Watch Sheng Xia and her fiance

As the nation's enconomic reforms swept across Beijing,many people studied at home in hopes of testing into a unicersity.Sheng Xia,a clerk at the Chunfeng Snake shop,gets an extraordinary score on the university exams,even attracting the attention of local media.On her way to celebration with her friends,she recounts the sacrifices she made in her struggle for a better life.