Synopsis: Zhou Bo is a young teacher. She lives in a family of four. After she develops breast cancer, the entire family falls into material and spiritual hardship... Zhou Bo is 27 years old. Her father is a retired factory engineer, her mother is a strong and optimistic woman, and her younger sister Zhou Fan has always seen Zhou Bo as a rolemodel. In her illness, Zhou Bo treasures life more than ever. By chance, Zhou Fan looks at her sister's diary, and learns a secret - when the sisters were small, their father left home, abandoning his responsibilities, and because of this, Zhou Bo harbors a deepresentment against him. The diary calls up all of Zhou Fan's old childhood memories, when their mother struggled alone toraise her two daughters. Zhou Fan feels her sister's pain as her own, and blames their father for Zhou Bo's illness. At this time, the whole family is working to cure Zhou Bo, and descends into poverty. The mother gathers scraps at the local market, and the father wanders the streets collecting trash.
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