[Period setting + contemporary romance + two strong leads + farming + family matters + daily life]
At fifteen, Liang Ziyan scavenges along the fields and streets of the county town, carrying a manure fork on her back to help support the family.
The Liang family has fallen into a miserable state, with no male heirs to carry on the line. Her father has been sentenced to prison, her elder brother died in service, and the posthumous child in her sister-in-law’s womb has no choice but to take his mother’s family name... With no one left to continue the Liang family tree, the family is forced by social pressure to leave Liang Village and move to Luoling County.
Cui Can, her sister-in-law’s younger sister, comes from a distinguished family and has been pampered all her life. She has her eye on Chen Kan, a handsome young man from a prominent family compound. Chen Kan ignores all of Cui Can’s advances, but secretly falls for Liang Ziyan instead. Cui Can blames everything that has gone wrong in her life on the Liang family and does everything she can to make trouble for Liang Ziyan.
Seeing how her grandfather’s obsession with the family tree has affected everyone, Liang Ziyan decides to take responsibility and build a good life for them all.
After Chen Kan escapes the family’s pressure to marry and starts his life over, Liang Ziyan becomes a valued business partner as her career takes off. But how will she respond to Chen Kan’s deep and passionate feelings for her?
This book is quite realistic, with the heroine's continuous self-improvement after the great changes in the family, and various conflicts and conflicts (the sister-in-law's sister has been making things difficult for her, and the burden of the family's traditional ideas). The language of the book is very authentic, with a lot of friendly dialects and slang. It describes the humanities and style of the 1980s very accurately. I felt like going back to that era more than once👍