Love in the Countryside

A beautiful widow falls for a wealthy young man, while a rough-and-tumble butcher falls for the beautiful widow. In this love triangle, who will win?

This gripping novel, Country Love, is set in the countryside from the Republican era through the 1990s. It vividly portrays the love and hatred that shape the rural lives of its three protagonists, Li Jinfeng, Wang Dalei, and Liu Xiaodong, as well as the clashes between their humanity and self-interest.

The supporting cast includes classic figures from folk life: a yin-yang master, a miracle doctor, an undertaker, a spirit medium, a feng shui master, a fortune-teller, a scholar, a prison guard, and more.

The story follows a love triangle in which a beautiful widow falls for a wealthy young man, while a rough-and-tumble butcher falls for the widow. Their shocking love story sparks a case that shakes the world. As the three protagonists face the future, their lives reflect all its uncertainty: laughter and tears, lovers and enemies, loneliness and secret affairs, hope and despair, surprises and fear, being reborn and dying.