Pea Rice and Fava Bean Rice

"This world is so filthy, yet we have to go there to earn our bread." The novel's prose is delicate and immersive, filled with distinctive reflections on life and profound thoughts about human nature and the human heart. Its especially philosophical chapters will give you a richer understanding of the animal known as "human." With poetic narration and a vivid, down-to-earth touch, the author brings to life Pea, Zeng Gui, Hu Dou, and other young people from the countryside in the new era. As they struggle to grow up, pursue unconventional romances, fight through cutthroat business battles, and seek true equality between men and women, they endure the wrenching pain of upheaval and the happiness of drawing closer to their goals. What is especially moving is that after facing so much temptation, helplessness, and injustice at the hands of the world, they still manage to hold on to the purity and warmth within them...