"Bean Sesame Tea" Author: Yang Benfen Publisher: Guangdong People's Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
"Bean Sesame Tea" is the fourth book in Yang Benfen's "Seeing Women" series and is a precious historical epic of the common people.

The book is divided into two parts: "Past Marriage" and "The Limits of Heartbreak".

After telling stories about mother (Autumn Garden), fellow villagers (Floating Wood), and marriage (I Am Fragrant), the author turns his attention to the marriage life of three elderly women: Old Lady Qin, Xiangjun, and Donglian. He tells in great detail the confusion and pain, choices and responsibilities, courage and persistence of a generation of women in intimate relationships, and how they never give up on self-salvation even when fate is unfair.

In addition, in the second part, the author recalls the past experiences with his mother and brother, and the heart-wrenching pain when the two closest relatives passed away. Those little things in the old people's hearts, as small as sesame seeds and beans, were as tiny, fragile, and fleeting as dewdrops, but at that moment they measured the limit of a person's sadness.