
Welcome Again
by Bai Song
About This Novel
In 2021, my father and I, who had been away from our hometown for many years, returned to our hometown in the middle of winter. The Lingshan area of Anshan City, Liaoning Province - the birthplace of the first high-horsepower crawler tractor and bulldozer in New China. As the Spring Festival approaches, we take care of our 94-year-old grandfather while buying new year's goods, sweeping graves, burning paper, and visiting relatives and friends. My father and I have another plan: to buy my grandfather's old house and fulfill our unfinished wish 20 years ago. During the reunion dinners, the life experiences and inner worlds of the three generations of grandparents, the 30-year changes in scenery at the Hongqi Tractor Factory, Lingshan Railway Station and along the lines, past family disputes and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and other past events emerged one after another. When I started writing, my grandma and grandpa were still chatting with me on the phone about home affairs, but they had both passed away before I finished the manuscript...
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