Father and Mother Han were extremely prejudiced against girls. When they were having children, they had two girls in succession, and the two old folks panicked. Fortunately, their third child was a boy, so they stopped worrying.
They were planning to have a few more sons. In a village, the more sons the better, so that there would be someone to do the farming.
But to their surprise, their fourth child was another girl. This time, Mother Han damaged her health and had difficulty getting pregnant again. So she did not get pregnant again for a long time.
Besides, too many children meant many mouths to feed. They could not afford it.
They wanted to abandon their youngest daughter, but the other three children disagreed. They all said that they would go on strike if their little sister was abandoned.
