Her husband's family, though they do not scold or beat her as her own family did, leads a life of extreme poverty.
They can only eat their fill at each meal, barely seeing meat or oil for most of the year, a world away from the life at the old Chen Family home.
She has given birth to two sons and a daughter, none of whom are as smart and beautiful as Guibao.
Her eldest son, who is in second grade, is failing in his exams, and the other two don't seem too bright either.
She has long regretted it, sons and daughters are all the same.
But it's too late now!
She can't return to the Chen Family home!
Li Chunhua, carrying her little daughter, sold the eggs she brought and used the money to buy some salt and ten pieces of candy. She unwrapped one candy for her little daughter and licked the wrapper herself.
In the heat of the day, she couldn't even afford to buy a drink, so she walked back home.
