The Circle of Life

Like most local young women Xiaohua met Chunling a young man from another village through a matchmaker and chose a good day to get married After marriage they live with Chunlings parents The young couple fall in love with each other and give birth to a baby boy According to the requirements of the national family planning policy firstborn males in rural areas cannot have further children But farmers have their own ideas A family should not have only boys but also girls If there are no boys they will do everything possible to have boys to continue the family line Therefore the township government sends a family planning team At the risk of being fined Xiao Hua becomes pregnant again When shes in labor Chunling finds a midwife They successfully give birth to a baby girl To avoid being arrested Chunling takes initiative to pay a 3000 fine The couple leave their children with family and go to work in Beijing Shot from 19962007