Describes the ups and downs of the protagonist Qingtou's life.
Qingtou was born in 1934. His family is in a mountainous area in northern Hebei Province. The village is called Kaoshantun. In 1947, when Qingtou was thirteen years old, he caught up with the land reform and his family was classified as a rich peasant and his family was kicked out of the house.
Since then, he has been burdened with heavy political baggage for 30 years. Qingtou used his man's arms to support his shaky home.
In 1977, with the reform and opening up, the family took off their hat as rich farmers and entered a new era. In 2017, Qingtou left the world he loved so much.
