This story takes place in a rural mountain village. The female protagonist’s surname is Shen, and her given name is Li. People in the village all call her Xiao Li. She is a very beautiful woman, but unfortunately, fate has not been kind to her. Just a few years into her marriage, her husband died in a car accident.
Left all alone with a daughter to raise, life has been extremely difficult for her. Family, relatives, and friends have all tried to persuade her to remarry, but she’s just too stubborn—she refuses. So she’s been raising her child alone, farming a few acres of land in the village. After setting aside seeds and enough food for the year, the remaining harvest barely brings in any money.
Many single men in the village have their eyes on her, which has become a great source of frustration for Shen Li…
