Gu Dashan began, "Your Aunt Daya and your father were twins, and she is also thirty-seven this year. She resembles your grandmother, with a long oval face, thin build, slightly pointed chin, phoenix eyes, and there's a sesame-sized, brownish-red mole on the left eyebrow..."
When they were young, the villagers used to say that people with such moles were blessed, but Daya's life was tough. She lost her mother when she was young and was abused by her own father and stepmother, eventually eloping to get married.
Thinking of Gu Daya, Gu Dashan couldn't help but wipe away his tears.
He dried his tears and continued to describe Gu Daya in great detail, even mentioning the scar on her right forehead and how her right earlobe was torn into two.
Listening to Gu Dashan's descriptions, Gu Jinli was furious, knowing that those injuries must have been caused by Granny Gu's violent beatings; even her earlobe was torn—how ruthless the beating must have been!
