It makes sense, in the countryside, reason doesn't prevail, more often it's about who has the stronger fist.
Why does every household hope for a son?
Apart from the so-called continuation of the family line, it's also to prevent being bullied.
Having a young and strong, tall son standing by your side, as parents, gives you confidence.
The Zhao Family doesn't have a son, and Zhao Baozhu is a pushover, so it's inevitable that he gets bullied in the village.
When the neighbors built their houses, they brazenly crossed over the foundation and built right up against the Zhao Family's mud walls.
During irrigation, villagers whose fields bordered the Zhao Family's would secretly dig through the field ridges to steal their water.
And there were countless other everyday trifles; the Zhao Family was clearly the softest persimmon to pick on.
Zhao Baozhu couldn't hold up the family, so He Xiaotian was forced to step up.
