Liancheng
by Hu Jixiong
About This Novel
"Liancheng" mainly tells the story of Liancheng Village in the remote mountainous area in the south of the Yangtze River - using the experience and perspective of the protagonist Tian Xiaoma as the main line, it tells the story from the panic caused by a murder outside the village to the discovery of the truth. Tian Xiaoma's parents, Tian Zhonghua and Long Tengfei, raised four children - Tian Xiaolong, Tian Xiaoma, Tian Xiaohua and Tian Xiaoniu. Xiao Ma's father, Tian Zhonghua, who is a private teacher, and his sick mother had no choice but to reluctantly persuade Xiao Ma to apply for a free normal school and give up her dream of going to college. Xiao Ma was depressed and frustrated and was transferred to a remote rural primary school. During the summer, he returned to Liancheng Village in anger and participated in "double robbery", drought relief, disaster relief, and public food delivery. He experienced first-hand the hardships of being a farmer. He won a national award for his writing and was reassigned to teach Chinese in the middle school of Huapu School District. After Tian Xiaolong failed the college entrance examination, his disgraceful father punished him by beating an acre of rice fields a day and carrying them back. He was so tired that he collapsed beside the melon field. After Tian Xiaohua graduated from vocational high school, she fell in love freely and fell in love with "Xiao Gutou", a black mixed-race boy in the village. After being beaten and scolded by her father, the two escaped and went out to work and start a business and became bosses. Tian Xiaoma's uncle Tian Zhenxing's family is struggling in hardships. The eldest son Tian Dashan can be called a "young hero", but he is wrongly accused of being a thief and imprisoned. He doesn't know that Sun Facai, the Sun family member, is behind the scenes. The second son, Tian Dahe, suffered from rheumatism and lost school when he was young. He found it difficult to marry at the age of thirty. The four sisters went out to work to make money, and although they supported their second brother in marrying a wife, things happened to them that were not what they wanted. In the end, Sun Facai was found out the truth and was imprisoned, while Tian Dashan was cleared of his grievances. Tianjia Gate Tower is heading for revival. More than ten years later, Tian Xiaoma received a college diploma, married his old classmate Rong Xiangchun, got promoted, and realized his dream of being a writer. His father got a job and his mother passed away due to illness. His eldest brother Xiaolong became a cadre at the People's Bank of China after repeating his senior year of high school. His younger brother Xiaoniu became a policeman. Tian Xiaoma's former friends in the village also pursued and realized their dreams.
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