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The novel spans one hundred and twenty years and tells the first-person story of the three grandfathers and brothers, each with their own different life paths. There are not only their emotional experiences, but also various legendary encounters. "My" grandfather was a progressive student who studied at Yenching University; my second grandfather had a bad temper and was fond of fighting; my third grandfather was a businessman who ran a shop for his family in Dashilan'er, Qianmen, Beijing, when he was young, and spent his entire life in the business world. The life story lines of the three brothers are sometimes intertwined and sometimes parallel. In the narrative of the novel, the century-old history of the Chinese nation, as well as the culture and various folk customs of the "Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei" regions are slowly unfolded.
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