"Alive" tells the story of Xu Fugui's life and family under the background of the times. In the end, all his relatives left him one after another, leaving only the old man and an old cow to depend on each other. The novel tells the story of Fugui's misfortunes and bumpy fate in the era of rapid changes with an ordinary and plain storyline. It shows the meaning of life and the value of existence in calm writing, revealing the helplessness of fate and the elusiveness of life.
