In 1959, when Tian Zhiguo, with his head full of sorghum flowers, came to the Zhongzhou Machinery Factory located in the western suburbs of Zhongzhou, Guan Xiuqin was still feeding pigs and raising chickens in the countryside of Ruyang. Ten years later, she followed Tian Zhiguo into the family area of the factory. In 1972, the eldest daughter Tian Xiaolan was born, and five years later, the next daughter, Tian Xiaomei, was born. In the early 1980s, his son Tian Xiaojun came to this world on the last train of the policy, making Tian Zhiguo, who was already in his late teens, smile from ear to ear.
More than ten years later, it was finally time for Tian Zhiguo to leave the factory...
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A very real and realistic novel, changing in the midst of reform, reforming in the midst of change, and the progress of a family of five.
A very real and realistic novel, changing in the midst of reform, reforming in the midst of change, and the progress of a family of five.