In her previous life, Zhang Xiulian was hardworking, enduring hardships without complaint. She was diligent and capable, showed respect to her mother-in-law, raised her children, and even had to serve her useless husband, Zhao Debao, who did nothing. Even so, she was often tormented by her mother-in-law and suffered domestic violence at the hands of her husband.
After all her suffering, raising five children through blood, sweat, and tears, she ended up dying in the most humiliating way—holding in her bowel movement until it killed her.
Her eldest daughter, because of Zhang Xiulian’s preference for sons over daughters, was forced to marry the village chief’s son and ended her life by jumping into a well at a young age. The youngest daughter, having always given the best food to her twin brothers, suffered from malnutrition, grew up physically weak, lost the ability to bear children, and was forced to drop out of school before even finishing elementary school.
