在鲁西南的一个家庭中，这位50岁的老太太对重男轻女的看念达到了惊人的程度，为了得到一个儿子，她连续生育了六个孩子，其中五个是女儿，最后一个终于如愿以偿是个男孩，当第七个孩子依然是女孩时，她对待女儿的态度更加苛刻，家中美食总是留给儿子和老人，而女儿和她自己则相对匮乏，在她眼中，女性的价值远低于男性。
一次，由于亲戚丧失生育能力，她将大女儿送给他们抚养，当亲戚往世后，大女儿返回家中，尽管她情愿扶助洗衣做饭，打扫家务，但这位老太太却认为男人做家务是可耻的，随后她便不再参与家务，随着时间推移，老太太变得愈发懒散，整日沉迷于赌博，家中连基本的围栏都没有，动物也被随意捆绑，甚至连小牛和小猪都由女儿照顾，多年过往，家中的砖块堆积如山，却无人动手砌墙，她的懒散令人难以置信，直至大女儿出嫁，因担心未来的公婆瞧不起，亲朋好友才帮忙建起了围墙。 sons always had new clothes, while the daughters wore ragged and dirty attire. In winter, their hands and feet froze, even their wrists were frostbitten.
In the mid-90s, when the daughter went for a相亲 without a single patch on her clothes, it highlighted the stark contrast in treatment between the genders. Despite the three eldest daughters' hard work and additional income from odd jobs and handicrafts, they were berated by their mother for not being frugal, while their brother could spend as he pleased. When the fifth daughter excelled academically, her parents pressured her to drop out of school, while their less successful son was sent to an elite institution. Eventually, the three older sisters supported their younger siblings through university, while the son's education was financed through expensive private means. The fourth and youngest daughter left school after finishing middle school.
Fast forward to 2016, when the family's house was demolished and replaced with five apartments. Despite having financial resources, the老太太 did not share any wealth with her daughters. Instead, she allowed her son to make them live in a garage without basic amenities like a bathroom, kitchen or gas supply. It was only through the intervention of her daughters that she and her husband moved into one of the smaller units. Later, it became clear that her son and his wife intended to sell this small apartment for a car. To this day, she still believes that seven daughters are worth less than a crippled son, insisting that property should naturally go to the son. She often hints that future medical expenses will be shared equally among all children, regardless of past sacrifices.
这个故事提醒我们，性别平等的重要性，以及尊重每个个体的价值和奉献。