Tales of a Small City in Yimeng

Centered on the life of a protagonist born in 1969 and raised in a small city in Yimeng, the story follows a timeline from childhood innocence, through the turning points of youth and the responsibilities of middle age, to looking back in the present. It weaves together four generations: the lingering Republican-era legacy of his Jiaodong grandparents, the historical tides that swept over his parents after the founding of the People's Republic, the growth and turning points of his fellow post-60s generation, and the struggles of the next generation of post-90s in a new era. Grounded in the details of real life and imbued with the marks of the times, it recreates the everyday warmth of an ordinary family and their perseverance and ups and downs amid an era of change.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.