A Few Sorrows of Spring, and Spring Soon Fades

The protagonist, Xiao Qiao, was born in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Her story is like a microcosm of an era, showing readers the joys and sorrows of the people who lived through it.

As a child, Xiao Qiao suffered domestic violence. As a teenager, she endured ridicule and mockery from her classmates, as well as all kinds of exclusion. Then came the pain and confusion brought on by her parents' divorce. After her mother died, she was deceived and impulsively injured someone, landing in prison... Her life was full of hardship and setbacks, and she came close to despair several times... In the end, through her own unceasing efforts, she fell and got back up again and again, finally raising her daughter and building a peaceful, steady life.

The novel recounts the many things the protagonist experienced throughout her life, along with one person's joys and sorrows, but it is also like an epic, recreating the living conditions and daily lives of ordinary people from that era.