My landlord father was the absolute ruler in the area, and he was strict with his family. He never approved of me, his good-for-nothing son, inheriting the family business, as if I weren't his son at all… To gain my father's approval of my marriage, I took Caichun back to my hometown. My father then showed a smile I had never seen before, and I quickly realized what lay behind that smile. "I want Caichun to bear my child," my father told me.