——A grassroots counterattack in the torrent of the times, a human trial about survival, betrayal and redemption.
In the summer of 1997, a cry from the rural areas of the Central Plains opened the prelude to Li Wei's destined to be a bumpy life.
He is a stubborn apprentice who remains silent even after burning his palms at the stove, a silent soldier on the flood front who holds on to the lifeline with his teeth, and a crazy gambler who is in debt of 400,000 yuan but still clutching the lottery stubs. From escaping on the street on a rainy night to the life-and-death game at the college town station, every scar on Li Wei tells the story: the so-called counterattack is just a desperate counterattack by ordinary people after being repeatedly beaten by fate. Can a lottery ticket change your life? It's just the beginning of a new round of strangulation.
When the rusty kitchen knife was unsheathed again on a rainy night - Li Wei finally understood: the rules of this world were never written by counterattackers. Opening this book, you will see the dignity of your father mortgaged in the pawn shop, the scars hidden under the tattoos of your brothers, and countless of us clutching the lottery tickets late at night. "Open this book and witness how an ordinary person can turn a bad hand into a king - using scars as medals, using despair as a bet, and fighting his way through thorns everywhere.
