Sloping Eaves

On the westbound train in 1972, Tang Guolin clutched half a piece of cold sweet potato, and his lame right leg stood out among the crowd. As the eldest son of the Old Tang family, a case of polio made him known as "Cripple Tang" by others, and also became a "special existence" in the heart of his mother Li Xiulan. In the obsession of favoring boys over girls, the disabled man was doted on and turned into a demon king. His sisters had to share most of their food with him, and his father Tang Peng's respectability had to pave the way for him. In response to the call for "third-line construction", the family moved to a rough house in Xiangyang. Under the sloping eaves, the contradictions became increasingly acute. His father used his position as a director to get him a job as a fitter, but he gave up the job because of the opinions of others; his mother tolerated him without any bottom line, but turned a blind eye to the grievances of her daughters. But when Tang Peng, the mainstay of the family, died suddenly and prematurely, the family, which was supported by doting and dignity, suddenly tilted. Without his father's protection, the spoiled Tang Guolin suffered a bloody head injury in reality, while his neglected daughters quietly held up half the sky. Li Xiulan finally saw clearly through the hard work of daily necessities: the "baby son" she held tightly had become the family's heaviest burden; her despised daughter was the warmest light in the cold winter. Under the sloping eaves, how does the obsession of favoring boys over girls gnaw at family ties? Can a broken family find redemption in the rift?