younger brother and her fiancé went to the battlefield. Their life and death were uncertain. Her lover Pu Zaihe always took care of her, and their love flourished in the suffering. Later, when she heard that her younger brother and her fiancé had died in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Liu Shui'er went to look for the bodies of her younger brother and her fiancé but could not find them. On her way back, she encountered Japanese soldiers, but it was Pu Zaihe who risked his life to save her. Not long after the two got married, her fiancé suddenly appeared as a disabled soldier, and Liu Shui'er fell into emotional entanglement and torture. Regardless of where to go, Liu Shui'er's final choice and sacrifice resulted in an eternal tragedy. This lingering hatred is like the long canal water, like the canal ballad sung since ancient times, poignant and sad.