share time: 2026-03-06 00:32:30
In 1980s rural northern Shanxi, widowed mother Li Guilan sold sweet potatoes for twenty years to put her three children through college and into stable jobs. But her eldest son kicked her to the woodshed after marriage, her daughter refused to let her attend her wedding for being "too rustic," and her youngest son stole her retirement money and called her a "useless old bag." Until one day, officials from the county civil affairs bureau showed up with a will—an old Red Army soldier Guilan saved thirty years ago left all his Beijing property and savings to his "lifesaver." The children scrambled to make amends, but Guilan pulled out a crumpled letter of disownment and wept: "I raised you for twenty years, but you never treated me as your mother…"
mute, 2x speed, if you want to adjust, please click the controller bar to adjust
00:49:44
00:45:59
full video
