"The Old Woman" is a realistic rural-themed novel. The novel tells the story of Li Xiurong, a girl from Pigeon Cave who was sent to Chengde since she was a child. From the Northeast to Hebei, she met bandits, picked up bullet casings, went on a blind date to choose a husband, gave birth to children, and started a farm... Her life experience of more than 80 years. It reflects the magnificent history of rural development from the Anti-Japanese War to the new era of reform and opening up. It uses a small home to accommodate everyone. It depicts the changes in the consciousness of rural people and the earth-shaking changes in rural life under the changing times, and praises the beautiful new era.
The ending was too rushed.