The Auntie Liu the girl mentioned had been widowed for years. In this kind of village, there was a lot of back breaking work, and her life could be considered difficult. She had to do jobs that were traditionally done by males, or else she would have nothing to eat. She would have to do jobs traditionally done by women, or the house would be a pig sty. She took up everything about the family herself, and her work began the moment she opened her eyes in the morning. She only got to rest when she lay down to rest at night. In that kind of situation, she did not have time to think about anything else. Thankfully, she had a son to anchor her life. Furthermore, her uncle was the village head. Even though that did not mean much in this kind of village, at least it was something. The village head could look after her son, even though it did not actually amount to much.