
The Educated Youth Left Behind in Beidahuang
by Zhu Xiaojun
About This Novel
"Beidahuang" is a name that touches the hearts of countless educated youths. From 1968 to 1976, 540,000 educated youths from big cities rushed to Heilongjiang and entered the Great Northern Wilderness with declining grass and cold smoke. When a large number of educated youth returned to the city in 1976, some of them stayed. 40 Years have passed, and the girls and boys of the past are now gray-haired old men. The best years of their lives have been dedicated to this strange land. From the Heilongjiang River to the Hongxinglong Reclamation Area, they left their footprints everywhere. How to choose between a mute husband and Harbin? Can the marriage vows once promised be kept under the temptation of returning to the city? Let the children stay with you or go back to the city to study? Why didn't Sun Jiwei, who was accused of "blocking Mao Zedong Thought", return to the city? There are also Zhou Junyue who "don't want a future but love", Kang Jinhuan who bravely takes on the heavy responsibility of raising mental patients, Zhang Yulin who can't fulfill his filial piety before the bed and can only face his mother's grave...
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