Staying away from the bustling city and living a life without fighting with the world is the common dream of Wang Ming and Li Fang, a young couple born in the 90s. Tired of the hustle and bustle of the city, they decided to move to an old mountain village to start a new life.
When they first arrived in the mountains, Wang Ming and Li Fang were full of curiosity and yearning for the simple rural life. They rented a secluded vacant lot and happily set up a log cabin.
The wooden house is basic, but it is enough for them. Wang Ming followed the example of the villagers, cultivated a vegetable field on the hillside and planted all kinds of vegetables. Li Fang also learned to raise poultry, raising chickens and ducks to increase her income.
In the embrace of nature, the young couple lived a life without contention. Every plant and tree here makes them feel new. Wang Ming will hike along the mountain road with a vegetable basket on his back and enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains.
Li Fang likes to plant flowers in the yard and listen to the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers. They enjoy the quiet and relaxing time more than the traffic in the city.
Secluded in the mountains, Wang Ming and Li Fang found their inner belonging. Believing that a simple life can bring true happiness, they decided to live the rest of their lives here and no longer plan to return to the city.
Wang Ming and Li Fang are both children from modest families who know little about contraception. After the two fell in love and got married, they came to the mountains away from the hustle and bustle and lived a life back to basics.
Even though they already have two lovely children, Wang Ming and Li Fang still go their own way and know little about contraception. They are naïve and think that having more children and grandchildren is happiness.
Every time Wang Ming came back from herding sheep, Li Fang always greeted him with a smile, and the two spontaneously fell in love.
In this way, Li Fang gave birth to children one after another. A pair of treasures after a pair of treasures, and in 10 years, the two of them had 10 children! For a time, their humble wooden house was bustling with children's crying and laughing.
At first, Wang Ming and Li Fang were happy that they had another lovely child. But gradually, the two found that too many children also brought pressure to life. The cost of raising children is getting bigger and bigger, and Wang Ming has to go to the town to work for a long time.
Li Fang was alone to take care of so many children, and she also felt exhausted.
Having more children and grandchildren is beneficial, but overbearing may not be a blessing. When the 10th child was born, Wang Ming and Li Fang suddenly understood the importance of contraception and family planning.
But it was too late, and they had to take on the responsibility of raising these 10 children.
The arrival of ten children turned Wang Ming and Li Fang's lives upside down. The original wooden house is now filled with children's laughter and cries.
As the eldest son in the family, Da Ming has a lively and active personality, and often mischievous, causing his younger siblings to laugh and laugh. The second son, Xiaoqiang, is obedient and sensible, and often helps his mother take care of a few small ones.
Among the ten children, only the fourth daughter, Hong, is a quiet and shy girl, who often reads and plays silently by herself.
Wang Ming and Li Fang found that although the ten children were related by blood, each had a different personality. Taking care of them, the husband and wife are sometimes in a hurry, but they are also extremely relieved to watch the children grow up.
In order to support this big family, Wang Ming had to go out to work to make money. He picks cement at the town's construction site during the day and works as a waiter at a restaurant at night, working 15 hours a day.
Li Fang became a stay-at-home mother and waited for a long time to take care of her children at home. She gets up early and does housework at night, and she has to take care of ten pairs of small hands and feet, and she is very busy.
As the child grows older, the expenses increase. Wang Ming and Li Fang calculated that they were not enough to spend. Luckily, friends and relatives in the neighborhood will help take care of the children and ease their burden.
Children also help their parents with household chores and farm work after school.
Although life is poor, the couple is still satisfied to see their children grow up healthy and happy. This is the family reunion they have always dreamed of.
Having multiple births has faded Li Fang's original beauty a lot. Her once-hydrated skin was now loose and shriveled, and her smooth face was covered in wrinkles. His hair also turned from jet black to gray, and his mental head was not as good as before due to the fatigue of the years.
Wang Ming still remembers that Li Fang had waist-length hair, white and tender skin, and bright big eyes. Now the wife who gets along day and night is already yellow and thin, and her eyes are dull, and she is the same as the two of them.
Li Fang, who is only 30 years old, looks like a 40-year-old middle-aged woman. Frequent childbirth has changed her youth, and her appearance is no longer there. Li Fang looked at her haggard face in the mirror, and her heart was full of loss and melancholy.
She suddenly realized that a woman's life could have more possibilities. If she does not have excessive fertility, she can also enter middle age with dignity and maintain a little elegance.
At this time, Li Fang missed the city life very much, and missed her negligent appearance. She began to complain about Wang Ming's recklessness when she was young, why she didn't know contraception, and she is now ten years older than her actual age.
Looking at his aging wife and the heavy burden on his family, Wang Ming realized the serious consequences of not having a family plan. He began to reflect on his recklessness and mistakes.
Li Fang is no longer the gentle and considerate woman she used to be, she often complains and complains about Wang Ming. The two begin to quarrel over trivial matters, and their lives are full of contradictions and tensions.
After the last quarrel, Wang Ming finally came to his senses. He looked at his exhausted wife and ten children who needed to run around, and decided to have a good talk with Li Fang and not to have any more children.
After a long talk, Wang Ming realized the importance of family planning, and Li Fang gradually lost his anger. The couple decided to go to the town hospital for sterilization, Wang Ming had a vasectomy, and Li Fang had a tubal ligation.
After the sterilization operation, Wang Ming and Li Fang completely ended their childbearing. They decided to cherish their ten existing children, give them a better life, and never start a new life.
The young couple finally realized that family planning made the family happier.
After the sterilization operation, Wang Ming and Li Fang's lives changed a lot.
Li Fang gradually regained her former appearance and mental outlook. She had time to take care of herself and began to wear beautiful clothes and light makeup. Li Fang also joined the village choir, singing and dancing with everyone to find herself again.
Wang Ming no longer works so hard and can make time to spend with his family. He would take the children to play in the fields and tell them stories in the evening. The love of parents allows children to thrive.
The ten children also grew up and began to stand on their own. After graduating from high school, the eldest son, Daming, went out to work to support his family, and now he has a family.
The husband and wife can finally breathe a sigh of relief and feel that their lives have moved to the next new chapter. They sat in front of the old house looking at their smiling grandchildren and talked about their childhood stories, their faces full of happiness and satisfaction.
All of this stems from the fact that they finally chose family planning sensibly. The husband and wife sighed that life has become better because of the plan, and they finally reaped the sweet fruits of life.