Childhood sweethearts who grew up together, Mu Yi and Fang Meng could have gone to college together, found jobs, started a family, and lived happily ever after. But after one crisis after another struck Fang Meng's family, her mother kept choosing to sacrifice her daughter for her son. With every crisis, Fang Meng's life veered further from the happy future she had once imagined. Mu Yi and Fang Meng each started new families, but their inability to forget or let go of each other made both marriages unhappy.
The outline of the story is formed by the adoptions, matrilocal marriages, children, and arranged marriages that touch Mu Yi's brothers and the villagers of Mangyue Village, along with the tangled love triangle between Mu Yi, Fang Meng, and Bai Fangya. These events are what give the story life and substance.
The ancient pagoda tree, planted five hundred years ago, witnessed the joys and sorrows of Mangyue Village and the tragedies that unfolded there. It was reduced to ashes in a lightning storm, but it still lives on in the hearts of Mu Yi's parents' generation.
A new pagoda tree has been planted…
The book The Big Sophora Tree is so good that it could be made into a TV series. The characters in The Big Sophora Tree are all vivid, especially Bai Fangya, who gave me an extraordinary feeling.