The young Chen Yuanzhi fell asleep with the world in his textbook on his pillow, firmly believing that the "distant place" was outside the mountains. In order to escape the poverty in Dashan, he studied hard and became the first hope in the village to be admitted to the county high school. However, his father's serious illness depleted his meager savings. He tearfully tore up the admission notice and became the silent heir to the Yellow Earth.
Young Chen Yuanzhi's spine was soaked with sweat. He opened up wasteland, kept bees, and tried every possible way out, eager to save enough money to "go out". Love once brightened up the gloomy life for a short time, but the high betrothal gift and the embarrassment of reality finally made the beloved girl choose the road outside the mountains, leaving him with deeper debts and loneliness.
The middle-aged Chen Yuanzhi's back is gradually curved, and his eyes are cloudy but not gone. He spent all his money and led the villagers to build a road leading to the outside of the mountain. This was a last-ditch effort. The project was progressing with difficulty, but when dawn showed, a ruthless flash flood washed away the roadbed, and also washed away his life's faith and only remaining savings.
The old man Chen Yuanzhi guarded the dilapidated old house and looked at the dead end road that had not been repaired. The distance has never been so clear, and it has never been so far away. He was like a silent stone in the mountains, washed away repeatedly by the wind and rain of fate. He exhausted all his strength and was unable to get out of the deep valley where the ground was a prison. The distance will always remain in his unreached dream.
