During World War II, when the Japanese invaded China, many young men were forced to join the Chinese army to defend themselves against Japanese forces. My great-grandfather on my mother's side was one of these men. This left the great-grandmother widowed and burdened by her father-in-law and the son she had to care for. The following decades would be tough, but my ancestors overcame these difficulties and moved forward. At that time, the great-grandmother and her husband lived and worked together in the rural area of ​​Zhangzhou Province. She was pregnant with her grandfather when her great-grandfather was drafted into the army by some recruiting officers. There was no warning. In the middle of the day, while she was busy preparing his lunch, the officers went straight to their farm and dragged him away. Without her husband, my great-grandmother had to support herself, the child she was carrying, and her father-in-law, who was too old to work. Every morning he woke up early before the sun rose to prepare traditional Chinese sweets and sell them during the day, returning only after sunrise....