Chang Geng

In the summer of 1993, sixteen-year-old Chen Changgeng left a mountain village in Sichuan carrying a snakeskin bag. With fifty cents in his pocket, his eyes are as far as a lifetime. The green leather train worked for three days and three nights, the assembly line worked day and night, and the wind and rain at the construction site were exhausting. He has seen prosperity all over Guangdong, but he has also experienced the difficulty of living at the bottom. Falling in love, getting married, and being separated. The left-behind child's "uncle" pierced his guilt for half his life. A co-worker died of illness, his father had a stroke, his mother was chronically ill, he was burdened with mortgage payments, he was in a bad job and suffered from various illnesses. He wandered for thirty years, from boyhood to old age. Crushed by the city and tempered by life, I never admit defeat and never dare to fall. The epidemic has settled down, and people have returned home. Farm the land, take care of the family, spend time with your wife until she grows old, and see your children and grandchildren grow up. I have been running around for half my life. I have never been rich, but I have supported the whole family. The ups and downs of a mortal's life are all human epics. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.