Today, when material goods are plentiful and life is prosperous, we have not experienced the era when supplies were scarce and life was hard. Yet in those days, when prices and wages were measured in jiao, fen, and li, many simple, kind, and brave farmers emerged, and their stories are deeply moving. The publication of this book, with its contrast between past and present, inspires people to cherish the good life we have worked so hard to attain.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
