Growth Rings on the Loess Plateau

About This Novel

In the last century, the wind in the Loess Plateau of Gansu Province was filled with gravel and blew through Liangmao, which has thousands of ravines. The young boy Tie Shuan followed his parents in digging the soil in the terraced fields. The millet seeds sown during spring planting had to be harvested from the sky to make ends meet. The adobe houses in the village are scattered in a scattered manner. Under the dim light of kerosene lamps, women and aunts are mending their patched clothes. Men squat on the threshold and smoke dry cigarettes, chatting about work points in the commune and news from far away. What Tie Shuan looks forward to most is attending the temple fair, being able to put a piece of hard candy in his mouth, or watching an open-air shadow puppet show. But more often than not, I work in the fields with the production team, picking up wheat ears in the scorching sun, and digging potatoes in the cold frost. During times of disaster, elm leaves and locust flowers are the food that fills the stomach. The family gathers around the earthen kang and shares a piece of steamed bun mixed with bran, but there is always a sense of resilience. Life in the Loess Plateau is like an old ox pulling a plow, slow but persistent. Shuanzhu grew up in the wind and sand, and learned about perseverance and perseverance in the collective atmosphere. Those years hidden in adobe walls and old oil lamps became the most precious mark in his life.

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